UK's 2018 economic growth weakest since 2012 due to Brexit

The State’s largest business lobby group expects growth in the Republic’s economy to moderate to 4 per cent this year as the global economic cycle matures.

In its economic outlook Ibec says headline growth will fall from the 6.7 per cent recorded in 2018 to 2.7 per cent in 2020, while

Opposition parties are calling on the Government to take action after the forecast for economic growth was cut.

A slowing of the pace of growth in key export markets is being blamed for the revised estimate.

The Finance Minister Pascal Donohoe insists the Irish economy remains in a

Opposition parties are calling on the Government to take action after the forecast for economic growth was cut.

A slowing of the pace of growth in key export markets is being blamed for the revised estimate.

The Finance Minister Pascal Donohoe insists the Irish economy remains in a

Northern Ireland’s economy will not grow as fast as was expected in 2019, with growth rates likely to fall back to just 1 per cent, according to revised forecasts from Danske Bank.

The bank had previously forecast growth of 1.2 per cent this year in Northern Ireland but it has said that

Recent revisions to the economic growth outlook have not been dramatic but they have all had one thing in common. Forecasts are being revised down – albeit not by too much. The Department of Finance this week followed the trend and cut its GDP growth forecast this year to 3.9 per cent, falling