At John P Burke, we know that trying to get perfect the work/life balance can be a cause of stress in itself. If you are feeling the strain of building your business and maintaining your life the good…

John P Burke know that your business may compete head-to-head with a number of other companies, but this doesn’t mean you have to treat ALL other businesses as if they are the competition. In fa…

At John P Burke, we stress that ‘Business continuity’ is the process of planning out how your company can continue trading – when disaster hits. In essence, it’s your Plan B fo…

At John P Burke, we know being a business owner can be stressful. When the buck stops with you, it can be easy to let the pressure mount up and to discount your own wellbeing.
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Residential property prices nationally rose in April by 3.6% on an annual basis, according to the CSO. This compares to an annual rate of 4% in March. Prices nationally were static over the course of April. Prices have been falling slowly in Dublin since October. They are down 2% over the past three months but […]

AIB and EBS have increased their interest rates on a number of deposit accounts to 2%. The 2% rate will apply to its regular online saver, its AIB Junior and Student saver and the EBS Family saver accounts. But it will only apply to the first €1,000 per month for 12 months. After this period, […]

The US Federal Reserve is expected to leave interest rates unchanged today for the first time since the US central bank kicked off a historically aggressive round of monetary policy tightening in March last year. Many analysts and investors are calling it ‘a skip’ as they expect the Fed will skip a hike this time. […]

Tánaiste Micheál Martin has said Ireland is a “technology-centred economy” with a need for further data centres. He was responding to reports of concern over a surge in energy use by data centres. Yesterday, the CSO said data centres increased their power consumption by 31% and now account for 18% of electricity used. This industry […]

Returns to farmers for their produce have fallen overall from March to April this year, according to the latest figures from the CSO. Output prices for produce fell 2.2%, heralding a general decline in returns to most farmers. Dairy farmers in particular experienced a price fall 8.6% in the month, as processors have pulled back […]

Wind generated just 23% of Ireland’s electricity in May, with calm conditions leading to a 38% drop in generation when compared to April. New figures from Gas Networks Ireland show that gas generated 57% of Ireland’s electricity last month, up 21% month-on-month. Gas has been the highest contributor to Ireland’s electricity generating system for the […]