Business
Irish economy dips in third quarter
There is no end of year silver lining for the Irish economy. Just released official figures show that the Irish economy, as measured by gross domes...
December 21, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
Business
Northern Ireland official visits Pittsburgh
Northern Ireland Minister for Employment and Learning, Stephen Farry (Alliance) will make a special visit to Pittsburgh next week to talk with loca...
December 21, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
Business
IMF again opens its wallet
Just in time for the season of giving, the executive board of the International Monetary Fund last week completed its fourth review of Ireland's pe...
December 21, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
Business
Castle walls financially breached
[caption id="attachment_68339" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="Ashford Castle."][/caption] It has long been one of the hottest places to s...
December 07, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
Business
Fairies did in financial wizard
[caption id="attachment_68335" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="Sean Quinn."][/caption] Sean Quinn, once Ireland's richest man but who now ...
December 07, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
Business
Rise in Irish jobless
The unemployment rate in Ireland rose in November. The number of people on the so-called "Live Register" increased by 1,700 in November. The jobles...
December 07, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
Business
Road may yet rise to meet you
[caption id="attachment_68217" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="Are McGuinness, Kenny and Robinson on the one road? "][/caption] The A5 was...
November 30, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
Business
Soccer foes are sensible partners
They recently did battle in a bid to qualify for next year's European soccer championship finals. The Republic of Ireland came out on top in that o...
November 30, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
Business
Thanks a million says TI's Joe Byrne
[caption id="attachment_68100" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption=" Joe Byrne."][/caption] In a time when most business statistics tend to vee...
November 23, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
Business
Public jobs in firing line
[caption id="attachment_68097" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="Brendan Howlin."][/caption] They used to be lifeboats in hard economic time...
November 23, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
Business
CIE Tours marks 80 in '12
With numbers of North American visitors to Ireland on the up, part of the credit for the increase can be laid at the door of New Jersey-based CIE T...
November 23, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
Business
North anger as Dublin pulls plug on road project
[caption id="attachment_67964" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="McGuinness "bitterly disappointed.""][/caption] It was to be a showcase of ...
November 16, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff