US stocks decline as technology companies struggle
A steep slide in technology companies weighed on US stocks on Friday, pulling the market lower for the second day in a row.
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Opinion split on interest rate rise at Bank of England
Bank of England rate setters have sent mixed signals over whether to hike interest rates next month, pointing to the prospect of a split vote.
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Oil prices at highest levels since 2014
Oil prices have hit their highest level since 2014, with benchmark Brent crude moving above $74 a barrel. Brent has risen 11.4% since January.
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Ulster Bank appoints Gervaise Slowey to board of directors
Ulster Bank has today announced the appointment of Gervaise Slowey to its board of directors.
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Review to consider lifting bonus ban on bankers
Bankers could be about to get their bonuses back for the first time since the crash.
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Bank charged dead customers, Australian inquiry hears
An Australian inquiry into the financial services sector heard tearful testimony from a nurse who lost her home after taking advice from a major lender, and that ...
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Bezos hails Prime growth
Amazon chief executive Jeff Bezos said the e-commerce giant has exceeded 100 million paid Prime subscribers and will continue to invest to meet “ever-rising” ...
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Ireland cushions new profits blow for Debenhams
Struggling UK department store operator Debenhams has said its Irish division is continuing to benefit from the restructuring programme it carried out here in 2016 ...
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Real meat in the economy, but plenty of fat too
One of the features of Ireland’s economic recovery, from the deep morass that it found itself in a few short years ago, is that almost all economic forecasters ...
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Jameson continues to drive Pernod Ricard growth
International drinks giant, Pernod Ricard’s group sales grew by 9% in the three months to the end of March, largely driven by the strong performance of its ...
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Unilever boosts sales but forced to hold down prices
Unilever, the Anglo-Dutch consumer goods giant, reported first-quarter sales figures that met expectations, helped mainly by increases in the volume of products ...
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Irish focus as Shire may be involved in bid shootout
Shire shares have surged following a report that Allergan is considering a bid for the drugmaker to compete with Japan’s Takeda’s $63bn (€50.9bn) ...
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Donegal mulling ‘all options’ on its future
Speciality dairy business, Donegal Investment Group, is eyeing a number of strategic options, including taking the company private and selling further assets.
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Calls grow for Aughinish exemption
Sanctions on a Russian firm that have threatened more than 650 jobs in Limerick are beginning to be felt in industry all across Europe, a powerful German metal lobbying ...
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Cork, Shannon airports drop share to Dublin
Cork and Shannon airports have lost a combined 12 percentage points in market share over the past 13 years as Dublin Airport’s dominance has increased, new ...
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Lawyer fails in bid to seek anonymous blogger's identity from Facebook
A Ugandan lawyer who has sued Facebook Ireland over allegedly defamatory posts by an anonymous blogger has lost his appeal seeking the identity and location of the ...
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Carbery Group reports rise in turnover
West Cork cheesemakers, Carbery Group, have reported a 22.7% rise in turnover for last year.
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Unite announces second day of strike action at Irish Life
Trade union Unite have announced a second day of strike action at Irish Life.
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SuperValu brings in fully compostable bags
SuperValu has introduced fully compostable and biodegradable bags for use by customers in 70 of its stores.
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Debenhams UK profits plunge nearly 85% after battering by Beast from the East
Debenhams saw its half-year profits in the UK plunge nearly 85% after extreme weather brought in by the Beast from the East gouged earnings.
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No compulsory closure of post offices as An Post reports €8.4m profit
An Post says it has agreed with the Postmasters' Union that there will be no compulsory closure of offices.
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Terminator Schwarzenegger ad hammers CYBG bank shares
The return of an advertising campaign starring an animatronic head of Arnold Schwarzenegger has caused complaints about mis-sold payment protection insurance to ...
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Shire faces fresh criticism over CEO pay in crunch week
Drugs firm Shire, which employs hundreds of people between its Co Meath campus and at its head offices in central Dublin, faces fresh criticism over its executive ...
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Irish boost as Danone taps China baby foods spurt
By Corinne Gretler and Eamon QuinnDanone’s yogurt business is finally showing signs of a turnaround, while its baby foods business is tapping huge growth in ...
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Heineken shares fall on lower European beer sales
Geoff Percival Heineken shares fell by as much as 2% as the Dutch brewing giant counted the cost on its sales of severe weather conditions in Europe during the first ...
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Brexit drives UK spend fall in Cork restaurants, hotels
By Pádraig HoareUK spending in Cork hotels and restaurants has fallen sharply due to exposure to the slump in the value of sterling following the UK’s ...
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Department pays experts €2.6m on Apple tax case
Spending by the Government on its legal appeal against the EU, that Apple must repay Ireland at least €13bn in back taxes, resulted in payments by the Department ...
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Ben Dunne: Retail rents to slump
By Gordon Deegan Ben Dunne says “business is booming” at his gyms, but he is putting on hold further expansion plans, as he believes expensive retail ...
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IBM misses out on world shares lift
A positive start to the first-quarter earnings season and a softening pound triggered by weak inflation data helped to lift the Ffte-100 index and other European ...
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Carbon storage plan for vacated Kinsale gas
By Pádraig HoareThe Kinsale gas fields off the Cork coast could be used by the State to capture and store carbon waste once they are decommissioned from use ...
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ESB wins appeal over legality of procedure to enter onto lands
The ESB has won its Supreme Court appeal over a significant finding that a procedure under which the Board served a notice to enter private lands to carry out works ...
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Airlines must pay compensation in event of 'wildcat strikes', EU court rules
The Court of Justice of the European Union has found that airlines have to pay compensation to passengers in the event of a 'wildcat strike', according to Newstalk. ...
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Enterprise Ireland announces investment programme worth up to €50k each for 10 digital start-ups in the West
Digital start-ups in the West of Ireland have a chance of getting an investment worth up to €50,000 from an Enterprise Ireland initiative.
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Costa to recycle as many coffee cups as it sells by 2020
A coffee shop chain has pledged to recycle as many disposable cups as it sells by 2020 in an effort to cut the number sent to landfill.
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Lagan €526m sale as owner seeks ‘bolt-on’ purchases
Lagan Group — one of Ireland’s largest cement, building products, and contractors — has been sold for €526m after it completed the sale of most of its business to ...
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Minimum wage increase did not lead to more unemployment, study finds
The increase in the national minimum wage did not lead to more unemployment among low paid workers, a new study has found.
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Call on Taoiseach to raise Aughinish jobs with Trump
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar must contact President Donald Trump directly in relation to 650 jobs in Limerick that are threatened by the US sanctions on Russian firm Rusal, ...
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End of era as Heavey leaves Tullow
Tullow Oil is set to reach the end of an era in July when founder and former chief executive Aidan Heavey formally leaves the company after more than 30 years.
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JD Sports eyes growth as Primark rethinks US
UK retailer JD Sports plans to open more shops in Ireland as it looks outside of the UK for its next phase of growth.The company already operates nearly 30 stores ...
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Sanofi healthcare group sells unit for €1.9bn
French healthcare group Sanofi, which employs 700 people in the Republic, is in exclusive talks to sell its Zentiva European generics drugs arm to private equity ...
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Ashling Hotel extension plan opposed by An Taisce
Plans by Galway hoteliers, Kevin, Frank and Mary Flannery to build an eight-storey extension to the Ashling hotel in Dublin is being opposed by An Taisce.
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ESRI: No negative effects from minimum wage rise
The hike in the national minimum wage has led to less hours worked by employees on the rate but has encouraged more people to find a job, according to the Economic ...
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Cork-based tech company Over-C and O2 announce five year partnership
Cork-based Over-C, an Irish data and analytics technology company, and O2 unveiled details of their new five year technology partnership today with the announcement ...
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Digital culture key to competitiveness, survey finds
Irish organisations who embrace digital culture can benefit from a significant competitive advantage, new research from Microsoft Ireland has found.
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UK economy set to underperform as Brexit worries weigh, IMF says
Britain's economy is set to underperform compared to major European peers over the next two years as it grapples with Brexit, according to the International Monetary ...
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Jamie Oliver facing upheaval down under as Australian restaurant folds
Jamie Oliver is facing more upheaval at his restaurant empire after the celebrity chef was forced to put his Canberra restaurant into administration, leading to ...
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China to ease restrictions on foreign ownership of carmakers
China will allow full foreign ownership of carmakers in five years, ending restrictions that helped to fuel its trade dispute with US President Donald Trump as it ...
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US cloud company Rubrik to create 50 jobs in Cork expansion
A US IT firm that counts the US Department of Defence and the Mercedes Formula 1 world champions among its clients will create 50 jobs in Cork, after opening its ...
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Construction giant Breedon buys Belfast's Lagan Group
A major Belfast construction materials business, Lagan Group, has been sold for £455m (€526m).
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UCC student named Journalist of the Year at the Smedia awards
Signs erected on farmland threatening to shoot trespassers, court told
Woman in her 90s dies in Cork crash
Alan Quinlan: Dropping Simon Zebo for Champions Cup semi-final would be 'brave call'
Suicide claims 70 school children in one year
Late Late show announces special guest to join this Friday's country music special
Zebo may be odd man out for Munster in Bordeaux
'We are not anti-iPads': Kerry school bans use of smartphones and apps - even at home
Motorist quoted €19k for insurance secures cover for under €2,000
Presenter Dale Winton has died at the age of 62
How Countdown’s Susie Dent is using Twitter to bring old words back to the fore
Watch this orangutan poke her aunt with a stick in an adorable bid for attention
This sculpture of Owen Wilson’s nose will totally make you say ‘wow!’
Anonymous Liveline listeners donate €8,000 for spina bifida patient's new wheelchair
This guy's tweets about a rubber duck will move you to tears
Sunglasses at the ready! We're in line for plenty of sun this weekend