The volume of construction output in increased by 4.1% in the second quarter of 2014 compared to Q1, according to the latest statistics from the CSO.

The Irish retail sector is enjoying a positive knock-on effect as more jobs move from part-time to full-time status, according to a new report from property consultants Savills Ireland.

There has been an increase in recorded homicide offences in Ireland, according to the latest crime statistics from the CSO.

Almost 3,500 work days were lost due to industrial action in the second quarter of 2013.

The gross disposable income of Irish households grew by €480m — or 2.2% — to €22.4bn in the second quarter of the year.

CORK’S commercial property market may be heading back to equilibrium by 2013, with transaction numbers rising, a recovery in Dublin leading a cyclical trend, and an improvement in both Cork and Dublin’s urban residential markets.

There has been a 6% increase in the number of professional jobs available in the third quarter of this year compared with the same period last year, according to the Morgan McKinley Irish Employment Monitor.

The second quarter of 2012 has seen the highest take-up in two years of industrial property in Dublin, according to research by Savills Ireland.

There is concrete evidence of an economic slowdown in the US.

DIY group Grafton has said that turnover for the first half of the year was about €980m, down €10m on the same period the year before.

THE latest IBF/PwC mortgage market statistics show the number of mortgages issued in Q2 fell by a massive 64% year-on-year to 12,686.

Average asking prices for Irish houses fell by 14.66% in the year to June 2009, according to new research issued today.

Dublin-based Trinity Biotech, which trades on the ISEQ and on New York’s NASDAQ, has announced results for the quarter ended June 30, 2004.