Kieran Bermingham dismisses any notion that Na Piarsaigh focused on the All-Ireland club final from a long way out. The selector stresses that their St Patrick’s Day clash with Cuala is just the last step in a long journey.

Last week’s meeting of the ECB Governing Council saw no changes to its key interest rates.

There has been a lot of commentary about how the UK economy has held up better than expected since the vote for Brexit in June 2016, writes Oliver Mangan. 

The recent market correction signals a return to greater volatility, writes Oliver Mangan

The latest CSO data on the Irish labour market show continuing strong job growth, with total employment likely to surpass its pre-crash peak later this year.

A key development in currency markets in 2017 was the strengthening of the euro and weakening of the dollar, writes Oliver Mangan

The economic prospects for Ireland’s main export market, the eurozone, look better now than at any time in the past decade or more, writes Oliver Mangan.

The past number of years have seen a stronger than expected recovery by the Irish economy. This has been led by robust export growth, but there has also been a strong rebound in domestic demand, including business investment, construction and consumer spending.

One of the developments on financial markets that has caught much attention this year has been the flattening of the slope of the US yield curve.

A belief that inflation will stay subdued despite the pick-up in global growth, is driving market expectations that interest rates will remain very low for the rest of this decade.