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The additional 15 million hours per year were introduced in 2013

Fórsa warns of 6% pay claim over unpaid hours

Ireland / 08 May

The State's gross pay and pensions bill totals €21.9bn

Analysis: Economic recovery can be double-edged sword

Analysis and Comment / 08 May

More than 77% of women participated in the workforce in Ireland in 2018

Record number of women in workforce

Business / 24 Apr

12 colourful child-sized dolls have been placed at desks in the local school - which has no 'real' students

Scarecrows outnumber people in Japan village

Business / 17 Apr

Ibec says the Brexit pause is welcome but has left businesses to manage costly uncertainty

Ibec expects employment growth to slow down in 2019

Business / 17 Apr

Ireland is the fifth most expensive country in the European Union

High costs threaten business competitiveness - report

Business / 12 Apr

In a disorderly no-deal Brexit scenario, economic growth would be just 1% this year and next year

Central Bank: 'Slight reduction in economic growth'

Business / 08 Apr

MV Laureline left Dublin for the port of Zeebrugge today

Irish shipping industry booming amid Brexit fears

Brexit / 29 Mar

The ESRI says a disorderly Brexit would see economic growth cut to just over 1% this year

ESRI cuts growth forecast, AIB warns optimism falling

Business / 27 Mar

Ireland's position on Solar is 'quite poor' according to company founder Norman Crowley

Solar energy company to create 50 new jobs in Wicklow

The report says the country has an unusually high incidence of low pay and weak labour protections

Working to lower-middle classes 'struggling most'

Ireland / 19 Feb

Abhaile said that 11,695 individual borrowers sought help between 2016 and 2018

Most users of mortgage arrears service keep homes

Ireland / 28 Jan

Paschal Donohoe singled out a shortage of electrical engineers in particular

Rising costs and labour shortages hit capital projects

Economy / 16 Jan

Ibec said efforts to tackle the housing shortage were being hindered by a costly, slow and cumbersome planning regime

Planning system in need of significant reform - Ibec

Economy / 15 Jan

Ibec says while growth will be lower, 66,000 jobs will be created this year

Employers say economic growth will slow this year

Business / 07 Jan

Revenue has seen a transformation of the administration and collection of payroll taxes.

Revenue collected €54.5 billion in 2018

Business / 04 Jan

Annual growth was €964 million or 1.3%

Mortgage lending growth highest in 9 years

Business / 04 Jan

The IDA says it has secured 55 investments that it directly links to Brexit, producing an estimated 4,500 jobs

Employment growth in IDA firms last year averaged 7%

Business / 03 Jan

The last time the index was below the 50 mark that separates growth from contraction was May 2013

Manufacturing growth slows in December - PMI

Business / 02 Jan

There were over 23,500 properties for sale in December 2018, compared to 21,200 a year earlier - the first year-end increase in availability in a decade

House prices rose by €1,000 a month in 2018

Business / 30 Dec 18

For retail, the lead-up to Christmas is crucial, as a good month at this time of year can make up for all kinds of hardship between January and November

Retailers reflect on a changing business environment

Business / 24 Dec 18

Brent and New York crude contracts collapsed as low as $57.20 and $47.84 per barrel respectively during the morning session

Oil slumps to fresh one-year lows in markets rout

Business / 18 Dec 18

People from the black non-Irish group are less than half as likely to be employed than white Irish

Report finds discrimination in job market

Economy / 18 Dec 18

The ECB's quantitative easing programme has pumped an extra €2.6 trillion into the Eurozone economy

Draghi acknowledges 'downside' risks as ECB ends QE

Business / 13 Dec 18

A debate on the Brexit deal is under way at the UK parliament, ahead of a crucial vote on 11 December

Crucial vote on Brexit deal will go ahead on Tuesday

Brexit / 07 Dec 18

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