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Business

Coordinated stance: Christine Lagarde said governments could not afford to relax efforts. Photo: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg

World Premium

ECB pressure on governments to keep up stimulus

The European Central Bank (ECB) is urging European governments to spend freely this year, even as the pandemic recedes, to support national economies and get inflation in the euro area back on target.

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Top Stories

Bias claim: Former INM chair, Leslie Buckley. Photo: Frank McGrath

Irish

Buckley hit with major costs after failed bid to oust INM inspectors

Financier Dermot Desmond

World

Desmond-backed Latvian bank sees €80m French fine slashed to €20m

Accounts: Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe and Public Expenditure and Reform Minister Michael McGrath working on Budget 2021. Photo: Gerry Mooney

Budget 2021

PAC wants Government to start publishing net worth

Media & Marketing

INM set to rebrand as Mediahuis from May 12

Appointment: Anne O’Leary's most recent position was as senior audit partner with Ernst & Young

Jobs

Ornua board appointees to bring ‘diversity of thought’

The European Central Bank. Photo: Alex Kraus/Bloomberg

World

Europe fund manager assets hit record €11.3trn as markets surge

So-called cash for whiplash settlements account for a large portion of insurance costs. (Stockphoto)

Insurance Premium

Explainer: How much are motor insurance premiums likely to reduce by and when will it happen?

Nurse Joan Love with AstraZeneca at the HSE Vaccination Centre in the Aviva Stadium. Photo: Leon Farrell/Photocall Ireland

Jobs

Bosses want to know who has Covid-19 jab

Cathal Friel, executive chairman of Open Orphan

Irish

Open Orphan looks at potential demerger of certain non-core assets

Seamus Keating, CEO of First Derivatives

Technology

First Derivatives trading ‘in line with market expectations’

Big Tech Show Podcast

The Big Tech Show

The Big Tech Show: What Buffalo can teach Dublin

“10 years ago, we were sitting around drinking coffee and talking about Facebook and Twitter. Then we just decided to start doing things. Last month, one of our local startups IPO’d at $4bn.”

Your Money

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Personal Finance Premium

How to get the best return on your pandemic savings stash

Lockdown has led to a spike in savings, but are your savings working hard enough?

Chloe Walsh collects luxury handbags which she hopes will increase in value. Photograph: Don Moloney

Personal Finance Premium

Young and investing: Meet the early birds building their nest eggs with Bitcoin, art and collectibles

It pays to start young… Five investors in their 20s and 30s share their alternative investment strategies

Having negative rates imposed on savings would have serious consequences

Personal Finance Premium

Negative interest rates: How could they affect you and your savings?

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Personal Finance Premium

Pension pot: How much do you need to save each month for a comfortable retirement?

Irish residential property prices have proved remarkably resilient

Personal Finance Premium

Hot property: Is now the right time to buy a house?

Get expert advice before deciding on any investments

Personal Finance Premium

All that glitters: Does it pay to invest in gold, silver and jewels?

Comment

Grounded aircraft at Ciudad Real International Airport, in Spain as governments brought the travel industry to a halt. Picture by Paul Hanna/Bloomberg

Irish Premium

Fearghal O'Connor Opinion The pandemic is a picnic compared to climate crisis ahead for aviation

We have learned during this pandemic that some things we thought were essential really are not. Aviation – at least the type of mass tourism driven aviation that we had all become accustomed or even addicted to – is one of those things.

Phased construction return proves expensive mistake

Richard Curran

With grey hair come graphics – when emojis betray your age

Adrian Weckler

Covid speeds the move to a better way of working

Ruth McCarthy

Ireland can mirror the US with bumper jobs growth

David Chance

Editor's Choice

Emirates has reduced cargo flights from 14 a week to just four

Business Premium

Risk of turbulence: Air cargo limits hit Ireland’s exporters

Shane Heraty, Cisco's regional director for Ireland and Scotland. Picture by Gerry Mooney

Irish Premium

The Cisco kid returns, but this time he’s the main man

Rowan Gillespie’s famine memorial sculptures are a permanent reminder of Ireland’s worst time. Picture by Julien Behal / PA

Personal Finance Premium

Learning from the crises of days gone by

Grounded aircraft at Ciudad Real International Airport, in Spain as governments brought the travel industry to a halt. Picture by Paul Hanna/Bloomberg

Irish Premium

Fearghal O'Connor Opinion The pandemic is a picnic compared to climate crisis ahead for aviation

Online: Noel Moran and wife Valerie sold their Prepaid Financial Services firm. Photo:Barry Cronin

Technology Premium

Ellie Donnelly Opinion In a world of unicorns there’s also merit in being a tech tortoise

Steady wins the race: Paul Connell, CEO of Pure Telecom, with his 80-year-old tortoise Amy. Photo:Mark Condren

Irish Premium

‘It took us a year to start making money, but we got good at getting customers and keepingthem’

Irish

Cathal Friel, executive chairman of Open Orphan

Irish

Open Orphan looks at potential demerger of certain non-core assets

Bias claim: Former INM chair, Leslie Buckley. Photo: Frank McGrath

Irish

Buckley hit with major costs after failed bid to oust INM inspectors

Glanbia’s MD Siobhan Talbot

Irish

Glanbia completes €50m share buyback programme

Martin Shanahan CEO of IDA Ireland. Photo: Steve Humphreys

Irish

Albany Beck EU springboard plan to create 100 new jobs for Dublin

Moneypoint coal-burning power station on the river Shannon near Kilrush in Co Clare.

Irish Premium

Moneypoint withstood Atlantic’s howling gales – but couldn’t survive the winds of change

Almost 60pc of construction firms expect an expansion of activity over the next 12 months

Irish

Construction sector more upbeat about prospect of recovery as restrictions ease

Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe - the State holds a 71pc stake in AIB. Photo: Steve Humphreys

Irish Premium

AIB boosts holdings of Irish bonds to €7.7bn

Peter Mosley and Elliot Hughes of the Porterhouse Brewing Company

Irish

Beer sales fall flat as pandemic pummels sector here and abroad

World

Financier Dermot Desmond

World

Desmond-backed Latvian bank sees €80m French fine slashed to €20m

Coordinated stance: Christine Lagarde said governments could not afford to relax efforts. Photo: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg

World Premium

ECB pressure on governments to keep up stimulus

The European Central Bank. Photo: Alex Kraus/Bloomberg

World

Europe fund manager assets hit record €11.3trn as markets surge

Alibaba's Alipay app has more than 730 million monthly users in China. Photo: Qilai Shen/Bloomberg

World

China puts squeeze on Ant Group after Alibabapenalty

China's human rights record has come under attack and is an issue in trade deals with the US and EU

World

MEP calls for ban on Xinjiang cotton after he’s sanctioned by China

Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe, left, and NTMA Chief Executive Conor O'Kelly.

World Premium

NTMA warns investors of negative impact from global taxreform

Senator Bernie Sanders had backed the failed union bid

World

Trade union fails to win over Amazon workers in ballot

President Joe Biden's plans would reverse decades of a 'global race to the bottom' on corporate taxes

World Premium

The ‘Made in America’ global tax plan explained

Technology

Seamus Keating, CEO of First Derivatives

Technology

First Derivatives trading ‘in line with market expectations’

A payments licence is necessary for launching products such as e-wallets, which are needed for online shopping

Technology

Brexit pushes Boku to take out Irish payments licence

Noura al-Matroushi was named as the UAE's first female astronaut, along with her male counterpart Mohammed al-Mulla.

News

UAE names its first female astronaut as it aims for Mars colony by 2117

Experts say large swathes of emoji are now only used by middle-aged and older people. Stock image

Technology Premium

Adrian Weckler Opinion With grey hair come graphics – when emojis betray your age

The Big Tech Show

The Big Tech Show: What Buffalo can teach Dublin

A used Canon EOS M6 with a basic 15-45mm lens costs €299.

Technology

Ask Adrian: Can you recommend a digital camera that is not too complex for a beginner?

Tines cofounders Eoin Hinchy (CEO) and Thomas Kinsella (COO)

Technology

Dublin startup Tines raises €22m in VC funding

Technology Premium

Adrian Weckler Opinion Facebook’s response to latest data leak has been inadequate but it still won’t see a user exodus

Jobs

Appointment: Anne O’Leary's most recent position was as senior audit partner with Ernst & Young

Jobs

Ornua board appointees to bring ‘diversity of thought’

Nurse Joan Love with AstraZeneca at the HSE Vaccination Centre in the Aviva Stadium. Photo: Leon Farrell/Photocall Ireland

Jobs

Bosses want to know who’s had jab – but GDPR is a ‘minefield’

Working remotely has become normalised during the pandemic

Jobs Premium

What employers and their employees need to know before working overseas

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Jobs Premium

Richard Curran Opinion Plan for living the rural dream won’t work without real financial backing

Jobs in retail are seen as vulnerable to technological change

Jobs

Two in five employees fear job will become obsolete, a report says

Wirex payments app

Jobs Premium

Wirex to set up EU HQ in Ireland for 50 staff

The Covid-19 pandemic is expected to have taken a three-year toll on the economy

Coronavirus Premium

Anne-Marie Walsh Opinion No return to pre-pandemic levels of employment before 2023 and there are lots of ifs involved to achieve that

Intel is to create 1,600 new jobs in Ireland

Jobs

Intel to create 1,600 high-tech jobs at Leixlip plant

Personal Finance

So-called cash for whiplash settlements account for a large portion of insurance costs. (Stockphoto)

Insurance Premium

Explainer: How much are motor insurance premiums likely to reduce by and when will it happen?

Additional voluntary contributions to your pension can make all the difference

Personal Finance

How much should I be saving from take-home pay each month?

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Personal Finance Premium

Flicking the switch on your utilities

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Personal Finance

Must I have health insurance for a year to be covered for maternity?

Irish canoeist Jenny Egan. Photo: Sportsfile

Personal Finance Premium

My Money ‘My athletic career won’t last forever so I’m prioritising being an athlete for as long as I can.’

Rowan Gillespie’s famine memorial sculptures are a permanent reminder of Ireland’s worst time. Picture by Julien Behal / PA

Personal Finance Premium

Your Money Learning from the crises of days gone by

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Property & Mortgages

House prices continue to rise despite impact of a third lockdown

Spring has seen consumers spend more.

Latest News

Consumers go on a spring spending spree

Small Business

Fergal Lawlor, chief executive of Alpha Wireless

Small Business

Small business The Irish companies at the beating heart of ‘the internet of me’

Former US President Donald Trump and Dr Deborah Birx. Photo: Getty

Advice Centre Premium

Alan O'Neil Opinion Listen, understand and disagree kindly to manage workplace conflict

Farms of the future: Technological innovations can help farmers maximise their output. Stock image.

Small Business

Innovation Arena Awards: shaking up Irish agriculture

Managing change: An operator at the control desk of what was once the world's fastest calculator, the IBM Selective Sequence Electronic Calculator. But IBM had to change their business model, and adapt to new realities

Advice Centre Premium

Alan O'Neill Opinion At times of disruption get ahead of the curve – and learn how best to manage change in your business

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Small Business

Small Business A wealth of opportunities for research and enterprise

Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe will discuss proposed EIIS changes in a two-day webinar at the end of the month. Photo: Steve Humphreys

Small Business

EIIS could include VC money for start-ups

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Small Business

Plenty to celebrate stateside this St Patrick’s Day

Leo Varadkar (Photo: Julien Behal)

Latest News

Grants of €8,000 available under new Covid scheme for small businesses

Commercial Property

The Braun facility in Carlow

Commercial Property

Clyde Real Estate offers two industrial facilities for sale

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Commercial Property

Pandemic has cut construction cost inflation, consultants say

The planned Kilcarbery development

Commercial Property

Work to begin on 1,034 new homes in first public-private housing project

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Commercial Property

Four Dublin pubs generate combined €5.6m in sales

The property portfolio was sold for €50m more than the investor paid

Commercial Property Premium

Court hearing on Dutch property losses is delayed

The renovation and closure of Hines Global Income Trust's Montrose student accommodation may cost $25m

Commercial Property Premium

Montrose student complex closure could cost $26m

Number 1 Ballsbridge, Shelbourne Road, Dublin

Commercial Property Premium

US firm takes $2.1m hit on Dublin office

76 Sir John Rogerson’s Quay in Dublin's Docklands

Commercial Property

Investment market on course to exceed last year’s €3bn

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