Lufthansa has said it is not overly concerned with Ryanair’s aggressive growth plans for the German market and that it has the quality and competitive offering via its Eurowings subsidiary to compete with the Irish carrier.

China has made its first investment in Ireland’s energy market, with the European arm of its state-owned nuclear development company China General Nuclear (CGN) agreeing to buy 14 wind farms from Irish renewable energy group Gaelectric.

Cork-headquartered tech support company Voxpro has said it should have the capacity to grow employee numbers in its home city by a further 400 in the next 12 months.

Only 38% of the 20 largest law firms in the country are anticipating an improvement in business conditions next year, according to a new survey, which also predicts Brexit will provoke a round of M&A activity as UK legal firms look to grow in Dublin.

Shares in Paddy Power-Betfair jumped more than 4% to breach the €100 mark, yesterday, after the betting services group reported on a strong third quarter and upped its earnings estimates for the full year.

The current regulatory framework underpinning Ireland’s burgeoning oil and gas sector is not fit for purpose and is insufficiently structured to facilitate or attract large scale developments, a new industry survey has claimed.

Confidence amongst small business owners deteriorated significantly during the first quarter of the year, with both domestic and external factors feeding their economic uncertainty, a new report shows.