Ireland's SMEs lost between €6bn and €10bn in revenue from March to June this year, according to research published this morning by the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI). The think-tank warned that the figure [...]
Customers will be charged up to 5pc per year to borrow under the Government's Covid-19 Credit Guarantee Scheme, well above advertised rates, once insurance fees are loaded onto bills. The scheme, one of the main [...]
Economic sentiment fell backwards in August for the first time since the country began to emerge from lockdown and despite the Government's Stimulus Package announced on July 23. Ireland is an outlier with European Commission [...]
Irish start-ups raised €545m in the first half of the year - up 25% on the same period of 2019 - however that figure masks some "very worrying trends" according to TechIreland. The figure for [...]
One of the challenges we face in growing our economy is the limited size of our domestic market. Ireland's entry into the then EEC in 1973, and subsequent adoption of the euro in 2002, opened [...]
Consumer sentiment continues to lag behind business confidence, fresh data from Bank of Ireland suggests. Bank of Ireland's regular 'Economic Pulse' combines business and consumer elements to track sentiment in the economy month to month. [...]
Unicorn companies, start-ups with a value of more than $1 billion, are about as rare in Europe as living examples of those mythical creatures. The European Commission hopes to change that through the creation of the European Innovation Council (EIC). “The [...]
While foreign multinationals make a valuable contribution, the success of the Irish economy “now depends very heavily on the progress of domestic business”, a study by the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) has concluded. [...]
Almost no Irish businesses have been paid out on business interruption insurance claims since the Covid-19 lockdown, according to a survey by lobby group the Alliance for Insurance Reform. A third of businesses have made [...]
The Republic of Ireland has fallen four places to 18th spot in an international ranking of the best countries for start-ups, with Dublin dropping out of the top 50 cities. The rankings were compiled by using [...]