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Over 1.5m households yet to file local property tax valuation

Revenue has said it has written to over 1.5 million property owners to advise them they must file a local property tax valuation ahead of next week’s deadline. ...

State-controlled PTSB puts itself up for sale

Shares in PTSB have surged over 20% after the State-controlled bank announced it has put itself up for sale. The bank said its operations, products and services will ...

ECB expected to hold rates for third meeting in a row

The European Central Bank is all but certain to leave interest rates unchanged for a third meeting in a row today, enjoying a rare period of low inflation ...

Over 150,000 premises connected under National Broadband Plan

Over 150,000 premises across the country have now been connected to high-speed fibre broadband under the National Broadband Plan (NBP). It takes the number of homes, farms, and ...

150 job cuts at Amazon Ireland, 14,000 to go worldwide

Around 150 employees at Amazon in Ireland are set to be impacted as a result of job cuts at the company, RTÉ News understands. The tech giant today ...

Irish university loses almost €100,000 over scam email

An Irish technological university has been the victim of a €98,500 online scam concerning a fraudulent email that resulted in a legitimate payment to a supplier going to ...

Number of passengers affected by data breach not yet clear

It has not yet clear how many passengers were affected by the data breach relating to boarding passes issued for flights during August, but RTÉ News understands it ...

Are people paying more for electricity than they should?

This week the Central Statistics Office published the latest figures on wholesale electricity prices. These are the prices suppliers pay to acquire the energy themselves, not what they ...

Decline in confidence in Irish economy among ‘experience industry’ businesses – study

There has been a significant decline in confidence in the Irish economy among businesses operating in the ‘experience economy’, according to a new survey. The sentiment study, carried ...

Bank of Ireland upgrades Irish economic forecast

Bank of Ireland has revised upwards its forecast for growth for the economy. It comes after a similar move by Goodbody Stockbrokers earlier this week. Bank of Ireand ...

Mortgage drawdowns hit almost €4 billion in third quarter – BPFI

The number of mortgages drawn down during the third quarter of the year increased by 7.7% compared to the same time in 2024, new figures from Banking and ...

New home completions in third quarter up 4% on last year – CSO

The number of new homes built in July, August and September of this year was 9,235, a rise of 4% on the same period last year, according to ...