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Profit warnings sounded as markets retreat from coronavirus threat
Aslew of profit warnings on Wednesday and general corporate alarm over the potential fallout from the coronavirus epidemic highlighted the prescience of stock market investors in the previous few days. European stocks were down 9 per cent at one point, touching levels...
Aviva stops investors from taking money out of Irish property funds
Aviva Life & Pensions Ireland moved on Friday to stop investors in two Irish commercial property funds withdrawing money for up to six months after dealing with a rise in demand in recent months from investor seeking their money back. The funds have a combined...
Government’s tax take almost doubles in 10 years
The Government’s tax take has almost doubled since the low point of the crash in 2010, according to the latest exchequer returns. They show that the Government collected a record €59 billion in taxes last year, exceeding the 2018 performance by 6.8 per cent or €3.75...
The week’s best art exhibitions: winter shows
The Gallery at de Veres Auctions, Dublin, until December 19th One of Ed Miliano’s best known works is Diary, a set of 366 small paintings documenting the view from his Dublin studio window every day over a year, first shown at the RHA in 2012. Since then he spent...
John Legend: ‘The key to happiness is to open your mind to love’
John Legend springs up from his mahogany grand piano in the high-ceilinged, light-drenched living room of his Hollywood home and greets me with a grin, a hello, and one of those very smooth handshakes that seamlessly morph into an extremely brief hug. My palms are...
Record rents may put pressure on Central Bank to ease lending rules
Record rent levels may see the Central Bank ease rules on mortgage lending slightly. Goodbody analyst Eamonn Hughes said wholesale changes were unlikely under the ongoing annual review of limits on lending for home loans, but he added that there may be some “tweaks”...
Labour Brexit: Corbyn told to back new EU referendum or lose millions of supporters
Jeremy Corbyn has been warned by Labour’s leader in the European parliament and other grandees that the party will be deserted by millions of anti-Brexit voters if it fails to clearly back a second referendum in its manifesto for next month’s EU elections. The message...
Tory MP says joining in EU elections would be ‘existential threat’ to party
Theresa May has been warned that a long delay to Brexit could deal a fatal blow to the Conservatives, with one minister claiming that participating in the European elections would be a “suicide note” for the party. The warning came as the government continues...
May hopes to hold fourth vote on Brexit deal
Theresa May hopes to bring her Brexit deal back to parliament again next week after it was rejected for a third time by MPs – and appears poised to trigger a general election if parliament fails to agree a way forward. May hints at possible need for election, saying...
Secret Cabinet Office document reveals chaotic planning for no-deal Brexit
Exclusive: paper says ‘critical phase’ could last months as fears rise over disruption to transport and food supplies The extent and range of the impact of a no-deal Brexit is revealed in a confidential Cabinet Office document that warns of a...