Hopes have been raised that rules limiting the amount of mortgage lending by credit unions may be relaxed.

Plans for a new town with 3,000 homes in blocks of up to 50 metres high and office, commercial and retail space for 8,000 workers have been unveiled by Dublin City Council.

Enterprise Ireland has announced a new €750,000 fund created to support start-up activity across all sectors.

The combined deficit of defined-benefit pension schemes in companies listed on Ireland’s stockmarket soared to €4.5bn last year – a 50pc increase on the shortfall in 2015.

The revenue commissioners have encouraged taxpayers to use online services when filing tax returns over the coming weeks and months.

The 400,000 people renewing their private health insurance this month could be paying as much as €3,000 a year more for their private health insurance than they need to, Sunday Independent analysis has found. Most at risk of overpaying are those who have been on the same plan for three or more years – and those who automatically renew their cover without shopping around.

In the first half of 2016, just 3,600 of us, or 0.06pc, switched our current account to another bank.

Question: My landlord has just sent myself and my flatmate a letter informing us that the rent is being increased from March.

Question: I didn’t get a reminder last year about the property tax and my neighbour has just told me that it’s past the deadline, which he was notified about.

Prices were flat last month when compared with a year earlier.