The economy is expected to decline further in 2009, according to Irish stock company Goodbodys.

Goodbody Stockbrokers have claimed that buying a house in Galway is actually more expensive than buying one in Dublin when income levels are taken into account.

A high-flying stockbroker quit a top firm because it ignored the aggressive bullying and intimidation he suffered from a colleague and long-standing friend, an employment tribunal heard today.

The ISEQ was down 17 points to 5266 just after 11.30am this morning on sluggish volume, with the exception of Waterford Wedgwood and Independent News and Media.

MORTGAGE lending accelerated again in October as the headlong rush to get into the property market continued unabated.

THE long term needs of the Irish economy would be best served if the Government abandoned its ‘madcap’ public sector benchmarking pay deal, according to Goodbody Stockbrokers.

ANYBODY who gives up a promising job with a leading stockbroking firm to play amateur golf full-time deserves some reward. That’s just what happened yesterday to 23 year-old Mark Ryan from the Grange club in Dublin when he captured the Standard Life sponsored West of Ireland Championship at Rosses Point with a 3 and 1 victory over Alan Dowling of Hermitage.