The company which supplied lingerie to the British queen has lost its royal warrant after the firm's director wrote a book revealing details of her work with the royal family.

Steinhoff, the parent group of the Dealz and Poundland discount stores, will have to restate its 2015 accounts and maybe earlier figures, the South African retailer has said, having already warned on its 2016 numbers.

One of the biggest names in construction circles during the boom years Bernard McNamara has been granted approval, through his Roxtip Ltd company, by Fingal County Council to construct 31 houses on lands at Beaverbrook in Donabate, north Co Dublin.

British consumers are vulnerable to a hike in interest rates, ratings agency Moody’s has said, two weeks before the Bank of England is widely expected to hike borrowing costs for the first time in more than a decade.

A 19th-century inn in Co Clare has become the latest Irish restaurant to be added to the prestigious Michelin star list.

US stocks edged higher today as technology companies and banks rose with the Standard & Poor's 500 index closing above 2,500 for the first time as stocks had one of their best weeks this year.

A 34-year-old Dublin man has been convicted of being the murderer in drag who gunned a man down with a sub-machine gun in a busy car park.

JP McManus recently announced a further €32m investment in Third Level Education Scholarships for eligible students throughout Ireland, North and South.

Day three of the Cork International Choral Festival sees plenty more exciting events happening across Cork City. Check out some of Friday's highlights here. 

Stock indexes wobbled between modest gains and losses on Wednesday as the White House unveiled broad outlines of its plan to slash tax rates.

They glided across the finishing line with ease, so much so that there wasn’t a ripple of a surprise when it was announced that hero brothers Paul and Gary O’Donovan, who captured the hearts of the nation with their Olympic rowing silver medal triumph, had won the Cork Persons of the Year Award.

A US inmate heaved and coughed 13 minutes into his execution by injection and appeared to move during tests meant to determine consciousness.

An investigation into the death of a woman in her 50s at Áras Attracta care centre in Co Mayo will examine whether staff knew she was in the kitchen.

Sanofi says it has sent a letter to Medivation’s board, urging the company to engage in negotiations regarding the French drugmaker’s unsolicited $9.3bn (€8.1bn) takeover offer and threatening to go directly to shareholders if talks don’t begin.

We are writing to you to explain why there is considerable unrest regarding the development of the Glenbeigh to Reenard Greenway in County Kerry along the old railway line.

As we mark the fiftieth anniversary of 1966, Jon Savage’s book pinpoints the year as the turning point of the sixties, a decade that divided the twentieth century into old world and new, says Alannah Hopkin.

Brian Cody has made four changes to the Kilkenny side for today’s Allianz Hurling League Division 1A clash with Tipperary in Nowlan Park (throw-in 2pm).

A businessman claims Davy Stockbrokers was negligent in advising him to sell investment bonds for around €5.58m which he says was at a significant undervalue.

Tesco’s Irish operations saw a marked slowing in sales decline in the first half of the company’s current financial year despite its parent seeing a near 55% drop in operating profit.

Des O’Sullivan on the sale of historic Irish documents and paintings.

US stocks have closed mostly higher as markets regain their footing after a turbulent few weeks.

OPERATION Thunderbolt tells the story of one of the most celebrated, modern counter-terrorism operations. 

Google, which has been expanding far beyond its original business of internet search advertising, is changing its operating structure by creating a new holding company called Alphabet.

European shares surged and the Greek stock market jumped 8% while the borrowing costs of Italy, Spain, and Portugal — the countries most likely to be hit if Greece heads for the eurozone exit — fell sharply.

The A&E at University Hospital Limerick has been described as a ‘cattle mart’ where elderly female patients on trolleys are being robbed of their dignity.

The demand on charities is increasing despite economic recovery, according to data which reveals the extent of the problem. Out of the 262 charities surveyed by The Wheel, Ireland’s representative and support organisation for charities, 72% reported an increased demand for services.

The loss of 45 jobs in Newcastle West has left the community devastated after the decision by the Garvey Group to close the town’s SupervValu store.

Tánaiste Joan Burton has told the Labour Party that it would be “deeply problematic” to deduct dole from welfare claimants who are unwilling to pay water charges.

The head of Tesco’s operations in the London region has been handed the task of revitalising the supermarket giant’s fortunes in Ireland.

Islamic State has recruited at least 400 children in Syria in the past three months and given these so-called “Cubs of the Caliphate” military training and hardline indoctrination, a monitoring group said.

The National Children’s Hospital should be renamed the Dublin Children’s Hospital as it should not be sited in a city centre location if it’s to cater for all the country..

Annmarie O’Connor highlights the new year’s not to be missed fashion events.

The taxpayer may have to pay up to €181m for wrongful claims made by farmers from the EU’s agriculture fund.

I’M NOT sure how many points opening — or in this case rejuvenating — a restaurant registers in the National Optimism Rebuilding Programme.

It was once a quiet rural village with a one-sided main street. But following the opening of retail giant Tesco’s latest Irish store in Ballincollig, Co Cork, yesterday, the town on the western outskirts of Cork City now boasts one of the widest retail choices of any town in Ireland.