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Davos clamps down on gatecrashers

New regulations curtail who can rent out buildings or set up temporary structures during the four-day annual gathering

No let up in pain for would be home buyers

MyHome report shows age of first-time buyers continues to creep up

Mixed messages on jobs and productivity

Continuing low unemployment makes incoming government’s capacity for significant infrastructure investment a challenge

Ireland expecting its tax boom to continue would be a mistake, especially with Trump’s return

Following a record tax take in 2024, Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael look set to double down on their bets that taxes will continue to flow in

Amazon Prime Video’s latest star is Melania Trump

Incoming first lady will be an executive producer of the documentary released by Jeff Bezos-owned streamer

Manifold bows out of CRH after almost 400% share price surge

Jim Mintern takes over as chief executive of building materials giant

Clegg out, Kaplan in: a sign of the Trumpian times at Meta

Former Lib Dem leader has been replaced by a Republican ally as tech sector races to appease the president-elect

Pension bill is finally catching up with some bosses

One in six workers does not have access to a pension in their workplace according to new data from the CSO

Rapidly-growing non-alcoholic beer market ‘underdeveloped’

Sales of 0.0 products rising fast but Irish consumers are a long way short of some European counterparts

Davy settlement closes year Bank of Ireland bosses might rather forget

Davy settlement latest in a litany of woes

Ireland has lowest inflation rate in euro zone

Eurostat says Ireland had lowest level of annualised price growth in November

Selling new workplace pension is getting harder all the time

Department of Social Protection now looking at flat-fee structure to run scheme that disadvantages poorest paid

US corporate tax changes could prove bigger threat to Ireland than tariffs

Incentives designed to bring back intellectual property or patents domicilled abroad could prove problematic for Ireland

Coaches join clarion call over Dublin Airport cap

Tourism needs aviation to bring in visitors,and airlines need tourism to fill their seats

ECB switches focus from inflation to Europe’s flagging economy

Christine Lagarde spent a lot of her press conference on Thursday pointing to the growing strains in the economy

ESRI again highlights regulator’s role in fanning house prices

Think-tank not backing off previous suggestion that loosening mortgage rules boosted the property market

What is PTSB really trying to tell staff?

Lender is cutting jobs, but announcement smacks of an attempt to avoid giving a reason for the move

Lagarde seen striking more dovish tone on interest rates as ECB meets this week

European Central Bank president Christine Lagarde has gotten away with saying as little as possible when asked about France’s problems

Central Bank makes number-crunching a bit easier to understand

Banks are the dominant player in borrowing but non-banks are big for businesses and credit unions are most popular for personal loans

Indians emerge as best-paid foreign nationals in snapshot of Ireland’s workforce

Ireland’s jobs market is increasingly international but local workers more than hold their own

Mixed martial arts firm tightlipped on McGregor role

Alta Global had welcomed partnership with Conor McGregor as recently as September

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