Irish economy to grow by 5% this year and next – ESRI

The Irish economy will grow by approximately 5 per cent both this year and next year and unemployment will fall below 10 per cent, according to the ESRI. Economic growth is expected to be strong in 2014 and 2015, it said in its Quarterly Economic Commentary for Autumn...

Manufacturing grows strongly again in September

Irish manufacturing grew robustly again in September, marking the 15th month in a row that the sector was in positive territory. Investec’s monthly Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI), fell slightly to 55.7 from a 15-year high of 57.3 in August. Any reading above 50...

Wetherspoon will pour €100m into Irish pub network

In an interview with the Irish Independent, the Belfast-born multimillionaire said his British pub chain was pouring money into Ireland. Mr Martin said designs overhauls of around €1.5m, along the lines of what has just been completed at its Blackrock, Co Dublin...