A massive campaign to get 20,000 variable-rate mortgage holders to switch to another provider is to be launched.

TRADESMEN are attempting to flush out tax dodging by launching a new cashless online payments system.

The euro fell to an eight-month low yesterday against the dollar amid the prospect that the European Central Bank (ECB) will announce further stimulus measures later this week to boost the Eurozone economy.

Electric Ireland said it would cut standard gas unit prices for residential customers and SMEs by 2.5pc from January 1st.

My wife has had hip problems since giving birth to our twins a few years ago. We’ve all been on quite an expensive private health insurance plan since – to ensure that my wife has the right cover for hip treatment in hospital. I don’t think we can all afford to continue on this plan for much longer? Do I have to put all my family on the same plan?

One in four Irish small businesses has no website or any form of digital presence, new research shows. And ‘micro-businesses’ with under five employees are ignoring the web, with 42pc saying they don’t have a website.

A new version of the €20 note will begin circulating today.

Homeowners who can’t afford to pay their property tax as a once-off lump sum anymore have three days to the tell the Tax Man that they want to pay it another way.

Property tax will not rise before 2019 after the Cabinet signed off on legislation that will allow valuations made in 2013 to stand for three more years.

Pat Smith left a secure ESB job to set up his own power management firm. Now his son Padraig is taking it to new levels.