More than 25 applications are being made every hour by first-time buyers (FTBs) hoping to avail of a Government scheme to help them buy a home.

The tax take for last year reached a “historic high”, Finance Minister Michael Noonan has revealed.

THE growth of digital shopping across the EU continues unabated with an ever-increasing number of people now shopping online, according to a recent survey from Eurostat.

The tax take for last year reached a “historic high”, Finance Minister Michael Noonan has revealed.

After a roller-coaster 2016, suddenly the New Year is here. What surprises will it bring? After Donald Trump’s inauguration on January 20, it’s anybody’s guess. One thing you can control is how you plan your finances to make sure 2017 is a little easier on the pocket. Here are my top 10 tips to get them under control.

Hopeful house buyers “will find it tough to find something”, according to a leading expert on the property market.

Regional economic development minister Michael Ring is to bring forward a national policy for social enterprise. The move comes four years after a Forfas report prepared for Government recommended such action.

Pensions and wills are some of the most common things which people put on the long finger. Make 2017 the year that you either start paying into a pension (if you’re not doing so already) or that you ensure that you’re saving enough into one.

The new Help-to-Buy scheme for first-time buyers, announced in the Budget last October, opens for applications today.

European stocks were little changed, after two straight weeks of gains, as investors kicked off the last full week of trading of the year.