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Gas was responsible for generating 46% of Ireland’s electricity in September, amid mild, sunny and wet weather. That proportion was similar to the previous month, but down from 55% in September of 2022. Wind accounted for 35% of energy generation capacity during the month, up 10 percentage points on the same month a year ago. […]

The value of mergers and acquisitions with Irish involvement hit $33.3 billion during the first nine months of the year. That represented an increase of 48% compared to 2022 and the second highest amount for that period for any of the last five years. The data compiled by the London Stock Exchange Group Deals Intelligence […]

Corporation tax in September came in below the Department of Finance’s estimate for the second month in a row, according to the latest Exchequer figures published this afternoon. The data came as the Department of Finance Chief Economist warned that it looks like tax revenue for 2023 will undershoot the most recent forecast. The Exchequer […]

The growth in activity in the services sector was the slowest since the beginning of the year, according to the latest AIB Ireland Services Purchasing Managers Index. Concerns over the impact of higher interest rates and cost pressures weighed on the outlook, although it did remain positive. “Indeed, it was the lowest reading since January, […]

A fall in exports and lower consumer spending in the face of higher inflation will lower the growth rate in the economy this year, according to the Economic and Social Research Institute. In its latest Quarterly Bulletin, the think-tank also cautions against any cuts in taxes in the upcoming Budget that go beyond keeping pace […]

The Minister for Finance has said that changes to personal taxation will be a “central element” of a just over €1.1 billion tax package that will form part of next week’s Budget. “While there are a number of different priorities I want to address as part of that, the central element of the tax package […]

A company controlled by businessman Larry Goodman is to make up to €6.35m available to Barryroe Offshore Energy (BOE), which is currently in examinership, as part of a rescue package. The development comes as BOE announced that Chief Financial Officer, Colin Christie, has stood down and left the company. In a statement to the stock […]

Rising wages in the euro zone are underpinning inflation in the bloc but wage growth should moderate in the coming months, the European Central Bank’s chief economist Philip Lane said today. Professor Lane told an event in the Lithuanian capital Vilnius that the ECB will only know around Easter next year if wage growth is […]

The manufacturing sector experienced some renewed headwinds in September which saw the index going back into contractionary mode having bounced back in August. The headline AIB Ireland Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index – a composite single-figure indicator of manufacturing performance – fell to 49.6 in September from the six month high of 50.8 recorded in August. […]

The Irish property market is experiencing a rebound with a period of falling house prices – seen in the early months of 2023 – coming to an end as the year entered its second half. The latest report from the property website MyHome.ie captured asking price inflation nationally running at an annual pace of just […]