{"id":542966,"date":"2026-07-10T16:17:16","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T16:17:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/542966\/"},"modified":"2026-07-10T16:17:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T16:17:16","slug":"larger-firms-drive-surge-in-irish-economic-confidence-while-smaller-businesses-remain-under-pressure-irish-independent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/542966\/","title":{"rendered":"Larger firms drive surge in Irish economic confidence while smaller businesses remain under pressure &#8211; Irish Independent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi_AFBVV95cUxPYnJPd19TT0xMbkJMMDYtb2s3WXo1ZHNDbkZpOUpOSDFBQTdsWFg4cENkZl9Dc2hmZ2pLN3FpalVraGstVHJBN0xFTVpfS1FIVFJ2UFh5alhaeXhTZUhSNEF2OWJsSkg0UWZnSWJxaVNDS20xUnNqSG4wclZEdVdHQlFtLU1temtwdnRqY0tKTUhkU3d6U2lrZG5yQlBTMVlrOUFyQkx3emUtcXRIcG9uQUNmZnV3WVJGOE1FeFVlR29PZ2dYNUFLSHV1REEtVERIX2dlZ1BVd05LVFZzb2w3YTlWRmxiQzgtcHI0OVJwdTFZcHpoclJzcDVkaGs?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Larger firms drive surge in Irish economic confidence while smaller businesses remain under pressure<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Irish Independent<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMivwFBVV95cUxOdG5iQlFQYzdFd0laZExreUFvRTRkMTRucGxCSTViSG1DZE9yRUR0OFdjM1k3VUVBdml5YWdITU50V1ZuUEdVS2RKVW85SUphLUhNX0dUT3RyRjR0dUNJYks4ckVOV0VOV1p4SlVVUjNEVUp3aEFITUVNVWdDb0pNdV8wU1YtNDh0SVRGVC1Qdkgzb2luYnduSExqcmZzNVNmci14SHVQMktVS2ZJZmNpYW1nLUVIVG5CWFAwNEVlTQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Business optimism on the rise despite interest-rate and geopolitical fears<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Irish Times<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiugFBVV95cUxPMFp3Wjg5VzNTTTRsZDM5dG04aWtpeVdvbkIxaWlGQjMyNmVzaHJiMHNhQ0RsMWxBN2Q3NW5fd0Z4Q2k2ZkpxT043TFo0ZzMwczJVNUxDRml6REV3ZDJCbWdJekh3YXJJMlR5dWwyd1dfUTNfbHFvaVdxR2F6Q2V6VC1HQjhYMFVDUE9heWRNcEdxT0VlZVdSS0hkZFpxU19TWkMwSDJVVWR1SUVtRUttWWpoa0xQa28yRUE?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Azets warns of \u2018widening gap\u2019 between small and large firms despite optimism rise<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Business Post<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMic0FVX3lxTFAxbzRNRUFsWmxZa1E1TnUyNnJlMW4zYzNlU0tINnJEdDZIYjl0VEg3ZGwzZ0FZdjktci1UZnpfbVB0MUQ2OGVyTHBDUDE1dENZYzZNblBHY3Q1UGltWUtJTWk4YjVuVWh3a1pRcmNHMUdRVWc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Business optimism in small firms lags behind larger competitors<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Irish Examiner<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMibEFVX3lxTFA1NkJqX0dWOUhXbzlDTlpweHB5YklwRWFjQ0c5WGtmN1pUUkpnaXRsNmQ3MlpveXhyaF9aNDZIY0lpSzFFMFN2QjZVdTBfQ1I1cXFLcG9mVUJieFh0cGZ4MlRsYnVnbktVZjBMag?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Business optimism climbs as two-speed economy emerges &#8211; Azets<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;businessplus.ie<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Larger firms drive surge in Irish economic confidence while smaller businesses remain under pressure&nbsp;&nbsp;Irish IndependentBusiness optimism on the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":500322,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[72,113,61,60],"class_list":["post-542966","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-economy","tag-business","tag-economy","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/542966","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=542966"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/542966\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/500322"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=542966"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=542966"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=542966"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}