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Analysis: Gender pay gap reporting won’t show employer bias – but it will be useful

Large companies will be required to report on the issue from December

Regulatory inconsistency a threat to Big Tech presence in Ireland, industry warns

Politicians hear of need to invest more in Data Protection Commission, while IDA Ireland pinpoints housing as ‘risk’ to Ireland’s Foreign Direct Investment

Ibec expects interest rates to double again

The central European rate has already increased at a record pace since July

Taoiseach says some sectors discourage pursuit of politics

Micheál Martin was speaking as parties search for local election candidates, and issue of gender quotas arises once more

Regulator drops plans to introduce €100m of new charges on energy-intensive firms

The Commission for the Regulation of Utilities has decided not to introduce a suite of tariffs that would have affected about 2,000 energy-intensive firms

Danny McCoy: Budget measures must be tightly targeted at those most in need

The Irish economy has shown remarkable resilience, but its growth rate is slowing and it’s important that the government tackles the inflation and energy crises head on

Budget deficit would be €5bn without corporate tax receipts, fiscal watchdog warns

Fiscal Advisory Council tells the Oireachtas committee on budgetary oversight that government must avoid ‘stoking inflation further’ in budget

Ibec calls for ‘flexible’ fiscal policy ahead of budget

Group warns cost pressures and tightening of financial markets leaves Ireland facing ‘significant global economic headwinds’

‘Inflation is coming at us like a train’: Cold comfort for cold storage as energy costs soar

The cold storage industry plays a vital role in the food supply chain, in food safety and in exports but the sector seems likely to be excluded from any energy support scheme for business despite rocketing electricity costs

Ibec calls for state agency aimed at domestically focused Irish firms

Lobby group warns of ‘significant gap’ in government assistance and says new body should focus on domestic-facing enterprise base

Power play: How Sinn Féin got onside with Ireland Inc

From meeting with former PD leader Mary Harney to assuring multinationals of their economic credentials, Sinn Féin is attempting a delicate balancing act of talking tough in public while being more amenable to big business in private

Irish economy ‘at a turning point’ – Ibec

Consumer spending and investment ease as economic slowdown looms

Data centres attract €1bn investment into Ireland annually, industry report says

Report commissioned by tech giant funded Ibec group Cloud Infrastructure Ireland claims that data centres, which account for 14 per cent of all metered electricity consumption in Ireland, ‘drive decarbonisation’ in Ireland

State may cut number of reasons employers can give for refusing remote work requests

The remote working bill has proved controversial with unions, partly because it gives businesses 13 grounds on which to refuse a worker’s remote work request

Ibec revises forecast in face of Ukraine crisis

Economy expected to grow by 4.1 per cent, down from a previous forecast of 6.1 per cent

Ibec claims costs of new remote work bill will be ‘prohibitive’ for many employers

Business lobby group says the government should introduce guidance rather than legislation on the issue

Out of office? How unions and employers are at odds over Varadkar’s proposed ‘right to refuse’ remote working bill

Employers are clear that the Tánaiste’s bill must not force them to comply with requests for remote working, but trade unions have argued the proposed legislation does not go far enough

Data centres as ‘heavy industry’ could affect Ireland’s appeal to enterprise — Ibec

A proposal to re-categorise data centres in Dublin has been met with dismay by the business representative group

Isolation rules had to be relaxed to relieve pressure on health system and employers — Taoiseach

Martin said he accepts European Centre for Disease Control warning that changes to close contact rules were ‘not evidence based’

Ibec warns close-contact rules could ‘cripple’ businesses as new state supports announced

Business lobby group calls for review of the rules around close contacts and cautiously welcomes expansion of Covid supports to hospitality sector