Economy gets fatter from making the world skimmer. Analysis: www.rte.ie/news/busines...

Regulator hits Uisce Éireann with €20m fine over leaks. www.rte.ie/news/busines...

I've put together this video going through the new housing strategy in detail. My analysis of what's new & what matters @tonygroves.bsky.social @hlinehan.bsky.social @davidmurphyrte.bsky.social theweekinhousing.substack.com/p/new-housin...

Once more with feeling: Govt's latest housing plan is on way. But how effective were the previous three plans? How many targets were missed? Why have has house building lagged demand? Analysis here: www.rte.ie/news/clarity...

Trump’s former commerce secretary Wilbur Ross says effect of US tariffs on Ireland will be less damaging than on other EU countries. www.rte.ie/news/analysi...

What will a sale of PTSB mean? How much will the taxpayer get? How much has the State lost on bailing out the banks? Some answers here www.rte.ie/news/2025/10...

Controversial rent reforms are hurtling down the track. Cabinet agreed outline legislation this week to replace existing rules next year. Housing Plan leaks show Govt wants to use compulsory purchase to tackle derelict houses. Analysis www.rte.ie/news/busines... @mickbyrne.bsky.social @news.rte.ie

‘When death is about to happen/
does the body grow heavier or lighter?/ He felt himself growing heavier./
He felt himself growing lighter./ When a man says he hears angels singing,/
he hears angels singing.’ From Blake Dying by Mary Oliver #poet and essayist - #read her

One off cost-of-living supports are now the norm. Cutting them in the Budget won’t be easy. Analysis: www.rte.ie/news/analysi...

Ive a piece in the Examiner today on migration, house prices and supply @davidmurphyrte.bsky.social @bryanfanning.bsky.social www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...

Interest bill on Ireland’s €218 billion debt set to rise. www.rte.ie/news/busines...

The population is growing faster than expected, partly driven by immigration. But reducing growth in immigration won’t necessarily help the housing crisis. Analysis www.rte.ie/news/busines...

Inside Ireland’s multibillion euro infrastructure plan www.rte.ie/news/analysi...

Why new homes may not get planning permission in Dublin after 2028 despite the housing crisis. Analysis: www.rte.ie/news/analysi...

Govt to miss housing targets in 2025, 2026 & 2027, Central Bank forecast shows. www.rte.ie/news/ireland...

How much did the bank bailout cost the taxpayers? www.rte.ie/news/analysi...

Did Nama work? Analysis: www.rte.ie/news/busines...

Why the Government has little choice on rent cap reform www.rte.ie/news/analysi...

Are the latest economic figures a return of Leprechaun Economics ? Analysis here: www.rte.ie/news/analysi...

Takeover offer of €1.3bn for Dalata hotel group. www.rte.ie/news/busines...

The Govt is struggling to make progress on housing. Here are three of the big issue it faces: www.rte.ie/news/2025/06...

RTÉ News has appointed Fergal O'Brien as its new Business Correspondent www.rte.ie/news/busines...

Minister for Housing James Browne has said anyone who is appointed to run the Housing Activation Office will have to be "forthright about any conflicts of interest"

The row over the botched appointment of NAMA boss Brendan McDonagh will be short-lived unlike the housing crisis. Analysis : www.rte.ie/news/busines...

4 myths about Trump's tariffs and how they affect Ireland: 1) Ireland “took our” pharma. Not quite true. 2) Tariffs “pause” isn’t really a pause 3) Truth about moving chip manufacturing to US 4) Trump’s says tariffs are “going very well”. www.rte.ie/news/clarity...

US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick tells ABC News tariff exemption for phones, chips and computers is temporary. He says they, along with pharma, will be subject to sector specific tariffs next month. He adds this will be separate to reciprocal tariffs and nonnegotiable.

Public Expenditure Minister Jack Chambers says date for implementation of pension auto enrollment likely to be delayed for a “short number of months”. @news.rte.ie

Constructive phone call discussion with Premier Li Qiang. We took stock of the state of EU-China relations as we approach 50 years of diplomatic ties and on global issues. Read-out ↓ europa.eu/!FtFk49

Plenty of Bronte chat with biographer Claire Harman (right) at Seamus Heaney HomePlace. Great readings including from Jane Eyre from actor Ruby Campbell (left).

Overnight comments from Donald Trump overnight suggest pharma reprieve won’t last long. #Tariff analysis here: www.rte.ie/news/analysi...

Latest tariffs analysis here: www.rte.ie/news/analysi...

As the Trump administration prepares tariffs on the pharma industry the Irish Government is beginning to prepare the public for the consequences. Analysis: www.rte.ie/news/busines...

I wrote up some of my stuff on interest rates, the RPZs and build to rent supply for RTE Brainstorm. Just out this morning @davidmurphyrte.bsky.social

US tariffs could hit employment in Ireland, result in multinationals relocating and damage the public finances, according to a new study. The working paper by the ESRI & Dept of Finance found the domestic economy could contract by 2% over the next 5 to 7 years. www.rte.ie/news/busines...

There was an 81% surge in Irish exports to the US in January compared with the same month a year earlier, according to the Central Statistics Office. show.https://www.rte.ie/news/business/2025/0318/1502671-cso-export-figures/

I’ll be on @rteradio1.bsky.social ‘This Week’ tomorrow after 1pm talking about apartment building www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...

The argument that RPZs killed apartment supply is not supported by evidence. In fact, as I show in this piece all the evidence points to interest rates as decisive factor @tonygroves.bsky.social @davidmurphyrte.bsky.social @lokapila.bsky.social theweekinhousing.substack.com/p/are-rpzs-k...

Very good summary of current state of play re RPZ reform

Rent caps expire at the end of this year - Govt faces a big decision as the supply of new homes is falling, homelessness getting worse and are investors leaving the market blaming rent restrictions. Analysis here: www.rte.ie/news/2025/03...

ECB cuts rates by. 0.25% to 2.5%.

This week lobby group the Irish Property Owners Association repeated the claim that landlords were being driven from the market by excessive regulation and financial pressures. But is it true that the number of landlords is falling? Analysis: www.rte.ie/news/analysi...

Donald Trump’s threat of 25% tariffs is negative for Ireland. Last year Ireland exported €72bn of goods to the US. We sell proportionately more to the States than other EU countries. Short analysis here: www.rte.ie/news/2025/02...

Commission of Investivesigation into Nama's sale of Project Eagle loans finds the strategy was "was appropriate in the circumstances" but has raised issues regarding the agency's handling of conflicts of interest in relation to businessman Frank Cushnahan. www.rte.ie/news/ireland...

Regulator wants to see data centres make their carbon emissions public. www.rte.ie/news/busines...

The govt was warned in 2016 rent controls would damage the supply of housing. Last year apartments completions dropped 24%. The Coalition is examining rent controls but relaxing them will be a political & social nightmare. Analysis via www.rte.ie/news/busines...

Intel invested €17bn in its Leixlip plant. Is it realistic that US multinationals like that will uproot? Probably not. But Trump’s regime makes it much more politically challenging for US corporations to establish new operations in Ireland. Analysis here: www.rte.ie/news/2025/02...

Ireland will need to build 93,000 homes a year up to 2031, says stockbroker Davy. That’s higher than the Government’s hope of building 60,000 annually. It says housing shortfall is 230,000 and it’s now stopping younger people having families. www.rte.ie/news/busines...

Senior government figures very surprised that four Regional Independent TDs told Verona Murphy that they would only vote for the coalition on a “case by case basis.” That was not the agreed understanding apparently.

Were voters misled on housing before election? Analysis: www.rte.ie/news/analysi...