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Stark reality: future threatened by debt and ageing

One criticism made of governments and civil servants in the past is that they did not plan sufficiently for the ...
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Why do some of us love AI, while others hate it?

From ChatGPT crafting emails, to AI systems recommending TV shows and even helping diagnose disease, the presence of machine intelligence ...
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Home rebuild costs up by 7% in past year – SCSI

The average cost of rebuilding a home has risen by 7% nationally in the past year, according to the Society ...
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New electric car sales up almost 40% so far this year

23,085 new electric cars have been sold so far this year, up almost 40% on the same period last year. ...
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Are you really more likely to get divorced than switch banks?

Analysis: Until switching banks is as easy as switching mobile network, most of us will stay in the same financial ...
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CAB sold record number of properties last year – report

The Criminal Assets Bureau sold 20 properties which were found to be the proceeds of crime last year, the highest ...
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Berkshire cash sets record as profit rises, signaling caution ahead of Buffett exit

Berkshire Hathaway signaled over the weekend that it remained cautious about markets, letting cash swell to a record $381.7 billion ...
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Effects of tracker mortgage scandal ‘far from over’

New Central Bank figures show that in excess of 42,000 mortgage accounts have now been identified as having been impacted ...
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Former Central Bank boss says banks played ‘fast and loose’ during tracker mortgage scandal

The former governor of the Central Bank, Patrick Honohan, has said the organisation was probably too trusting of the banks ...
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