Welcome to Pat Carroll & Company
Pat Carroll & Company is authorised by the Institute of Chartered Accountant in Ireland to carry out investment advice in Ireland, Northern Ireland and Great Britain. We can help to reduce your time on administration.
This, in turn allows you to concentrate on your key business objectives, run your business, increase sales and meet your customers objectives. Let us take the ‘hassle factor’ out of your accounting and book-keeping. At Pat Carroll & Company we offer a substantial accounts service for sole traders, partnership and limited liability companies. Read more..
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Mortgage switching activity picks up again as...
10th February 2025Mortgage switching activity is growing again as customers try to take advantage of falling European Central Bank rates, according to online broker Doddl.ie. The volume mortgage customers switching lender spiked in 2022, just as the European Central Bank was poised to start raising interest rates. However, as ECB rates rose – and good fixed rate […]
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Oil prices climb as investors weigh new US
10th February 2025Oil prices moved higher today even as investors weighed US President Donald Trump’s latest tariff threat, this time on all steel and aluminium imports, which could dampen global economic growth and energy demand. Brent crude futures climbed 51 cents, or 0.7%, to $75.17 a barrel in early trade, while US West Texas Intermediate crude was […]
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New registry to clamp down on scam text messages
10th February 2025The Commission for Communications Regulation (ComReg) is setting up an SMS Sender ID Registry to identify legitimate organisations in order to help cut down on text message scams. The SMS Sender ID Registry is designed to help protect the Short Message Service (SMS) as a reliable and trustworthy communications channel. Business names and brands that […]
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Significant rise in car and home improvement...
7th February 2025There has been a significant jump in the number of people borrowing money to buy cars and make home improvements, according to latest figures from the Banking & Payments Federation Ireland (BPFI). It said that during the third quarter of last year more than 17,000 car loans were drawn down – nearly 14% higher than […]
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Tax take rises in January
7th February 2025There was a further payment of €1.7 billion from Apple’s tax money into the Government’s coffers last month, according to the Department of Finance’s Exchequer Returns. The funds relate to a tax judgement that the US multinational lost at the Court of Justice of the European Union when it argued it was not liable to […]
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Highest earnings for workers in non-EU...
7th February 2025Workers in non-EU multinational companies accounted for the highest average earnings in 2023, according to a new report from the Central Statistics Office. The research shows that median weekly earnings were highest among jobs in businesses owned by non-EU multinationals. The figure stood at €906.74 a week. This was followed by enterprises owned by EU […]
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Positive outlook for tourism in 2025 – Fáilte...
6th February 2025Fáilte Ireland drove over 1.2 million referrals from its website and social media channels to the booking engines and websites of Irish tourism businesses last year. The tourism body hopes to grow that number this year, as it unveils plans to drive sustainable tourism development across the country. The chief executive of Fáilte Ireland, Paul […]
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Ireland will need to build 93,000 homes a year up...
6th February 2025Ireland will need to build 93,000 homes a year meet demand between now and 2031, according to a report by stockbroker Davy. The estimate is significantly higher than housebuilding targets included in the Coalition’s Programme for Government, which envisages 300,000 new homes being built between 2025 and 2030. Last year there were only 30,000 homes […]
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