Paper explores cost of hiking social welfare payments in budget
A €1 increase in the personal rates of all weekly paid social welfare schemes in October’s budget would cost €69.4 ...
Read More Warning of businesses going bust if VAT goes back to 13.5%
Hairdressers and restaurant owners have warned that if the reduced 9% VAT rate increases back to 13.5% again as planned ...
Read More Refundable tax credits could cost €1bn Tax Strategy Group report claims
The Tax Strategy Group paper on income tax has examined the issue of refundable tax credits. This is when those ...
Read More Exports slow by €1.2 billion in May – CSO
New figures from the Central Statistics Office show that Irish unadjusted exports of goods decreased by €1.2 billion to €16.7 ...
Read More Job vacancies fall by 25% compared to last year – report
Job vacancies fell by 25% in the second quarter of the year, on an annual basis, according to the latest ...
Read More Petrol and diesel prices remain steady in July – AA
Fuel prices remained stable in July and are virtually unchanged compared to June, the latest AA fuel prices survey shows. ...
Read More Exports to boost Irish economic growth – Accenture
A new survey published today shows that despite the global economic challenges, Ireland’s growth forecast has emerged strongly. The latest ...
Read More Irish GDP slowed by 2.8% in Q1, revised CSO figures show
The Irish economy, as measured by Gross Domestic Product (GDP), contracted by 2.8% in the first three months of the ...
Read More Interest rates and inflation – the search for the ‘sweet spot’
On paper, the job of a Central Bank Governing Council sounds fairly straight forward. Maintain price stability and ensure the ...
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