Central Bank: Lending by banks beginning to recover
A new report from the Central Bank indicates that lending by banks has begun to recover this year, particularly in ...
Read More Business group calls for certainty in reopening plan
Certainty on financial supports and the reopening strategy for businesses over the coming months are required from today’s Cabinet meeting ...
Read More Retail sales post annual growth of 8.5% in March – CSO
Retail sales volumes were 8.5% higher in March than in the same month last year, driven by growth in homewares ...
Read More Number of firms on Covid support in January highest since June 2020
Almost half of businesses surveyed by the Central Statistics Office had employees either on the Pandemic Unemployment Payment (PUP) or ...
Read More Retailers’ concern over plans on minimum unit price rules for alcohol
Retailers have expressed deep concern at Government plans to introduce minimum unit price (MUP) rules for alcohol before similar measures ...
Read More Donohoe: Rise in core spending will be higher than 3.5%
The Minister for Finance, Paschal Donohoe, has said expenditure by the Government will be higher than the average 3.5% increase ...
Read More Food and drink exports to UK down 35% since 2018 – CSO
A new report from the Central Statistics Office finds evidence that Brexit has led to an overall decline in trade ...
Read More Adjustment of Covid reopening plan ‘now vital,’ says Ibec
The chief executive of the employers’ group Ibec has written to the Government to outline what the organisation sees as ...
Read More Most Irish food SMEs expect revenue growth this year
Most small and medium sized businesses in the food sector expect their revenues to increase in the year ahead, according ...
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