Women get a raw deal on pensions. Fewer of them work outside the home, and they often get paid less when they do take up paid employment. Many work only part-time. All this means that the gender pay gap feeds into the pension issue. So when they...
Read MoreSupporting female entrepreneurship benefits everyone
When women play a smaller role in growing the economy, we all lose out. Women make up 50pc of the population and the female employment rate is more than 55pc. Yet until a few years ago, female-led companies comprised 7pc of Enterprise...
Read MoreWomen fear they won’t have enough to fund retirement
Large numbers of women are worried they will not have enough money when they retire, with fewer men concerned about a funds shortfall. Most women are unsure of how much they will need for a comfortable retirement, according to research from...
Read MoreJobless figure lowest since 2008
Over 48,000 unemployed people got jobs in the last year as the number of people out of work plummeted to its lowest point in nine years. There are now 2,063,000 people in employment as the rate of joblessness fell for the 20th time in a row...
Read MoreReprieve for ‘Help-to-Buy’ scheme on cards after backing
Moves by Housing Minister Eoghan Murphy to scrap the ‘Help-to-Buy’ scheme may be in doubt after the State-backed lender charged with ramping up house building endorsed the policy. It provides tax breaks of up to €20,000 for...
Read MoreBrexit transition period could last up to four years – Coveney
A post Brexit transition period could last up to four years, Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Coveney has said. Mr Coveney said the longer the transition period the better from an Irish perspective, but that it “can’t go on...
Read MoreThose who opt for the scheme will lose ownership of their homes, but won’t have to move
The enhanced mortgage-to-rent scheme launched by mortgage campaigner David Hall offers hope to thousands of families trapped in an arrears nightmare. The scheme enables a housing body take over the ownership of homes where mortgage holders are...
Read More‘Fast-track’ plans for over 2,000 homes hit by delays
Housing minister Eoghan Murphy’s hope that the Government’s ‘fast-track’ planning application system for large-scale housing developments would speed up the delivery of new homes has been dealt an early blow. An...
Read MoreFamilies who can’t pay mortgage to rent back their homes in new deal
Families who are in deep arrears have been given fresh hope that they will be able to stay in their homes – as renters. Mortgage campaigner David Hall has done a deal with AIB to buy out hundreds of homes where the mortgage holders are in...
Read MoreDozens of firms take up Brexit grant offer
Around three exporting companies a week on average have been approved for a state-backed Brexit-ready grant since June. The Be Prepared Grant rolled out by Enterprise Ireland (EI) provides firms with up to €5,000 to get themselves in shape...
Read MoreEU plan to raise tax on digital firms ‘may hurt investment’
EUROPEAN Commission plans to increase taxes on digital firms risk undermining growth and could stifle global efforts to find common solutions to tax issue, US companies operating in the EU said yesterday. The comments echo the Irish...
Read MoreRenters paying twice as much as mortgage holders
In some Dublin areas it has become twice as expensive to rent as it is to buy, and renters are moving back in with their parents in increasing numbers in a move to try get on the property ladder. Average rents across Ireland rose 2.8pc in the...
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