Economic news and events

Industrial production and retail sales improved monthly in Ireland in November, the Central Statistics Office reported Tuesday.

Production in manufacturing industries rose 2.6% month-on-month on a...

Britons appear to have held back on Christmas presents in favour of buying themselves holidays and entertainment as falling inflation led to increasing consumer confidence,...

The Irish government on Tuesday said it will continue to sell shares in Dublin-based bank AIB Group PLC in the first half of the new...

UK retail sales edged slightly higher in December, numbers from the British Retail Consortium showed Tuesday.

According to the latest BRC-KPMG tracker, for 2023, retail...

The UK’s once ‘dirtiest’ coal-fired power station Drax is set to receive approval for a multibillion-pound net-zero carbon capture plan from the UK government, according...

Recruitment in the UK was subdued at the end of last year as firms remained cautious about hiring staff, research suggests.

A survey of 400 recruitment...

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has hinted that pre-election tax cut giveaways will be made on the back of ‘difficult decisions to control welfare’.

The PM...

The UK chancellor has hit back at the former net zero tsar after he quit the Conservatives over the government’s decision to increase domestic oil...

The UK will plough £300 million into creating specialist fuel to power the next generation of nuclear reactors in what it hopes will be another...

UK Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has said he does not know if he can afford to cut taxes for British households as a national insurance reduction...