EEconomy Read More Irish unemployment rate rises to 5.1% – The Irish TimesAugust 6, 2026 Unemployment in the State edged up to 5.1 per cent in July amid signs the labour market may…
EEconomy Read More Irish economy shrank by 1.6% in 12 months to end of June, CSO estimates – The Irish TimesJuly 29, 2026 Ireland’s economy is estimated to have shrunk by 1.6 per cent in the 12 months to the end…
PPersonal finance Read More Here’s what a 1990s summer can teach us about saving money – The Irish TimesJuly 1, 2026 The 1990s have popular culture in a death grip. The fashion is back, Oasis have filled stadiums again,…
PPersonal finance Read More How will new retirement rules affect workers and employers? – The Irish TimesJune 29, 2026 Legislation that comes into effect on Monday will allow employees to tell the companies they work for they…
PPersonal finance Read More How to not retire: what to do if you’re going to keep working after 65 – The Irish TimesJune 23, 2026 What will you do when you turn 65? Maybe you see yourself on the golf course, in the…
EEnvironment Read More The lure of Canada: ‘There’s such a sense of possibility’ – The Irish TimesJune 6, 2026 The number of Irish people emigrating to Canada has been rising steadily since Covid, almost equalling those going…
EEconomy Read More GDP shrank record 12% in the first quarter but domestic economy grew, official data shows – The Irish TimesJune 4, 2026 The economy contracted a record 12.1 per cent in the first quarter when compared with the previous three…
EEconomy Read More Six out of ten new jobs filled by foreign nationalsMay 21, 2026 The extraordinary changes in the Irish jobs market since the Covid pandemic have been underlined in a new…
EEconomy Read More Migrant workers accounted for 61% of jobs growth between 2019 and 2024, says CSO – The Irish TimesMay 19, 2026 The number of jobs in the Irish economy increased by 355,332 to about 2.8 million between 2019 and…
PPersonal finance Read More Pensions numbers suggest auto-enrolment came as a shock to many workers – The Irish TimesApril 19, 2026 Fewer than one in three workers under the age of 35 were aware a mandatory workplace pension was…
EEconomy Read More Irish households saved average of €2bn every month in 2025 – The Irish TimesApril 10, 2026 Irish households saved an estimated €24 billion in 2025, according to new provisional figures from the Central Statistics…
EEconomy Read More Price of home-heating oil hits highest level since 1996 amid Iran war – The Irish TimesApril 9, 2026 The price of home-heating oil rose by 67.5 per cent last month when compared with February, the largest…