The number of Irish people deciding to take their holidays at home is leading to a significant upturn in fortunes for the nation's tourism industry. [more]

The financial chiefs of leading Irish companies are showing increased confidence in an expedient return to growth, new figures have revealed. [more]

Some major Irish banks have been given cause for optimism, after passing the new European banking stress tests. [more]

Irish shoppers are choosing to keep their money at home as a strong Euro exchange rate is leaving them with more for their currency in the Republic than in the North. [more]

Taoiseach, Brian Cowan, has been selling the advantages of investing money in Ireland in New York this week, at the same time as the Euro surged to a value of more than $1.29. [more]

A structured break-up of the euro area would be of enormous benefit to the Irish economy and currency status, a firm of leading economic consultants has claimed. [more]

In a quarter of weak economic growth, Ireland has posted the highest growth rate compared with output in the previous quarter of all the euro zone countries. [more]

A leading Chinese economic advisor has expressed his confidence in the euro’s future, dismissing the reaction of the global markets as exaggerated and predictions of its demise as unrealistic. [more]

Consumer confidence in Ireland is at its highest level since October 2007, new finance figures have shown. [more]

The latest report on Ireland's economy from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has praised the measures taken by the government to bring themselves out of recession. [more]