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New Central Bank governor Philip Lane sends YouTube message to staff

New Central Bank Governor Philip Lane has said he will be a regular user of blogs and video messages for communicating with staff, as he took to YouTube to deliver a message to employees on his first day in charge. Bloomberg reports that while vowing…

ECB leave interest rates unchanged

General, Home, Mortgages & Money, Property News

The European Central Bank left rates unchanged at their first meeting of the year yesterday with president Mario Draghi saying he expects interest rates to stay low for an extended period. The ECB’s governing council, convening in Frankfurt for the first policy-setting meeting of 2014,…

Ireland the best country in Western Europe to invest in

Commercial Blog, Property News, The Investor

Ireland is the best country to invest in in Western Europe, according to the annual Global Best-to-Invest Rankings compiled by international magazine Site Selection. The country finished ahead of the UK, Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Italy, in the poll. Dublin was deemed the best metropolitan…

ECB leaves interest rate untouched

Mortgages & Money, Property News

As expected, the European Central Bank has decided to maintain its main interest rate at 1%, meaning mortgage holders will have to wait at least another month for further cuts. The ECB cut interest rates by 0.25% in both November and December and a third…

Increase in activity predicted in Dublin's office market

Property News

Dublin will see an increase in activity in its office real estate market next year, according to Cushman and Wakefield’s Global Office Forecast. In its latest report, the international commercial real estate company is predicting a slow recovery in the global office market through 2012…