House prices have increased by more than 80% from their lowest point in 2013.

Oil prices dropped nearly 5% after a top Saudi Arabian source said that production could be fully back on line within weeks, quicker than initially thought following weekend attacks that halved the kingdom’s output.

Hopes for a breakthrough in the ongoing beef crisis have been raised after agriculture minister Micheal Creed met representatives from both sides of the dispute.

In Dublin, they rose by 0.6%, while outside the capital they were 5.1% higher in the year to May.

Renters in Dublin are paying an extra €3,000 per year to live near the Luas network compared to average rents in other parts of the city.

House prices in parts of Cork City have increased by more than €100,000 in just five years, writes Kevin O'Neill.

GAA President John Horan has reiterated his defence of the recent ticket price hike and confirmed that the Central Council vote to sanction it was a “unanimous” one.

House prices continue to climb nationally but the market is finally showing signs of slowing down, according to the latest Residential Property Price Index from the Central Statistics Office.

The cost of heating a home ballooned by 17% in November, compared to the same month last year, while it was 7% more expensive to rent one’s home, new figures from the CSO show.

30% of gas customers and 31% of electricity customers feel they don’t have the best deal for their energy.

The number of homes for sale throughout the country rose 3% in the past year but is half of what was available eight years ago, according to estate agency Sherry FitzGerald.

Householders who use central heating oil are exposed to spiralling costs due to Brexit, an industry leader warns.

Electric Ireland's announcement of price hikes may be followed by other providers, it was suggested tonight.

Electric Ireland has announced it is putting energy prices up by 6%.

Irish milk prices were near the EU average in March, according to monitoring by the Dutch LTO farmer organisation of prices paid to farmers by 17 milk processors.

Ireland is likely to remain competitive on costs and a highly attractive investment destination for foreign multinationals despite Dublin being ranked as one of the most expensive places to live globally in a new survey.

Property prices soared by 12.5% in the last year and increased by as much as 17% in some parts of the country.

London house prices are falling at the fastest pace since the depths of the recession a decade ago. The biggest declines are in the city’s most expensive areas.

A new Government-backed mortgage scheme will not solve the severe shortage of homes and could further push prices up, it has been claimed

There is no early end in sight to house price increases and it will take “the next five, six, seven years” for new supply to come anywhere near to meeting pent-up demand, the Economic and Social Research Institute warns.

Traders who have steadily boosted crude since the month began took a deep breath yesterday, with prices dropping on concerns of an overbought market and rising shale production.

The famous market volatility index, the measure of nervousness and price action, is at an historic low.

While asking prices for Dublin homes have continued to rise, the asking price around the country decreased nationally in Q3, according to the latest house price report from MyHome.ie

Residential property prices rose by 12.3% nationally in the year to July, according to the latest figures from the Central Statistics Office.

Rents are continuing to skyrocket to record levels across the country despite repeated Government efforts to tackle the housing crisis.

Thousands of families have been forced into homelessness as record high rental costs and a drastic lack of housing supply is pushing families to the brink.

Residential property prices nationwide rose by 11.9% in the 12 months to May and prices are accelerating at twice the rate of the previous 12 months.

Prices in Irish supermarkets should be falling faster than they are as the huge Brexit surge in the value of the euro against sterling ought to be weighing on the grocery foodstuffs imported from Britain, according to leading economist Alan McQuaid.

The average house price in Ireland has risen 10.9% over the past year with increases of 7.9% and 12.8% in Cork and Dublin respectively.

Rents and home and health insurance premiums continued to rise in February while airfares also rose significantly, according to the last Consumer Price Index.

Major reform is still needed to pass on savings on medicines to taxpayers and patients.

Dublin 6 — which includes Ranelagh and Rathgar — is the most expensive place to buy a home in Ireland.

Consumers are set to benefit from an energy price war after Electric Ireland announced a 5% cut in residential gas prices writes Eoin English.