Rent to buy is not a 'new idea', one of my mentors is a man who built over 10,000 homes in Dublin (he retired in the 70's having starte...

Today driving into work I was pleasantly surprised to hear a spokesperson say on the radio that a community wind farm in Clare is doing...

I was watching 'The future of capitalism' on CNBC and was impressed with some of the commentary, the people around the table were a sel...

I am not about to say the Luas isn't great, having used the service several times I find it to be more efficient than the Dart or bus a...

Bank of Scotland recently announced that no longer will support an applicant seeking to borrow 90% for a newly constructed, or second h...

On Wednesday there was a conference in Trinity College Dublin called 'Irish economic policy for the crisis: What next?'. This post is v...

The second session was chaired by John McHale now of NUIG, formerly of Queens University Canada, who I have emailed back and forth wit...

Tom Keene from Bloomberg talks about the yield curve and some of the spreads that we are seeing in the current market, as well as that ...

Research carried out by Nottingham Business School has shown that Brokers are the most trustworthy group of financial advisers. The pos...

Banks are restricting credit, in a market economy rationing is generally a mistake, but at the same time they can't come out and say 'w...

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