SIGNS that the economic recovery is finally taking hold include the growing number of Irish emigrants returning home, having lived and worked abroad for a number of years. 

More than half (56%) of Irish adults say they have not felt the benefits of the economic recovery.

Enda Kenny has again insisted that the economic recovery would be put at risk by a change of Government.

In the eyes of the European Commission, Ireland is both star performer and naughty boy. But its warnings ought to be heeded, says Kyran Fitzgerald

Budget 2016 was drawn up to keep the economic recovery going, Finance Minister Michael Noonan has claimed.

We have seen a number of upgrades to forecasts on the economy in recent times, with most now concluding that it will increase around 4% this year and next, writes Oliver Mangan.

Another opinion poll is showing a significant recovery in support for the coalition.

One of the country’s leading think-tanks has urged the Government not to rock the boat of economic recovery with tax cuts.

Foreign exchange markets are always characterised by a certain degree of volatility and tend to be pushed about the place by short-term economic and political developments. 

In urban Ireland, while evidence of poverty is there for all to see, there are also plenty of signs of economic recovery.

The news that the economy is on target to grow further this year and next and that unemployment will fall below the EU average is to be welcomed, yet caution must still be exercised.

There are signs of a gradual recovery in family finances with a slight increase in the number of people who have more than €100 left at the end of the month once all their bills are paid.

Over the last months of 2013 and first few of this year, a degree of optimism has crept into the national psyche, as it finally seems we are emerging from the greatest economic depression in a generation.