Add a vintage or antique dimension with just a few, well-chosen things infused with quality and fascination.

As 2019 ends, there is relief that political interference did not overly damage trade, but whereas we have escaped the bullet this time, we may not be so lucky in the new year.

New technology could help charity shops get higher prices online for some goods, writes Trish Dromey.

The World’s Big Sleep Out, at Trinity College on December 7, will be held in solidarity with people who live on the streets and to raise awareness, Dame Louise Casey tells Helen O’Callaghan

Ebay has sold its ticket marketplace StubHub to Viagogo for $4.05 billion in cash.

Things almost went horribly wrong for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker director JJ Abrams before the film even hit the big screen.

Stopping Facebook’s Libra in its tracks was a god thing, but authorities should now do something useful and visionary with the cryptocurrency, writes Yanis Varoufakis.

Nike’s longtime chief executive Mark Parker is stepping down early next year, the company has announced.

Where the problem for economies and financial services is lack of competition, residents of developing countries need to look to their own politicians. The remedy for their woes is not going to come from Mark Zuckerberg, writes Barry Eichengreen.

Kya deLongchamps points the way to collecting Poole, a UK pottery that broke the mould in the 1960s and 1970s.

The auction will raise funds for Sean Drummond, who suffered a traumatic brain injury last March.

The Government has been told by online ticket exchange company StubHub that its proposed regulations to prohibit ticket touting are “outdated and irrelevant” due to impending changes in pricing in the sector.

A pilot programme on eBay has generated more than €1m worth of sales for a group of small to medium-sized Irish businesses.

Illegality aside, fake beauty products pose risks to your skin that you’re best off not taking.

Who needs pregnancy, nappies, school runs and incontinence pants? And that’s just the children, says Aileen C. O’Reilly.

It is now a decade since the publication of the infamous bitcoin white paper, ‘Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System’, and the launch of the bitcoin blockchain.

When eviction and ill-health almost crushed Raynor Winn and her husband, they hit the road for a trek that turned into a redemptive adventure, writes Helen O’Callaghan.

Kya deLongchamps warns us to be cautious when buying bronze and gentle when caring for it

Mental Health charity Suicide or Survive (SOS) is urging people to make wellness a priority in the workplace this Friday.

Just when we think we’ve reached peak beard, the trend is showing no signs of slowing down.

Tests of children's toy slimes have found almost half failed EU safety limits for the presence of a potentially harmful chemical.

Kya deLongchamps cleans up a vintage fire surround in time for that first winter blaze

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Pre-tax profits at the main Irish arm of online auction company eBay last year almost doubled to €6.2m, newly-filed accounts show.

Special medals given to members of the Defence Forces to commemorate the 1916 centenary are being sold on Ebay and similar online auction sites.

The major US stock indexes closed mostly lower today after a midday gain faded by late afternoon.

An up-to-date snapshot by the CSO of the use of social media for sales and marketing shows small and large firms are among the most proficient in Europe.

Britain has been criticised for failing to provide any notable support mechanisms for small businesses in the North in its latest budget, even though an additional £650m (€733m) for the North’s economy was welcomed.

US stocks slipped today after Senate Republicans surprised Wall Street by proposing a delay in cutting corporate taxes.

The bosses of a company whose burgeoning global reputation has attracted clients such as Disney, PayPal, eBay, and Spotify have been named as Cork’s Tech Persons of the Year by their peers.

Online marketplaces like Amazon and eBay are profiting from fraud by sellers who dodge the VAT they should charge on sales in the UK, a parliamentary report has said.

It was the 100th RNLI lifeboat crew to be photographed by Jack Lowe, who is not even halfway through the project he has committed about five years of his life to.

When a major retailer raises its fees by 20%, it also raises eyebrows.

An Post’s AddressPal offers a new way to try to minimise the shipping costs when shopping online, but are you still better off in a bricks and mortar store? Carolyn Moore reports.

Stocks around the world jumped on Tuesday, and the Standard & Poor's 500 had one of its best days of the year, as markets put a shaky last couple of weeks further behind them.

As Heidi Klum’s new collection lands in Lidl, have we reached peak celebrity/fashion collaboration? Annmarie O’Connor reports.