NCB – Irish Economy Monitor January 2013
The main highlights since our last update have come from the bond market. The NTMA had a great start to the New Year, raising a [...]
Bank of Ireland €1bn mortgage finance 2012
The bank's new mortgage lending in the second half of 2012 represented a 65pc increase on the value of mortgages advanced in the first half [...]
Dublin House Prices up 2.2pc in last year after strong fourth quarter
Continued signs of stability in the Dublin residential property market were evident during the third quarter of the year, with the DNG HPG recording an [...]
LANDLORDS WELCOME TAX DEDUCTIBLE PROPERTY TAX
The Irish Property Owners Association (IPOA) welcomed clarification from the Minister for Finance that the Local Property Tax, due to apply from the summer, will [...]
New IBEC 2013 economic forecasts: GDP to grow by 1.8%
IBEC, the group that represents Irish business, today said that 2013 is likely to be the turning point for the domestic economy, as businesses reinvest [...]
DCU Innovation Campus to support 200 jobs – Minister Bruton
Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Mr Richard Bruton TD has officially opened the DCU Innovation Campus, a new national centre for innovation in the [...]
New Development Contribution Guidelines Prioritise Jobs, Investment and Sustainable Development
This morning (Monday 21st January) Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, Phil Hogan, TD, and Minister for Housing and Planning, Jan O’Sullivan, TD, [...]
Free green training to get under 25s back to work
Applications to ECO-UNESCO’s newest initiative, Green Pathways, is now open to all young, unemployed job seekers under the age of 25. The six month programme, [...]
EU Commissioner Michel Barnier will address 2013 Corporate Governance Conference ‘Actions for Better Business’ in Dublin in May
As part of Ireland’s Presidency of the Council of the European Union for the first half of 2013, the 12th European Corporate Governance and Company [...]
Fianna Fáil Accused Of ‘Gross Hypocrisy’ Over Shannon Complaint
The former Mayor of Clare and Mayor of Shannon made his comment after Fianna Fáil senator Marc MacSharry formally lodged a complaint with the European [...]
Patients begin moving into new Critical Care Unit at Mid-Western Regional Hospital, Dooradoyle, Limerick.
The first patients began moving today into a new state of the art €35 million Critical Care Unit at the Mid Western Regional Hospital, Dooradoyle, [...]
Recruitment continues for 800 new positions created at Sky’s Customer Contact Centre
An Taoiseach, Enda Kenny TD today joined Jeremy Darroch, chief executive of Sky, to officially open the company’s new operations centre at Burlington Plaza on Burlington Road. [...]
Berlin Palace – Humboldt Forum exhibition opens at the Irish Architectural Archive
This evening, Jimmy Deenihan TD, Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, will open an exhibition on the Berlin Palace – Humboldt Forum project: the [...]
Doolin Coast Guard gets new €1.8M station
Minister for Transport, Tourism & Sport Leo Varadkar has given approval for the construction of a new Volunteer Coast Guard Station in Doolin, Co Clare. [...]
Fleetmatics open Dublin headquarters
The Fleetmatics Group's new global headquarters facility, which houses their global product development centre, was opened today in Dublin by An Taoiseach. Fleetmatics helps business [...]
Goodbody upgrade Irish GDP for 13
Latest forecasts from analysts at Goodbody's gives rare GDP upgrade for the Irish economy for both 2013 and 2014 on the back of some encouraging [...]
Consumer prices increase 0.1% in December
Inflation data just released by Ireland’s Central Statistics Office (CSO) show that consumer prices, as measured by the CPI, increased 0.1% m/m in December. The [...]
Launch of the Public Consultation on the draft National Radon Control Strategy for Ireland
Fergus O’Dowd, T.D., Minister of State at the Department of Environment, Community and Local Government, today (17 January, 2013) launched the public consultation on the [...]
Public Consulted On Draft Shannon Estuary Plan
The people of Clare, Kerry and Limerick are being invited to attend one of a series of public consultations on a major strategic plan for [...]
120 construction jobs created at King John’s Castle and City Quays
The investment by the government of €10.5 million in major tourism projects for at King John's Castle and the City Quays has been welcomed by [...]
Dún Laoghaire Rathdown confirms approximately 300 NAMA units for consideration for social housing
Sinn Féin representative Shaun Tracey has said Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council has confirmed that approximately 300 housing units in NAMA’s portfolio have been identified [...]














