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Petula Martyn

Ireland

Journalist at RTÉ

Taking care of business. TCB⚡️ Journalist, RTÉ. Views expressed are my own.

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  • 1 week ago | rte.ie | Petula Martyn

    An investment of €70 billion will be required to shape Dublin's future by 2040, according to a new report by KPMG Ireland. The investment will be needed in the key infrastructure areas of housing, transport, energy, water, and climate risk in Dublin over the next 15 years. The announcement comes as KPMG released its inaugural Dublin 2040 report, a business research-based index evaluating Dublin as a city to live, work, and do business.

  • 1 week ago | rte.ie | Petula Martyn

    The University of Limerick is proposing to relocate its School of Medicine to the former Dunnes Stores site at Honan's Quay in the city. A proposal to investigate the feasibility of locating the School of Medicine to a redeveloped city campus, has been brought to the university's governing authority.

  • 1 week ago | rte.ie | Petula Martyn

    Shares were mixed this morning following the postponement of 50% duties on European Union shipments to the US. The threat of tariffs has reinforced the unpredictability of US President Donald Trump's trade policies and kept investor sentiment fragile. But are investors beginning to take tariff-related announcements with a pinch of salt now? Over the last number of months, US assets have been under tremendous pressure, including bonds, the dollar and stock markets.

  • 1 week ago | rte.ie | Petula Martyn

    An escalation in trade tariffs could lead to a slowdown in global and Irish growth this year and next, according to AIB's latest Economic Outlook Report. The forecast comes after Friday's announcement by US President Donald Trump of a 50% tariff on EU imports to the US, which he has since confirmed will come into effect on June 1. Each report has a theme in focus, and this one is "Could Ireland weather a tariff and Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) shock? – A balance sheet perspective".

  • 2 weeks ago | rte.ie | Petula Martyn

    How would your household deal with an unexpected financial emergency costing €1000? That was a question posed as part of this month's Credit Union Consumer Sentiment survey. Just over a third of consumers say that they would use savings, while 18% say they would use their income, and 15% say they would be unable to cope with an unexpected expense or bill.

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RT @Independent_ie: Munster camogie final between Cork and Waterford postponed over skorts controversy https://t.co/HmZDxI7Zvo

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8 May 25

Primark set to open first stores in the Middle East - Kuwait and Dubai. https://t.co/7PBdzjWLxD