Ryanair have endured a disastrous September due to the continued furore over pilot rostering. Several routes over a prolonged period were axed due to staff shortages affecting over 700,000 pas...
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The HSE is believed to be facing a €300m financial deficit for 2017 as a whole. The Department of Health has said that the HSE should try for a break-even position by making detailed plan...
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FARM AND FOOD
Lakeland Dairies of Cavan are to create 85 jobs in Cavan over the next 2 years following a €40m investment into the milk powder plant. The company is supplied by 2,400 dair...
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Mario Draghi, head of the ECB left interest rates unchanged in September with the ECB cautiously planning the future of their QE programme. Draghi reported that October will see a clearer path...
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USA: the IMF has revised downwards their growth forecast to 2.1% for 2017 and 2018 due to US fiscal policy not as ‘expansionary’ as they thought in April.
Japan: Prime Minister Shinzo A...
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Office rents in the capital are expected to reach 2008’s peak levels by 2018. Prime rents are expected to reach €65 per sq.m for 2017 vs just €28 per sq.m in 2012.
Dubli...
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The value of mergers and acquisitions in Ireland has fallen 65% during H1 following stricter restrictions places on firms in the US which makes tax inversion much harder.
The OECD has given I...
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Tipperary, Waterford and Kilkenny which are traditional dairying counties, all reported growth rates over the national average of 31%. While Cork reported an increase below the national averag...
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Consumer confidence in the UK is at its lowest level since the immediate after effect following the vote to leave the EU. The consumer confidence index fell to -10 in June.
Sterling has...
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A report issued by the ESRI points out that there is currently no housing bubble. They predicted that for the foreseeable future, prices and rents would continue to increase due to the problem...
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