76% of businesses still trading despite Covid-19 – CSO
The Central Statistics Office has found that a majority of companies have continued to trade through the Covid-19 pandemic. ...
Read More Number of people on Pandemic Unemployment Payment dips
The number of people receiving the Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment has fallen slightly by 5,000 to 584,600 over the last ...
Read More European new car sales down 78.3% in April
European passenger car sales slumped in April as the first full month with restrictions imposed to contain the coronavirus pandemic ...
Read More France and Germany to propose €500bn EU recovery fund
France and Germany have agreed to propose creating a €500 billion Recovery Fund that would offer grants to European member ...
Read More Euro zone economy won’t hit pre-crisis level until 2021 at earliest – Lane
The coronavirus-hit euro zone economy probably will not return to its pre-pandemic levels until next year at the earliest, the ...
Read More Call for increased retail supports ahead of reopening
The Chief Executive of Retail Excellence Ireland has called for increased government support for the sector, as up to 1,800 ...
Read More 35% of consumers shop online on a weekly basis – BPFI
31% of consumers are more likely to continue shopping online for clothes, toys and electronic goods after Covid-19 restrictions have ...
Read More NAMA paid €5.65m in legal fees last year
Dublin-based legal firm McCann Fitzgerald last year received €1.54m in legal fees from the National Asset Management Agency. That is ...
Read More US Fed chair warns of ‘extended period’ of weak growth, calls for additional fiscal spending
In a sober review of where the US economy stands on the cusp of its reopening, US Federal Reserve chair Jerome ...
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