Cost-of-living squeeze intensifies, congestion charges and Kerry’s Russian problem

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Ireland's cost-of-living squeeze intensified last month with inflation surging to a 22-year high of 6.7 per cent, up from 5.6 per cent the previous month. This was was sharpest rate of price growth recorded in the Irish economy since November 2000. Eoin Burke-Kennedy has the details.

More than one million current and deposit accounts must find new homes as KBC and Ulster Bank exit the market. In Agenda Joe Brennan tallies the issues.

The Government has raised more than half a billion euro from the sale of shares in Bank of Ireland on the stock market since last June, according to Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe, as he confirmed that the drip-feed sale of shares will continue. Joe Brennan reports.

In Caveat, Mark Paul argues that Kerry Group's desperate attempts to keep its Russian food factory leave a bad taste.

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An Bord Pleanála has given permission for contentious plans for a build-to-rent apartment scheme for Dublin's Heuston South Quarter (HSQ) that includes an 18-storey block, writes Gordon Deegan

Friday columnist John FitzGerald says that it probably worth it to pay congestion charges rather than endure traffic restrictions.

In World of Work Olive Keogh finds that is is not where you work that matters but the work that you do.

In Wild Geese we meet Ronan Wall, West Hollywood resident and entrepreneur.

Dublin-based cloud company Clarity CX1 has raised €1.6 million in funding, in a round led by DBIC Ventures. Ciara O'Brien reports.

The economy is being affected by several strong trends – where will those trends take us in the year ahead? Cliff Taylor looks at the latest Central Bank growth forecast, inflation, and other economic threats posed by the war in Ukraine.

Plus, at the end of this month will see the return of the Pendulum Summit to Dublin after a pandemic hiatus. Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak is among the big names appearing at the annual business and self-empowerment event. Pendulum founder and former Irish rugby international Frankie Sheahan talks to Ciarán Hancock on our Inside Business podcastabout what it takes to attract big names to the summit and what attendees can expect this year.

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Conn Ó Midheach

Conn Ó Midheach

Conn O Midheach is Assistant Business Editor - Digital of The Irish Times