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Revolut Reaches 75 Billion Dollars in New Secondary Share Sale

Revolut has announced the completion of a major secondary share sale that places the company at a valuation of 75 billion dollars. This represents a significant uplift on ...

Should You Take Advice from a Billionaire?

Public debate often features high-profile comments from influential business figures. Some of these insights can be valuable. Others show how far the lived experience of the ultrarich has ...

Irish Residential Properties REIT Reports Near Full Occupancy and Strong Market Performance

Irish Residential Properties REIT, one of the largest private landlords in the country, has reported continued strength in its rental portfolio, supported by high occupancy levels and a ...

Three Quarters of Businesses Expect Auto Enrolment to Reduce Profits in 2026

A new nationwide survey suggests that most Irish businesses expect pension auto enrolment to place pressure on profitability once the scheme begins in 2026. The research, carried out ...

Why Cash Remains Essential in Emergency Planning

Growing international guidance on household emergency preparedness is placing renewed emphasis on the role of cash. Reports that Irish households may soon be advised to keep a small ...

New ‘Access to Cash’ Law Takes Effect to Protect ATM Availability Nationwide

A new law designed to safeguard public access to cash is set to come into force this week, placing a legal requirement on financial institutions to ensure that ...

Irish Unemployment Rate Rises to Highest Level in Four Years

New labour market data from the Central Statistics Office indicates that unemployment has reached its highest point since 2021. The unemployment rate for people aged 15 to 65 ...

Concerns Raised Over Employers Attempting to Undermine New Pension Auto Enrolment Scheme

The Department of Social Protection has issued a warning following reports that some employers are attempting to sidestep the new pension auto enrolment system by pressuring staff into ...

Sole Applicants Now Account for Almost One Third of First Time Buyer Mortgages, New BPFI Analysis Shows

A growing share of first time buyers are securing mortgages on their own, according to new data from the Banking and Payments Federation Ireland (BPFI). The organisation’s latest ...

Why Food Prices Are Rising Again

Recent inflation data from the Central Statistics Office shows that overall annual inflation has climbed to its highest level since March 2024, reaching 2.9 percent. One of the ...

Irish Businesses Urged to Strengthen Online Resilience After Major Cloudflare Outage

A significant global outage at Cloudflare this week caused widespread disruption and highlighted the scale of reliance many organisations have on unseen digital infrastructure. While the company is ...

ECB Expected to Keep Interest Rates Steady Until 2026 as Economic Conditions Hold Firm

The European Central Bank is widely expected to maintain interest rates at current levels until at least the end of 2026, according to a new Reuters survey of ...