:quality(70):focal(2866x1834:2876x1844)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/7JBUTG4SAY2OIJPCIYOWQXMYLE.jpg "Six ways Jack Chambers might spend Ireland’s corporate tax windfall in Budget 2025")
At the press briefing announcing the latest exchequer returns on Wednesday, the Department of Finance’s chief economist, John McCarthy, said his department estimated that about 50...
:quality(70)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/N55H55QHUZAVFHWAGZRNH4I2WQ.jpg "Who is buying a home in Ireland today? The changing profile of first-time buyers")
House prices are rising sharply once more. Latest figures show that property prices are currently increasing at an annual rate of about 8 per cent. This...
:quality(70)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/CUYCHTPTSNE7LLYX5KAYH6QPKA.jpg "Increase capital gains tax relief for company owners in Budget 2025, says Deloitte")
Deloitte has called on the Government to increase the €1 million lifetime limit against which company owners can apply for a reduced rate of capital gains...
:quality(70)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/UW6LCDYT4VEEVGPA5TWERTYRT4.jpg "Mortgage rules spark war of words between Central Bank and ESRI")
A war of words has broken out between the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) and Central Bank governor Gabriel Makhlouf over the bank’s move to...
:quality(70)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/XHFIAR7E324BWX272TR25BQ4TA.jpg "Central Bank’s decision to ease mortgage rules has fanned house prices, ESRI report concludes")
The Central Bank’s decision to relax its mortgage lending rules for first-time buyers has driven house prices higher and increased the number of borrowers in “highly...
:quality(70)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/KLISTHHFEVG67ACQGS2OZKLGI4.jpg "‘Panicking for breath’: How a cold, damp and overcrowded home affects one mother and her children")
Sarah Williams, a pregnant mother of three girls, sleeps in the downstairs livingroom with her partner, Peter McCarthy, most nights. Black mould in their bedroom makes...
:quality(70)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/46M4ZW4Z66XBLB3SVEUMCT3XGY.jpg "Ireland ranks sixth in ‘infrastructure for good’ report")
Ireland has been placed sixth out of 30 countries for projects and developments that prioritise inclusion, environment sustainability and social outcomes. The “infrastructure for good” barometer...