DUBLIN Port notched up a 7.5pc increase in cruise ship passengers last year as the capital becomes an increasingly popular destination for cruises.Some 87 cruise ships brought more than 135,000 passengers and crew to Dublin last year, Dublin Port Company
• I would just like to take issue with some of the content of the article by Brian Hayes in the Irish Independent regarding so-called "car-crash economics".The first thing I would like to point out is that nowhere have I seen or heard anybody suggest tha
TRADEIRELAND'S trade surplus hit a record high in November as exports of chemicals, medical devices and food surged despite the faltering European economy, the Central Statistics Office said yesterday.The seasonally adjusted surplus rose to €4.3bn in Nov
Lamb prices increased by 9pc last year and the prospects for 2012 remained positive, according to Bord Bia's Declan Fennell.Despite falling consumption in the main markets of Britain and France, tighter supplies of both EU and imported lamb would help un
China's economic growth slowed in the final quarter of 2011 to its lowest rate in two-and-a-half years as US and European demand plunged and Beijing fought inflation.The world's second-largest economy grew by 8.9% in the three months ending in December,
The European Union should maximise the pressure on Iran's economy by imposing an embargo on oil imports from the country by the end of this month, Alain Juppe, the French foreign minister, said yesterday.This would stop Iran from selling 450,000 barrels
AND now for some good news. The continued weakness of the euro against the dollar since the beginning of 2012 should help offset the hit to Irish exports caused by the eurozone crisis. The bad news is that, following UniCredit's botched rights issue, the
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