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Gas rationing is a looming risk, and Irish people are facing 50 per cent higher electricity bills this year, industry figures have warned as the fuel’s price broke records on Monday, reports Barry O’Halloran.
There was a 42 per cent increase in the number of housing units that commenced construction last year – the most in any year since 2007 – but the pipeline is under threat from labour shortages in the building sector, according to a new report. Colin Gleeson has the details.
Joanne Hunt outlines the five steps women can take to ensure they aren’t left short of money.
Irish femalewomen founders raised more than €230 million from tech-focused investors last year, more than twice the amount secured in 2020. This is according to a new report from TechIreland, which shows a 120 per cent jump in funding for women-led businesses in the Republic. Charlie Taylor reports.
RTÉ is set to appoint Jonathan Ruane, a prominent researcher at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, to its board, taking up the seat vacated by Shinawil director Larry Bass. Jack Horgan-Jones reports.
Westmeath-based fire protection company Writech has made its first acquisition since securing a multimillion euro investment last year. The company has snapped up Compco Fire Systems, a British provider of automatic fire suppression systems, writes Charlie Taylor
In her media column Laura Slattery looks at how the media is faring behind Vladimir Putin’s information iron curtain.
Cantillon takes a hard look at energy pricesand wonders if the war in Ukraine will scare off our American visitors.
“I’m 71. Why am I paying for fillings that should be free?” Dominc Coyle answers your personal finance questions.
Dominic answers another reader’s question on how her 95-year-old mother’s house can be sold and the implication of this as she is being take care of under the Fair Deal scheme.
Professional services company Aon has announced a new head for its Irish business, with Rachael Ingle stepping into the newly created role of chief executive of Aon Ireland.
Me and My Money meets Gráinne O’Farrelly, managing director of financial services company Kroll
In Stocktake Proinsias O’Mahony takes his weekly look at what’s going on in the markets.
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has thrown global markets into turmoil and seen a spike in the price of oil and gas. Cliff Taylor explains on our Inside Business podcast what impact the conflict will have on the global economy and how it will be felt in Ireland. Presenter Ciarán Hancock is also joined in this episode by Simon Carswell, who outlines how EU sanctions on Russia are causing problems for aircraft lessors based in Ireland. In the second part of the show: Veteran entrepreneur and whiskey maker John Teeling on how exposed the Irish whiskey sector is to the sanctions on Russia.
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