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07:02

Property

Prices defy another cooling forecast — and the forecasters keep buying it

A fresh batch of homes changed hands above asking again last month, and the index that was meant to flatten by spring is still climbing. The honest read: supply is the only lever that matters, and nothing in the pipeline moves it before 2027. Every “prices to ease” headline this year was, on the numbers, a hope dressed as a projection.

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07:09

Banking & Rates

The ECB held. Your tracker didn’t notice. Your broker did.

Rates stayed put, as expected, but the more interesting move is among Irish lenders quietly trimming fixed offers ahead of any cut. If you’re inside six months of a roll-off, this is the window the comparison sites won’t flag for you.

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07:15

Tech

Apple says “no barriers” to more Dublin investment. Read that as a tax sentence.

A new office and warm words landed the same week as fresh EU noise on the back-tax case. The investment is real; the timing is a message. Multinationals don’t do photo-ops in Cork by accident.

The Irish Times Read at source →

07:21

Public Money

A new State savings scheme, modelled on Canada and Sweden

Finance officials are studying auto-enrolment-style models abroad. The detail to watch isn’t the headline rate — it’s who administers it, because that contract is worth more than the scheme.

The Irish Times Read at source →

07:24

Jobs

Entry-level tech roles are thinning, and the Department finally said so

The “AI is coming for graduates” line is usually overcooked. This time a State body put numbers behind it. The squeeze is real at the bottom rung — exactly where Ireland’s tech reputation is built or lost.

RTÉ Read at source →

07:26

M&A

A Belgian investor calls Irish care homes “ripe for acquisition”

Translation: fragmented ownership, demographic certainty, and rents the State effectively underwrites. When foreign capital says the quiet part in print, the consolidation is already underway.

The Irish Independent Read at source →

07:27

Galway

Castle Group takes Local Business of the Year — and it isn’t a fluke

The west-of-Ireland SME story rarely makes Dublin’s business pages. It should. Quietly, Galway is building the kind of mid-market base the IDA can’t manufacture from a brochure.

The Irish Times Read at source →

07:28

Consumer

Social welfare payment dates shift in the schedule shake-up

Small story, large audience. If a date moves, hundreds of thousands plan around it. We flag it so you don’t have to read three press releases to find the one line that matters.

Irish Mirror Read at source →

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The Brief

Prices defy another cooling forecast — and the forecasters keep buying it

The ECB held. Your tracker didn’t notice. Your broker did.

Apple says “no barriers” to more Dublin investment. Read that as a tax sentence.

A new State savings scheme, modelled on Canada and Sweden

Entry-level tech roles are thinning, and the Department finally said so

A Belgian investor calls Irish care homes “ripe for acquisition”

Castle Group takes Local Business of the Year — and it isn’t a fluke

Social welfare payment dates shift in the schedule shake-up

Analysis

Why Irish house prices keep beating every prediction

The pass-through problem: where did your rate cut go?

Ireland’s graduate squeeze is a leading indicator

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Top Stories

Irish stocks climb as tech rally lifts the ISEQ to a fresh high

The Brief

Prices defy another cooling forecast — and the forecasters keep buying it

The ECB held. Your tracker didn’t notice. Your broker did.

Apple says “no barriers” to more Dublin investment. Read that as a tax sentence.

A new State savings scheme, modelled on Canada and Sweden

Entry-level tech roles are thinning, and the Department finally said so

A Belgian investor calls Irish care homes “ripe for acquisition”

Castle Group takes Local Business of the Year — and it isn’t a fluke

Social welfare payment dates shift in the schedule shake-up

Analysis

Why Irish house prices keep beating every prediction

The pass-through problem: where did your rate cut go?

Ireland’s graduate squeeze is a leading indicator

The Data

Sections

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