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The Minister for Finance has started the process of selling the State’s shareholding in Bank of Ireland. According to a filing at the London Stock Exchange, the Government’s stake in the bank has fallen from 13.95% to just below 13%. Paschal Donohoe announced in June that he intended to start the process of selling the…

The number of people in receipt of the Pandemic Unemployment Payment is just under 163,400 this week – the lowest level since the pandemic began. The number receiving the payment dropped almost 29,000 on last week, as people returning to work closed their claim. This week, the Department of Social Protection issued weekly payments valued…

Bank of Ireland is reporting a strong recovery in its business performance with a €465 million underlying profit before tax, according to the bank’s interim results for the first half of the year. The bank reports a net credit impairment charge of €1 million at the end of June compared to €937 million in H1…

The manufacturing sector continued to grow at a rapid pace in July, albeit at a slower rate than the previous two months. According to AIB’s latest monthly check on conditions in the manufacturing sector, new order growth hit another record high for the third month running. Output, while up, was partly constrained by ongoing supply…

Used cars in Ireland are now holding their value better than any time in the recent past, DoneDeal claims in its latest Car Price Index. The car website cites analysis undertaken by the TCD and NUIG Economist Dr Tom Gillespie which shows that limited supply and intense demand has meant that cars are currently holding…

There was a fall in online spending as consumers returned to shops and spent more on their credit and debit cards in-store in June, according to statistics from the Central Bank. Spending on cards in-store increased by 10%, or €304 million, last month compared to May, while online spending fell by 5%, or €133 million.…

The construction sector bounced back in the second three months of this year with the lifting of Covid-19 restrictions, according to the Central Statistics Office. The completion of houses and apartments is now running at a higher rate than the same period two years ago. The CSO’s New Dwelling Completions for the second quarter of…

The Financial Services Ombudsman said his office had to date received 1,051 complaints arising from the circumstances surrounding the Covid-19 pandemic. 180 of them related to business interruption insurance. Ger Deering said the Office of the FSO had dealt with 760 of the total, including 113 of the business interruption insurance complaints. The information was…

A total of 33,815 new .ie domains were registered in the first six months of 2021, according to the latest .IE Domain Profile Report. That was up 1.6% on the same period last year and marked the best first half-year period on record for new .ie domain registrations, the report from the company that manages…

The National Asset Management Agency recorded a €20m profit in the three months to the end of March, according to accounts submitted to the Oireachtas. The State body had revenues of €114m in the period, the majority of which came from the sale of loans and collateral relating to properties. NAMA said it was holding…