# Growth

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# Growth

The economy grew by 2.7% in the first three months of the year

Illegal economic activity worth €1.25 billion also contributed to a revision of the GDP figures for last year.

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Jul 3rd 2014, 11:37 AM

# On track

Manufacturing orders rising at fastest pace in three years

Gains in the sector are being attributed to strong export performances.

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Jul 1st 2014, 12:29 PM

# Growth

USA v Portugal is 'most-viewed soccer match in the United States ever'

Cable sports network ESPN confirmed that nearly 18 million Americans watched the game.

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Jun 24th 2014, 12:46 PM

# Growth

32,000 people set up a new business in Ireland last year

Ireland is now ranked second across the European Union in terms of early stage entrepreneurial activity.

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Jun 17th 2014, 9:01 AM

# Bye Bye Birdy

Twitter's COO resigns from role amid slow growth problems

The change means Twitter’s CEO Dick Costolo wants to see direct involvement from both the company’s engineering and product teams to help improve user growth.

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Jun 12th 2014, 5:50 PM

# Housing Crisis

Irish construction output is on the way up, but house building is still down

The sector is 7.7% bigger than this time last year, with most gains in commercial property.

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Jun 11th 2014, 5:31 PM

# Recovery

Construction activity eases slightly, but suppliers are now hiking their prices

The recovery continued to be centred on housing and commercial activity.

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Jun 9th 2014, 6:30 AM

# systems

Analysis: Added line speed moves Leinster's defence in positive direction

Using GIFs and screenshots, we examine how Matt O’Connor has gone about changing the Leinster ‘D’.

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May 28th 2014, 5:10 PM

# Growth

Spotify hits 40 million users, but only 10 million pay for the service

Spotify updated its figures to show its active users grew by 16 million since March 2013.

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May 21st 2014, 2:12 PM

# Interview

How triathlon participation in Ireland grew by 120% in 5 years

Scott Graham tells us about the success of this increasingly popular activity and his hopes for its future.

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May 18th 2014, 10:05 AM

# missed target

Euro growth slowdown sets alarm bells ringing

Growth in the EU and the eurozone is underwhelming, the latest figures show.

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May 15th 2014, 3:10 PM

# Global Game

All Blacks set to start November tour with trip to the US

New Zealand will face the Eagles in Soldier Field, Chicago – home of the Bears in the NFL.

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May 13th 2014, 6:48 PM

# crisis

Unemployment down in eurozone but 18 million still jobless

Greece is still the country faring the worst with an unemployment rate of 26.7 per cent.

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May 2nd 2014, 11:20 AM

# halfway point

WhatsApp CEO vows to keep things simple after hitting 500 million users mark

The app now sees more than 700 million photos and 100 million videos shared through it every day as it aims to reach one billion users.

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Apr 23rd 2014, 11:31 AM

# Treatment

Irish breast cancer research team reveal 'exciting' new research

Breast Predict was founded six months ago, and has already revealed some exciting findings.

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Apr 15th 2014, 11:12 AM

# Your Say

Poll: Is it time to ease off on austerity?

Goodbody stockbrokers says it’s not but last week the ESRI said we could avoid budget cuts if growth continues. What do you think?

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Apr 15th 2014, 8:45 AM

# Optimism

€2 billion budget cuts can be avoided* says ESRI

*If economic growth stays strong.

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Apr 11th 2014, 8:09 AM

# busy network

Whatsapp experiences busiest day as it handled 64 billion messages in 24 hours

More than 20 billion messages were sent and 44 billion messages were received through the app in the space of 24 hours.

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Apr 2nd 2014, 11:04 AM

# Upper crust

Domino's Irish sales are topping 2013

E-commerce and mobile deliver a strong showing for pizza company.

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Apr 2nd 2014, 10:27 AM

# Streaming

Netflix finishes the year strong as total membership grows to 44 million

The streaming service, which is planning a major expansion across Europe this year, sees 93 per cent of its members pay for it.

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Jan 22nd 2014, 10:40 PM

# TBSCITWIWTDB

'Highest level of job creation' through IDA in over a decade

However, the target of placing half of these new jobs outside Dublin and Cork was not met.

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Jan 3rd 2014, 10:59 AM

Voices

Damien Kiberd: Drop the goody-two-shoes approach to economic policy

Job figure increases are welcome – but Government needs to be bolshy to grab the three things it needs for proper growth.

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Dec 22nd 2013, 8:30 AM

# Positive outlook

'The Irish economy has turned the corner' - ESRI

The ESRI are predicted strong GNP growth and unemployment falls next year, driven by improving domestic demand.

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Dec 18th 2013, 8:16 AM

Good Morning

The 9 at 9 Good morning! Here are nine things you want to know as you start your day.

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Dec 16th 2013, 8:44 AM

# Fine Gael conference

Noonan on Budget 2014: ‘You’ll be astounded at all the good news I’ll be announcing’

The Finance Minister has told delegates at the Fine Gael national conference that the Budget on Tuesday is going to “reasonably tough”.

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Oct 12th 2013, 1:10 PM

Good Morning

The 9 at 9 Morning! Here are the nine things you need to know as you begin your day…

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Oct 9th 2013, 8:41 AM

# Growth

Rise in employment signals 2 per cent growth in Irish economy

Growth next year will depend on what happens outside Ireland, according to the ESRI.

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Oct 9th 2013, 12:01 AM

# Risky

Scaling back on fiscal adjustment is risky, says Central Bank

The Central Bank has downgraded Ireland’s growth forecast for this year stating Ireland’s recovery will be a “gradual” one.

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Oct 2nd 2013, 12:30 PM

# Budget 2014

Ex-IMF mission chief: 'Ireland needs a new jolt of growth'

Ashoka Mody has spoken out against austerity once again ahead of the October budget.

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Sep 25th 2013, 9:08 AM

# EU Probe

Multinational companies are not here just for tax breaks — Burton

Minister Joan Burton said that while Ireland’s tax rates are favourable, the companies still employ large numbers of people.

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Sep 12th 2013, 3:30 PM

# Pensions

Pension fund values see growth of 11 per cent

The growth comes despite the government levy on savings which took almost €500 million last year.

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Sep 3rd 2013, 10:53 AM

# bug

Crumlin Hospital says it mistakenly told 18 families their children may have been infected

However the children’s hospital now says there’s a new group of seven children who may have been contaminated with a bug.

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Jul 25th 2013, 1:02 PM

# Austerity

'Moving away from austerity is the sensible action' - former IMF mission chief

Ireland needs growth and Ashoka Mody believes the only way to get it is to pull back on the “severe commitment to austerity”.

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Jul 21st 2013, 2:31 PM

# Property Tax

Varadkar admits property tax has contributed to Ireland's return to recession

Leo Varadkar was responding to economic growth figures released yesterday.

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Jun 28th 2013, 9:04 AM

# Pack your bags

Merkel tells young people with no jobs that they might have to move

Merkel said there will have to be more mobility if the youth unemployment figures are to be reduced.

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Jun 15th 2013, 3:14 PM

# Labour

Gilmore hits out at 'relentless criticism from the commentariat'

In an email to party members this evening the Labour leader insists that his party has helped bring Ireland from “a state of economic chaos to stability.”

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Apr 12th 2013, 8:27 PM