3+ day, 8+ hour ago   (506+ words) THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL Bank is expected to increase interest rates later on Thursday, as it tries to keep the surge in energy prices from the Iran war from snowballing into widespread inflation. The bank wants to push down inflation without…...

3+ day, 13+ hour ago   (258+ words) BORD GÁIS HAS announced big increases in residential gas and electricity prices from next month. A typical household’s electricity bill with the supplier will go up by 8.8% or €14.75 per month, the company said in a statement this afternoon. A gas…...

4+ day, 14+ hour ago   (619+ words) THE FORMER IRISH Yeast Company building opposite Trinity College could be restored as a shop with a home above it under plans submitted to Dublin City Council. Developers have also dropped plans for a takeaway at the building after the…...

5+ day, 1+ hour ago   (720+ words) CANADA’S RETALIATORY TARIFFS on billions of dollars in US products took effect on Tuesday, as a trade war between the North American neighbours heats up. The announced duties of 15%, 25% and 50% apply to €13.59 billion in imports from the United States, covering…...

5+ day, 17+ hour ago   (521+ words) LAST UPDATE | 6 hrs ago A DEAL TO give data centre operators a reduced price for gas supply would be “deeply unfair” to households and small businesses, according to Sinn Féin MEP Lynn Boylan. The Commission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU)…...

5+ day, 23+ hour ago   (444+ words) JUST ONE IN five adults expect to fully retire and stop working in the traditional manner, according to new research from Irish Life. The Life100+ report is based on nationally representative research among over 2,000 adults and examines how the prospect of…...

6+ day, 7+ hour ago   (890+ words) Fergus O'Brien - the 'fer' in 'Brenfer's' - pictured in his Capel Street shop as he prepares to finish business. Emma Hickey / The Journal Emma Hickey / The Journal / The Journal AFTER CLOSE TO 60 years in business, Brenfer Bullseye on Dublin’s Capel Street…...

6+ day, 15+ hour ago   (422+ words) SEPTEMBER IS HERE. The rain has returned, the kids are back in school, and Budget 2027 is a month away. Cuts to income tax and childcare costs, as well as an increase in the rent tax credit, have all been floated…...

6+ day, 23+ hour ago   (1136+ words) WITH SUMMER OFFICIALLY over and evenings starting to close in, we could all use some cheering up. So let’s talk proposed PRSI increases. It’s a subject we’ve returned to time and again – as the population ages, how will Ireland fund…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (932+ words) DONE WELL, CENTRAL banking is pretty bland stuff. No surprises. Such is the case for next week’s European Central Bank announcement on interest rates. The people in grey suits are scheduled to spend two days in meetings, emerging at lunchtime…...