The percentage of Irish households with broadband internet access has increased significantly in the past year, but still lags behind the European average. That’s according to new figures contained in the Eurostat report ‘Internet access and e-skills in the EU27 in 2007′. According to the document, 31 percent of Irish homes have broadband access in [...]

So its that time of year, the xmas festivities are about to kick off. What better way to prepare for it than checking out the best places around Dublin and beyond for that all important hangover cure. Check out Rashers & Eggs.Com for a review of a few places that might just take your fancy [...]

Only 40% of households would now qualify for a mortgage on an average new home, according to the Central Bank.
Its financial stability report also shows Ireland is the most heavily indebted country in the OECD.
In comparison, the Central Bank last year found that 50% of all households would be eligible for a mortgage on an average [...]

The European Central Bank (ECB) will not raise interest rates again this year and is unlikely to cut rates until the end of 2008, a senior European investment manager said yesterday.
William De Vijlder, managing director and chief investment officer of Fortis Investments, said rates were unlikely to rise above their current level of [...]

A skyscraper soaring 197ft higher than the Spire on O'Connell Street has been chosen by the Dublin Docklands Development Authority as the winner of the latest competition for the U2 Tower at Britain Quay.
The sensational new scheme has the rock band's eggshaped recording studio suspended beneath a battery of vertical wind turbines and [...]

THE sharpest construction slowdown in more than 4 years could see house prices return to growth by summer 2008, according to a leading economist.
Ulster Bank’s Pat McArdle said he now expects just 60,000 houses to be built next year, after new research from his bank showed September experienced the sharpest fall-off in construction since June [...]

Havok, a Dublin-based games middleware company is to be taken over by Intel in a deal valued at over USD100 million.
The agreement, which is expected to close within five days, will see the company that grew out of Trinity College become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Intel.
Havok’s software tools have been used on games such [...]