Large foreign companies are the nation’s main drivers of growth but more needs to be done to improve productivity of Irish firms and make the economy more resilient, the organisation’s chief economist says

Director of economics calls for public policy to ‘underpin stability by dampening potential volatility’

It’s not all high-flying IT and finance professionals – 60 per cent of workers in Ireland earn less than €30,000 a year and income and social class are a big influence on how people cast their ballot

Gerry Cross’s nomination for executive director of the European Banking Authority rejected by the European Parliament’s economic and monetary affairs committee

Candidates in search of your vote will promise all kinds of benefits – without necessarily having a realistic plan for how they will deliver them. Here are five questions to keep in mind when you’re sizing up their manifestos

Ex-Fine Gael minister Brian Hayes says more money is needed to end the brain drain from both the banking sector and politics

Alternative lender becoming one of largest non-bank lenders as it has advanced over €450 million to businesses so far

Dublin is a global sales hub for tech companies such as Google, which has become synonymous with data capture and tax avoidance. But is this really the reputation that the tech giant wants to have?

Litigation against distressed loan holders by non-bank entities reached a peak in October

At a time when globalisation is under siege and nationalism is stirring once again, the WTO finds itself largely toothless

House prices would have risen by as much as 25 per cent more if lending restrictions had not been in place, report says

Finance Minister aims to run budgetary surpluses and meet stricter debt targets in face of ‘clear and present danger’

Irish Fiscal Advisory Council criticises reliance on corporation tax and failure to pay down national debt

‘Generations of young people can’t get a permanent job, don’t have pensions, and will never own their own homes,’ said Labour leader