The Central Statistics Office has put Ireland’s unemployment rate at 6.6% for February and predicts the country to be at 6% by mid-year. Full employment is considered to be 5% and ...
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The UK has triggered Article 50 by sending a ‘notification of withdrawal’ letter to the President of the European Council, Donald Tusk. It sets in a motion a two-year ticking clock...
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Allergan are to invest €42m in their facilities in Dublin and Mayo to support increased manufacturing. Allergan have been in Ireland since 1977.
It is hoped a potential cure for pancreat...
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The Irish Hotels Federation has warned that rural Ireland will suffer most from the expected decrease in UK visitors to Ireland following the drop in sterling. The UK accounted for 40% of over...
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The average loan for house-buyers increased by 9.1% to €211,859 in January 2017. The average loan for a first-time buyer is €200,042, up 12.4% YoY.
Mortgage approvals were up 41% in...
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China: average wages are catching up with those in Portugal and Greece, and have exceeded those in Brazil and Mexico as China’s decade of massive growth have helped triple pay packets. H...
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Ireland has secured a new beef deal with Saudi Arabia that will, on top of what is already being exported currently, allow now for processed, cooked, minced and bone-in beef. Saudi Arabia is I...
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Glanbia foods has purchased Amazing Grass in the US and Body & Fit in Holland at a cost of €181m. The current management teams of both companies will remain in place and will implemen...
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German factory orders rose by 5.2% which was the largest incline since July 2014.
The German economy grew by 0.4% for Q4 2016.
Investor sentiment in Eastern Europe has dropped with a reading for F...
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There were 14,932 new homes completed in 2016, an 18% increase on 2015 and the highest since 2009, but the figure falls way short of the 25,000 homes per year currently needed to be built in Ireland...
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