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More than a third of businesses want the U.K. to stay in the EU single market and customs union, according to the poll of 2,400 firms published Monday. Almost 30 percent said a new comprehensive agreement would be best, while only 2 percent said that no deal, or a reversion to World Trade Organization rules, would be an acceptable objective.more

PM says it is important to make sure 'all work is fair and decent' as she gives speech aimed at boosting her faltering leadership.more

Shoppers will see 'prices, quality and choice' hit by Brexit, a former Sainsbury's boss has warned. Justin King said consumers are 'completely in the dark' over the effect leaving the EU will have on their shopping basket. more

US president also confirms he will be visiting London as he has meeting with Theresa May at G20 summit in Hamburg.more

Eastern Europe is growing in strength. Some small countries, like the Czech Republic, come to the forefront of this pellet, but Poland is just behind them and can become a very important economy, writes the "NYT" commentator.more

HOUSES PRICES ACROSS the country are rising more than €2,000 every single month on average, according to the latest House Price Report from Daft.ie. On a national basis, the average price of a house is €240,000 - 11.7% higher than at this stage last year.more

The State's headline rate of unemployment has fallen to a new post-crash low of 6.3 per cent, according to the Central Statistics Office (CSO). The latest figures show that the number of workers classified as unemployed fell by 900 to 139,400 in June, which equates to an annual decrease of 42,100.more

More than a quarter of Irish adults are struggling financially, according to the latest Family Finances Report from Aviva. The survey, conducted by Red C, found that the equivalent of one million adults were finding it difficult to make ends meet.more

Ireland's status as one of the biggest consumers of takeaways on the planet has been blamed on falling unemployment rates and busy lifestyles. The latest figures from Euromonitor, show us at No8 in the world with Italy topping the table and Japan in second place.more

According to a major study of social attitudes, 48% of people asked said they backed increased taxes and spending.more

London areas were among the top fallers for house sales in the country over the last year, and did not appear among top risers, analysis has found. Research shows house sales in many parts in the capital have plummeted, with Brent recording the largest drop in sales in England and Wales, with a fall of 30 per cent.more

A special campaign is to be mounted in airports from next month aimed at cutting down on illegal cigarette smuggling, which is costing the State millions of euro in lost revenue.more

The Central Statistics Office (CSO) has published detailed results of its 2015-16 Household Budget Survey, showing how Irish households spend money on a week-to-week basis. The headline figure is that Irish households spend more than they did when the last survey was undertaken in 2009-10, up 4.3% to 845.12 euro a week.more

The price of strawberries will "soar" if Brexit negotiations fail to allow seasonal European labourers to cultivate and harvest crops, according to a report. The fruit will rise by up to 50 per cent in cost if Britain's exit restricts access to EU labour, the study found.more

Over 160 representatives of Polish technology companies took part in the third edition of the Polish Tech Day conference in London yesterday. "We do not yet have a Polish Facebook-like success, but it's a matter of time," the organizers say.more

DROGHEDA HAS THE least 'healthy' shopping centre in the country - and Brexit's at least partially to blame. That's according to new research by trade body Retail Excellence Ireland, which gave the Laurence Town Centre the lowest score in its biennial shopping centre review.more

Hundreds of new homes, built to ease pressure for first-time buyers and those hoping to move, are being snapped up by investors. One-in-seven new homes sold since January 2016 have been bought by "non-occupiers", with investors accounting for a quarter of total house purchases. New data reveals almost 11,000 units have been bought by investors over the last 16 months as the housing crisis deepens.more

Poland has always been our ally and I do not mean only World War II, but also later, said British Prime Minister David Cameron yesterday in Lodz.more

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has underscored the importance of combating poverty in Africa as a way to stem the mass migrant flow to Europe. Merkel has made ties with Africa the focus of Germany's G20 presidency.more

THE CENTRAL STATISTICS Office has published its residential property index for April, with the average price paid for a home was €247,771. As a whole, the prices of property at national level has increased by 10.5% in the 12 months to April.more

"Poland has one of the lowest taxes in the European Union, which leads us to rethink the widespread view that the taxes in our country are high" - says Piotr Maszczyk, economist at SGH.more

Neil Wilson, an analyst at ETX Capital, said the outcome had the potential to be 'the biggest upset in British politics, since last June'.more

EU farm and food businesses may pay a big price for Brexit if new trade barriers pop up and dim the British appetite for products like Irish cheddar, French wine and Danish bacon, experts and advocates warn.more

Raising the minimum wage in 2018 to PLN 2080 and the minimum hourly rate to PLN 13.50 - yesterday the Polish government adopted this proposal.more

The European Commission, the executive of the European Union, has proposed a joint Finance Minister and a joint fiscal budget amid a set of other measures to deepen the integration and coordination of the Eurozone, the 19 EU member states using the euro as their currency.more