Irish universities, institutes of technology and other publicly funded research institutions are now spending more than half a billion euro a year on research, according to Knowledge Transfer Ireland (KTI).
Legislation aimed at reining in rogue bankers and brokers will be a “game changer” and the legal profession needs to gear up for the impact of the new laws according to the chair of the new Financial Services Bar Association (FSBA).
High construction costs are now built into the Irish housing market and “unlikely to fall substantially – even in the event of an economic downturn”, according to a new analysis by the Department of Finance.
