Two journalists from the Sunday Independent were among Ireland’s leading business journalists who were honoured at the prestigious UCD Michael Smurfit School Business Journalist Awards in Dublin last week.
Nearly 70pc of Irish SMEs said their profitability had either remained the same or fallen in the third quarter of this year compared to last.
Sharp increases in the cost of energy and food are failing to dent the appetite of consumers as the Christmas season kicks in, according to those who run the country’s shopping centres.
