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# finance - Friday 7 June, 2013
Column: A meaningful housing policy would deal with defaulting landlords and at-risk tenants
The rental market in Ireland is largely an amateur business led by small landlords – but, now, with many property-owners in arrears, tenants face an uncertain future, write Lorcan Sirr and Tom Dunne.
# finance - Monday 27 May, 2013
100 new jobs created by finance firm in Dublin
Aztec Money chose Ireland for its location and its access to a highly skilled workforce with multilingual skills.
# finance - Sunday 19 May, 2013
Column: Here’s how to protect your bank deposits in this unsettled economy
Many sensible individuals are now rightly worried about the security of their savings and investments, writes David Quinn who says diversification is key.
# finance - Thursday 16 May, 2013
‘The banks are not lending’ belief is stopping SMEs applying for loans
The latest report by the ESRI says accessing finance is the third most reported problem facing small businesses in Ireland.
# finance - Monday 13 May, 2013
The NAMA advisors who work for free cost €23,000 last year
Hotels, travel and subsistence cost meant that the NAMA advisory group, which works pro-bono, cost thousands of euro last year.
# finance - Tuesday 7 May, 2013
AIB ‘on track’ to achieve target pre-provision operating profit
The bank says that, after setting funds aside to provide for bad debts, it should return to operating profit for the full year 2013.
# finance - Thursday 4 April, 2013
Union warns of ‘further serious action’, tells IBRC staff not to cooperate with NAMA
The Irish Bank Officials Association has told IBRC workers not to cooperate with NAMA amid an ongoing dispute over redundancy terms for workers at the liquidated bank.
# finance - Monday 25 March, 2013
Revenue property tax website cost just under €50,000, says Noonan
Latest figures from Revenue show just over 7,000 people have paid the property tax in its first fortnight.
# finance - Wednesday 20 March, 2013
Column: The success or failure of the UK’s economic strategy matters greatly to Ireland
The UK budget being announced today has implications for Ireland too, writes James Kilcourse, who says as well as being a crucial trading partner, the UK is Ireland’s biggest rival for attracting foreign direct investment.
# finance - Thursday 7 March, 2013
Noonan: ‘There’s no money tree out in the back garden’
The Finance Minister said yesterday that there is no unidentified source that the government can tap for funding to help close the deficit.
# finance - Wednesday 6 March, 2013
More than 5,800 homes lost gas or electricity connection because of non-payment
The figures were compiled by the Commission for Energy Regulation for the period from July to September 2012.
# finance - Thursday 21 February, 2013
Noonan: Europe now owes Ireland after ‘taking one for the team’
“As Ronald Reagan used to say, ‘We took one for the team.’ And I think the team owes us now.”
# finance - Wednesday 20 February, 2013
Supreme Court rejects TDs application to join promissory note challenge
Five Deputies applied to join businessman David Hall’s challenge to the payment of promissory notes, saying it was in the public interest for the case to go ahead.
# finance - Sunday 3 February, 2013
Here is how much was won on Prize Bonds last year
The amount has increased significantly over the past three years as people sought safe places to put their money.
# finance - Tuesday 15 January, 2013
Irish consumers’ Visa card expenditure rises to record €15.5bn
According to Visa, €1 in every €7 of consumer spending in Ireland is now on a Visa debit, credit or prepaid card.
# finance - Sunday 6 January, 2013
Paraic Duffy: ‘The Government will have to pick up the tab’
The GAA Director-General believes that it will fall to the Government to finance the upgrading of stadia if the IRFU 2023 Rugby World Cup bid is successful.
# finance - Saturday 5 January, 2013
The 10 billionaires whose net worth rose the most in 2012
Nope, we haven’t heard of some of these rich folks…
# finance - Thursday 20 December, 2012
Bank of Ireland Public Interest Directors paid over half a million since appointment
Joe Walsh and Tom Considine were questioned about salaries, bonuses and credit card interest hikes at the Bank of Ireland.
Bank directors to be asked if AIB and BOI are acting in public interest
Four directors – including former Tánaiste Dick Spring – will be questioned by the Oireachtas Finance Committee on whether the bailed-out banks are acting in the public interest.
# finance - Saturday 15 December, 2012
TD calls on banks to be “more humane and compassionate” with borrowers
Michael McGrath said he hears frequently of cases of suicide in which financial pressures were to the fore.
# finance - Monday 10 December, 2012
Prospect of October Budget welcomed amid calls for more open process
Budget 2013 is less than a week old but already thoughts are turning to Budget 2014 and the possibility it could be held earlier than December next year.
# finance - Wednesday 5 December, 2012
BUDGET 2013: Here is what happened
TheJournal.ie brings you every detail of the Budget 2013 announcement, all the analysis and all the reaction.
Taoiseach: Property tax is “both progressive and fair”
Kenny said this budget would probably be the most challenging in the life of this government.
Pharmacists: Increased prescription charges may lead to people being hospitalised
The Irish Pharmacy Union has warned that hiking up the cost of prescriptions for people on low incomes could end up costing the government a lot more money than it will save.
The 5 at 5: Wednesday
5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock…
Wine up by €1 a bottle, beer increasing by 10c a pint
The government has increased the excise on alcohol and cigarettes by more than was expected in Budget 2013.
# finance - Wednesday 28 November, 2012
Majority of SMEs who requested credit from banks were approved
A total of 60 per cent of small businesses which applied for credit were successful according to the Red C poll.
# finance - Monday 26 November, 2012
Join TheJournal.ie’s #Budget 2013 virtual panel
We want to hear from a wide range of people across the country to find out their thoughts both ahead of Budget Day and on the day itself.
# finance - Thursday 22 November, 2012
Poll: Are you worried about the Budget?
There are less than two weeks to go until Budget 2013 is unveiled by Michael Noonan. Are you worried about what’s going to be in it?
# finance - Tuesday 13 November, 2012
HSE deficit now at almost €400 million
The HSE said this is the first month in which there has been a reduction in the deficit reported. The INMO said the figures “fail to portray the real crisis facing the Irish public health service”.
# finance - Friday 9 November, 2012
Brian Hayes in Brussels to discuss EU budget
The Minister of State will meet with other EU finance ministers to discus the bloc’s budget for the coming year.
# finance - Wednesday 31 October, 2012
IBRC and AIB executives to face Oireachtas committee
The executives from the two guaranteed banks will be questioned about the operations and functions of their respective institutions.
# finance - Friday 26 October, 2012
AIB to permanently close 44 branches across country today
A total of 67 branches will be closed or amalgamated by next year in a bid to save €350 million.
Irish Aid: Tánaiste “absolutely disgusted” after alleged Uganda aid fraud
It is believed that around €4 million of Irish aid money may have been misappropriated by the Office of the Prime Minister of Uganda.
# finance - Thursday 25 October, 2012
As it happened: Noonan and Howlin on the Troika’s eighth review of the bailout
Are the Troika still happy with Ireland’s progress? Let’s find out…
Troika completes eighth review of Ireland
Ministers Noonan and Howlin to read out Ireland’s latest report card at noon today. Any guesses at what grade we’ll get?
# finance - Tuesday 23 October, 2012
10 EU states to bring in financial transaction tax legislation
Its estimated the tax could yield as much as €57 billion if introduced on a EU-wide basis but concerns remain in Ireland that its introduction could see jobs transferred abroad.
# finance - Wednesday 10 October, 2012
New chairman of Finance Committee ‘determined to get stuck in from day one’
The position had been held by Alex White TD, who has taken up the junior ministerial position vacated by Róisín Shortall.
Central Bank of Ireland issues warning on investment firm
The regulator has said that Japanese company Drake Merger Management is not authorised as an investment firm in Ireland.
Poll: Should Ireland introduce a financial transaction tax?
Finance Minister Michael Noonan has rejected the introduction of a tax on financial market transactions but what do you think of the idea?
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