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Business

ISME's Neil McDonnell says businesses will have to generate sufficient working capital from cash flow or they will progressively go under. Photo: Gareth Chaney

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SME distress rises by 50pc but ESRI sees quick pick up

The number of SMEs making losses increased by 50pc during the pandemic and the sector will return to financial normality by next year only if the most distressed firms fold, according to a new working paper by the ESRI.

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Central Bank Governor Gabriel Makhlouf. Photo: Gareth Chaney/Collins

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Wage growth not yet driving inflation, says Central Bank governor Gabriel Makhlouf

Members of Ukraine's Territorial Defence Forces, volunteer military units of the Armed Forces, train in a city park in Kiev over the weekend. Photo: AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky

Business

Billions wiped off Irish shares as market wakes up to the prospect of deepening crisis in Ukraine

The Beacon Hospital

Irish

Council gives green light to Beacon Hospital’s €75m extension

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Irish

Examiner drafts deal to secure future of social housing scheme in Limerick

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Irish

Donegal restaurant owners restricted from holding directorships for five years

Aryzta's Urs Jordi

Irish Premium

US lawsuit against Aryzta is set for trial next January

Google and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai. Photo: Geert Vanden Wijngaert/Bloomberg

World

American states sue Google over ‘deceptive web tracking’

Michael Carvill, managing director of Kenmare Resources

Irish

Significant update to Kenmare Resources’ earnings forecasts

Central Bank Governor Gabriel Makhlouf. Photo: Gareth Chaney/Collins

Irish

Inflation hitting poorest harder and remains unpredictable –Central Bank Governor

PTSB CEO Eamonn Crowley and Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland CEO June Butler

Irish

Permanent TSB to lend €1bn over three years in pitch for SMEs

Switching Saturday

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Property & Mortgages

How much is your house worth? Location matters less as pandemic flung property market on

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Gallery Ask the experts: Our panel answer the key questions about the property outlook for 2022

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Gallery How mortgage holders can save €4,000-plus per annum by switching to fixed-rate products

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Mark Keenan Opinion The cost of our great remote working exodus

How to use 'How Much Is Your House Worth?'

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The Big Tech Show: The problem with betting apps

Adrian Weckler recently learned how hard it can be to quit a gambling app.

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Dan White Opinion Could these dreadful figures mean extra pay rises and more inflation?

Last Wednesday the CSO published its latest consumer price index and house price inflation figures. To say that both numbers were dreadful would not be an understatement.

Government really missed the boat on major sell-off of AIB shareholding

Richard Curran

Global retail media market ‘set to grow to $100bn’

John McGee

When betting firms and the Minister take us for fools

Adrian Weckler

State comes out marginally ahead on sale of Bank of Ireland stake

Jon Ihle

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Conor McCarthy, co-founder and CEO of food ordering app Flipdish. Picture by Frank McGrath

Irish Premium

Flipdish co-founder Conor McCarthy lifts the lid on Irish company’s recipe for becoming a $1bn tech unicorn

The future of work is a robotic one

Technology Premium

It’s game over, people: the rise of the machines gathers pace

Marguerite McSweeney, Chairperson of Dressage Ireland, with Fidette at her stables in Co Offaly. Photo: Steve Humphreys

Business Premium

This Working Life – ‘People often look after their horse better than they look after themselves’

The womenswear offer includes Acne, Zimmerman, Victoria Beckham, Isabel Marant, Moncler and also Loewe (pictured)

Business

Brown Thomas ‘marching to the beat of a new drum’ as it prepares to open Dundum Town Centre store

It has been a good time for many business seeking to scale up

Small Business Premium

The year of the deal: how private-equity firms turned a predicted slump into a boomtime

A shortage of microchips is delaying new-car production, and the knock-on effect is hitting second-hand prices

Personal Finance

Is 2022 the year to buy or sell a car, and how to get the best price for your trade-in?

Special Report: Who owns Irish stocks

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Irish Premium

Governance is key to the survival of family firms

To survive through the generations families need to be clear about what they value, and be prepared to set out ground rules and stick to them, according to Dr Eric Clinton, Director of the DCU Centre for Family Business.

Victoria Smurfit

Business

From Chadwicks to Ryans to Smurfits: The founding families of Ireland

From Chadwicks to Smurfits, a number of families have played major roles in the success stories of Irish listed companies.

NTR chair Tom Roche says families have a reputation to maintain

Irish Premium

Special report - who owns Irish stocks? ‘The chief influencer of the business is the family sitting at the table’

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Farmers' €5bn of Irish shares equal to State bank stakes

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ISME's Neil McDonnell says businesses will have to generate sufficient working capital from cash flow or they will progressively go under. Photo: Gareth Chaney

Irish Premium

SME distress rises by 50pc but ESRI sees quick pick up

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Irish

Examiner drafts deal to secure future of social housing scheme in Limerick

Central Bank Governor Gabriel Makhlouf. Photo: Gareth Chaney/Collins

Irish

Wage growth not yet driving inflation, says Central Bank governor Gabriel Makhlouf

The Beacon Hospital

Irish

Council gives green light to Beacon Hospital’s €75m extension

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Irish

Donegal restaurant owners restricted from holding directorships for five years

Aryzta's Urs Jordi

Irish Premium

US lawsuit against Aryzta is set for trial next January

Michael Carvill, managing director of Kenmare Resources

Irish

Significant update to Kenmare Resources’ earnings forecasts

PTSB CEO Eamonn Crowley and Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland CEO June Butler

Irish

Permanent TSB to lend €1bn over three years in pitch for SMEs

World

Google and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai. Photo: Geert Vanden Wijngaert/Bloomberg

World

American states sue Google over ‘deceptive web tracking’

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World

European stocks slip again with tech under pressure

Lufthansa CEO Carsten Spohr. Photo: Bloomberg

World

Lufthansa ‘in negotiations’ to buy 40pc stake in ITA Airways

The large volume of missing oil may suggest that supply estimates are too optimistic or that demand has been understated. Photo: Reuters/Ernest Scheyder

World

Oil stockpile inventories don’t add up as demand may be underestimated

Netflix shares fell by almost 25pc at one stage. Photograph: Dado Ruvic/Reuters Illustration

World

Shares of lockdown winners plunge as ‘experience economy’ stocks revive

Dubai is the most populous city in the UAE and sits at the heart of the Gulf market

World

Eamon Sikafi Opinion Dubai event to demonstrate Irish healthcare innovation

Bridgerton will return for its second season in the coming months (Liam Daniel/Netflix)

World

Gloomy Netflix forecast erases much of the stock’s pandemic gains

Some consumers stayed at home due to the spread of Omicron (Zac Goodwin/PA)

World

UK retail sales slump in December after early Christmas shopping, Omicron spread

Technology

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Technology

Apple and Google offered betting app firms a way to stop credit card gambling

James Browne TD

Technology

Adrian Weckler Opinion When betting firms and the Minister take us for fools

Kevin O’Toole, co-founder and managing director, Exergyn. Picture: Conor McCabe Photography

Technology

Dublin cleantech firm Exergyn raises €31m in Series A funding round

Conor McCarthy (left), and his brother James of Flipdish

News Premium

Flipdish: Meet the brothers with a billion-dollar recipe for success

The future of work is a robotic one

Technology Premium

It’s game over, people: the rise of the machines gathers pace

Performance: HP’s 17-inch cp0501 has the firepower to handle programs such as Photoshop

Technology Premium

Ask Adrian: Help for using smartphones and the internet, advice on monitors – and laptops that will work with Photoshop

Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick. Photo: Patrick T Fallon/Bloomberg

Technology

Activision CEO Bobby Kotick to earn $390m from sale of company to Microsoft

Huawei Matebook X Pro

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Huawei’s Matebook offers sleek design at a hefty price tag

Jobs

Fine Gael MEP Frances Fitzgerald is working on an EU proposal for a 40pc quota of women on listed company boards. Photo: Fergal Phillips

Comment Premium

Sarah Collins Opinion ‘Named and shamed’ – Reputations of Irish companies will be at stake over gender disparities

Leo Clancy is CEO of Enterprise Ireland

Jobs Premium

Enterprise Ireland warns inflation is hitting firms

Fionnuala Power, solicitor and participant in William Fry's PeopleBridge programme. Photo: Brian McDaid

Jobs Premium

Flexible-work scheme opens opportunities in legal sector

Leo Varadkar

Jobs

Global biotech firm Amgen to invest $100m in Dublin plant

Deliveroo plans to expand its delivery business into Bray and Greystones.

Jobs

EU says app workers qualify as employees in some cases

Martin Shanahan, CEO, IDA Ireland

Jobs

Business process management company creates 250 jobs in Waterford

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Jobs

Christmas jobs squeeze to drive 2022 pay demands – Indeed

Businesses that want to capitalise on the consumer-led growth in the Irish economy need to recruit staff to meet expected demand as customers come back. Photo: Jonathan Porter/Press Eye

Jobs Premium

Jon Ihle Opinion We won’t know how good the jobs market is until EWSS is gone

Personal Finance

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Property & Mortgages Premium

Majority of homes completed next year will not be available to first-time buyers – report

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Personal Finance

Electricity bill subsidy of €100 due by end of March

Housing Minister Darragh O'Brien will announce details of the enhanced scheme today. Photo: Niall Carson/PA

Property & Mortgages

Revised mortgage-to-rent scheme will help more people in arrears to stay in their homes

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House Prices Survey Premium

How to use ‘How Much Is Your House Worth?’

Knockaphuca House, Castledermot, sold for €535,000

House Prices Survey Premium

Kildare (South): Prices at ‘all-time high’ as supply shortages start to bite

Parochial House, Canons Cross, Inniscarra, sold for €1.5m

House Prices Survey Premium

Cork City West Suburbs: Average house price hits €378k but value still to be had despite steady but relentless inflation

The garden and garage are big selling points for properties such as No37 Templeville Rd, Templeogue, which sold for €686,000

House Prices Survey Premium

Dublin 6W: Space race drives prices up by 9pc with supply at its lowest level in decades

Killonan Lodge, Ballysimon, Limerick, sold for €370,000

House Prices Survey Premium

Limerick City Suburbs: Outskirts buzzing as buyers pour in and prices rise by 11pc

Small Business

Francesca McDonagh

Small Business

Taxpayers no longer the biggest shareholder in Bank of Ireland

It has been a good time for many business seeking to scale up

Small Business Premium

The year of the deal: how private-equity firms turned a predicted slump into a boomtime

Multinational firms like the tech and finance firms in Dublin's docklands are powering ahead of the domestic economy

Small Business Premium

Rising tide is not lifting all boats as SMEs get left behind

Brendan Breathnach owns Bowling & Market women’s fashion store in Galway city

Small Business Premium

Retailers having to adapt fast as shoppers navigate latest restrictions

Gaz Smith is worried about the continued effects of the pandemic on the sector. Picture by John Murray

Small Business Premium

Restaurant trade: Big beasts put small rivals on the hook

Guinness Enterprise Centre manager Eamonn Sayers, operations manager Linda Mooney and chairman David Varian

Small Business

Guinness startup hub to cater for 220 firms after €10m makeover

Halo Business Angel Network director John Phelan

Small Business

Investments in startups surge to overtake pre-pandemic levels

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Small Business

Gina London Opinion Reap the benefits of extra effort on networking skills

Commercial Property

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Commercial Property Premium

Paul McNeive Opinion You can’t afford to wait if you plan on making the most of the year ahead

The site in Bearna, Co Galway extends to 4.58 acres

Commercial Property

Galway development site offers potential for 40 residential units

Blackpitts is just off Clanbrassil Street in Dublin 8

Commercial Property

Industrial and office units in Dublin 8 offer prospects of redevelopment

The Aldi store on the ground floor of the South Central Rockbrook apartment development in Sandyford, Dublin 18

Commercial Property

Four Dublin deals attract numerous competitive bids

Central Bank of Ireland plans leverage rules for property firms

Commercial Property

Property funds gearing up to fight Central Bank rules on borrowing

Michael Stanley, CEO of Cairn

Commercial Property

Cairn Homes records ‘strongest ever performance’ in second half of 2021

Developer Johnny Ronan's apartment block plan was rejected. Photo: Jason Clarke

Commercial Property

Johnny Ronan seeks approval for 10 storey Appian Way scheme

Stephen Garvey, CEO of Glenveagh

Commercial Property

Builder Glenveagh sees revenue jump to €476m driven by increased sales