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European shares were already on track for their best week since late April on Wednesday, gaining almost 1pc on forecast-beating growth data, rising metals prices and a weakening euro.

House prices are set to rise by 15pc over the next three years, a survey conducted by the Central Bank has found.

‘Start small and make your mistakes while no one is watching’ – Chupi

E-commerce now accounts for 30pc of debit card point of sale transactions and almost one in two credit card purchases, according to the latest data from the Central Bank of Ireland (CBI).

Eight in ten IT departments in Ireland are being held back from making investments in new technologies due to budget cuts, according to research from Sungard Availability Services. This figure is considerably higher than their counterparts in other countries including the UK and Canada, where 61pc said that they have been held back from making

The two-tiered nature of Ireland’s economic recovery has been highlighted again in a new commercial property report.

The average cost of running a car has fallen by €178.05 or 1.6pc on the same figure for last year, according to the latest AA’s calculations, bring the cost of running a family car for a year to €10,671.37.

It has become the bane of many office workers’ existences: being forced to use complicated and difficult-to-remember passwords laden with random numbers and symbols.

Almost three in four Irish companies have made changes to their IT security as a direct result of the WannaCry ransomware incident, according to a survey by IT solutions distributor DataSolutions.

A big gap has opened up between the numbers getting approved to take out a mortgage and those who end up drawing one down.