# debt - Friday 30 January, 2015
# Loadsamoney
# Loadsamoney
Latest figures from the CSO highlight worrying levels of indebtedness in the east of the country…
# In The Red
# In The Red
CSO figures also revealed that young people are carrying too much debt.
# debt - Wednesday 14 January, 2015
# Insolvency
# Insolvency
The cost is now less than a fifth what it was two years ago.
# debt - Thursday 8 January, 2015
# Hey Big Spender
# Hey Big Spender
New figures today also show an increase of 6.4% in retail sales over the course of the year.
# debt - Wednesday 7 January, 2015
# Going Like Hotcakes
# Going Like Hotcakes
A good day’s work, says the Finance Minister.
# debt - Tuesday 6 January, 2015
# Bankruptcy
# Bankruptcy
Only 311 insolvency applications have been approved to date in Ireland.
# debt - Friday 5 December, 2014
# Debt
# Debt
The majority of loans taken out this time last year were to cover debts consumers already had.
# debt - Monday 24 November, 2014
# Debt Collectors
# Debt Collectors
A football team has offered to help the 85-year-old.
# debt - Tuesday 4 November, 2014
# Report Card
# Report Card
An IMF internal review finds that some European authorities thought it was “inappropriate” for the IMF to be seated at the negotiating table.
# debt - Sunday 12 October, 2014
# Budget 2015
# Budget 2015
Dr Daragh McGreal has been crunching numbers and formulating policies for months. Here are a few of them…
# debt - Wednesday 10 September, 2014
# Bond Holders
# Bond Holders
The nominal value of outstanding Government bonds now stands at €112,240 million.
# debt - Tuesday 9 September, 2014
# Free At Last
# Free At Last
A group of investors that includes the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs will clear the €1.9 million debt they were made to pay in a 2012 commercial court ruling.
# debt - Friday 5 September, 2014
# Falling Debt
# Falling Debt
But total borrowings for small business are still headed south.
# debt - Tuesday 2 September, 2014
# This Charming Man
# This Charming Man
The Minister is looking to seal a deal for early repayment of our IMF loans, which would bring down repayments considerably.
# debt - Friday 29 August, 2014
# Borrower Nor A Lender
# Borrower Nor A Lender
Loan repayments were €437 million higher than new lending last month.
# debt - Monday 25 August, 2014
# Tackling Debt
# Tackling Debt
ISME is to run a series of free advice sessions for struggling business owners.
# Looking Up
# Looking Up
The bank is predicting a broader based recovery, with jobs outside Dublin on the cards.
# debt - Sunday 24 August, 2014
# Budget 2015
# Budget 2015
In the run-up to Budget 2015, Dr Daragh McGreal looks at the issue of Ireland’s ‘unsustainable’ debt.
# debt - Wednesday 20 August, 2014
# Debt Hangover
# Debt Hangover
Jobs in the SME sector could be threatened by bad property debts, according to the Central Bank.
# debt - Friday 8 August, 2014
# debt - Friday 1 August, 2014
# Inbox Me
# Inbox Me
This was the week in business.
# debt - Tuesday 29 July, 2014
# It Gets Better
# It Gets Better
That’s down from 7.9% this time last year.
# debt - Monday 14 July, 2014
# Debt Problems
# Debt Problems
Although coming off a low base, the insolvency service is happy to see growth.
# debt - Saturday 12 July, 2014
# Mortgages
# Mortgages
Politicians are bemoaning the fact that older people might now have to carry debt onto their pension books – but that’s the risk of re-mortgaging.
# debt - Monday 30 June, 2014
# Positive Negative
# Positive Negative
The bank has launched a new product that will help people in negative equity move – but they’ll take the debt with them.
# debt - Friday 27 June, 2014
# Hard Times
# Hard Times
The one-time Heinz chairman has failed to slow down the banks pursuit of his assets.
# debt - Saturday 21 June, 2014
# Banking Inquiry
# Banking Inquiry
This ‘inquiry’ has no credibility whatsoever and a decent opposition would have resigned en masse in protest.
# debt - Friday 20 June, 2014
# Sold
# Sold
It consisted mostly of loans secured on assets in Northern Ireland.
# National Debt
# National Debt
We’ve been told that we have no choice but to accept austerity measures to get the country back on its feet… but is that really true?
# debt - Thursday 19 June, 2014
# Austerity
# Austerity
Giving tax cuts in the upcoming budget would be popular, but it’s not the right thing to do.
# debt - Wednesday 18 June, 2014
# Rural Towns
# Rural Towns
The key to taking advantage of the bounce-back is to remove some of the fixed costs involved in starting up a business (or keeping one going).
# debt - Tuesday 10 June, 2014
# Cashflow
# Cashflow
And it’s stopping them renovating.
# debt - Monday 2 June, 2014
# Rein It In
# Rein It In
The European Commission has recommended that the government ensure that excessive debt is corrected in a sustainable manner by 2015 and beyond.
# debt - Thursday 22 May, 2014
# Debt Hangover
# Debt Hangover
The Financial Times columnist says that the eurozone is being run for “the benefit of creditors”.
# debt - Tuesday 20 May, 2014
# Bankruptcy
# Bankruptcy
Bankruptcy is a recognition and embrace of failure. If properly understood people can emerge from it stronger than before, writes Ross Maguire SC.
# debt - Sunday 18 May, 2014
# Cancer
# Cancer
“We are literally floating in a sea of radiation nowadays. It’s completely reckless.”
# debt - Friday 16 May, 2014
# Better Off Debt
# Better Off Debt
Nearly one third of Irish SMEs carry no debt at all, with only seven per cent carrying debt higher than their turnover.
# debt - Wednesday 14 May, 2014
# Debt Burden
# Debt Burden
As with mortgages, it seems the bank is taking a hard line on debt forgiveness.
# debt - Thursday 8 May, 2014
# Improvement
# Improvement
New figures from the Central Bank show we’re paying down debt at the fastest rate since 2012.
# debt - Wednesday 7 May, 2014
# Restructuring
# Restructuring
The Minister for Finance said SME debt is ‘far down’ the list of concerns in comparison to national debt.
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