There is a distinct whiff of a phoney war currently in the sentiments and behaviours of Irish consumers, that most hardy of spender species. You don’t need to be a bloodhound to sniff it out.An Post, which has been seeking to enter the mortgage market for the past four years, iswith nonbank start-up MoCo, according to sources. Joe Brennan reports
Winter truly is coming for Irish consumers in a literal and metaphorical sense. The European Central Bank’s latest interest rate rise has blown cold in under the door. Underneath all the post-pandemic consumer bravado, we all know what is about to happen, says Mark Paul inA group of shareholders in troubled company HiberGene Diagnostics who claim they have only received partial payment after taking part in a share sale earlier this year are set toat a virtual meeting of its creditors on Friday.
The sharp rise in energy prices is equivalent to a carbon tax of about €700 a tonne. One result is that the balance of economic advantage for households has strongly tilted in favour of retrofitting. Most of us would be better off if we were to invest in the energy efficiency of our homes, argues