Tim Martin, boss of cheap-and-cheerful pub chain JD Wetherspoon and an outspoken supporter of the UK’s departure from the EU, has turned his attention from getting any Brexit to getting the right Brexit.

Britain’s economy is falling further behind a fast-recovering eurozone as firms worry about Brexit and consumers feel the pinch of rising inflation and the weak pound, the latest surveys showed.

UK consumers cut back on spending for a third month in July as house-price growth slowed sharply, dealing yet another blow to the economy.

Irish consumer confidence remained shaky last month with new car sales continuing their slide with a 24% year-on-year decline.

Iraq's United Nations ambassador has said there is no evidence that the Islamic State extremist group used chemical weapons in an attack in Mosul, the country's second-largest city.

It is a great achievement for Ireland that hepatitis C has virtually been eradicated in people who have haemophilia, according to Health Minister Simon Harris.

Lamborghini Huracán’s rear wheel-drive system is  likely to poach new customers more than an all wheel-drive car, writes Hannah Elliott

Germany’s economy more than doubled its expansion rate in the first quarter as spending picked up, cementing its role as the growth engine for the region, while Italy’s economy expanded in the first quarter but still posted a record high government debt.

IHS, which provides data analysis for energy and automotive companies, has agreed to acquire London-based Markit to bulk up in financial services.

Brent crude hit an 11-year low of $36.20 this week, in part because Opec has ceased to function.

Many smartphone manufacturers look set to take inspiration from Apple's 3D Touch display, according to component analysts IHS.

Falling numbers of young people going on traditional cinema dates are linked with dramatic fall-off in Irish box offices sales.

Saudi Arabia’s new king is expected to continue a policy of keeping oil output steady to drive out rival producers, though the royal succession has focused market attention on the future of the kingdom’s long-serving oil minister.

Inflation in the eurozone edged up slightly in October, reinforcing the view that the ECB will hold fire on any additional policy action at its meeting next week.

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Europe’s anemic car market rebound could be over before it has really begun. That is the fear of executives as they gather for the Paris car show on Thursday, the biggest industry event in the regional calendar.

Three hundred and fifty people seriously ill with hepatitis C need early access to new therapies that could save their lives, according to the Irish Haemophilia Society (IHS).

The Mercedes GT is faster and more powerful than the Porsche 911 and starts at €100,000.

Eurozone retail sales rose at the fastest rate in seven years in June — and twice as fast as expected — thanks to strong sales of both food and non-food products, according to data published yesterday.

AT THE Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas last week, the roulette wheel of innovation landed on something rather old-fashioned and unexpected: The automobile.

Federal Reserve Bank of Boston president Eric Rosengren, a consistent backer of record stimulus who votes on policy this year, said the Fed refrained from tapering its bond purchases last month because growth was lower than forecast and fiscal policy posed a risk to the outlook.

Ireland is fast becoming a mini-Hollywood with the number of movies shot here almost trebling in the last five years.

THIRTY-ONE years after the first AIDS case in Ireland, HIV is still headline news.

North Korea has moved a missile with “considerable range” to its east coast, South Korea’s defence minister says. But he added that there are no signs that Pyongyang is preparing for a full-scale conflict.

A mother who went into politics in a bid to improve the life of her young child got the news she desperately wanted yesterday — that a cystic fibrosis wonder drug will be available to patients in Ireland from next month.

Sandy will end up causing about $20 billion (€15.4 billion) in property damage and $10 billion to $30 billion (€7.7 billion to €23.1 billion) more in lost business, according to IHS Global Insight, a forecasting firm.

CHEESE, breakfast cereals and butter could be hit with advertising restrictions due to fears over their effects on children’s health.

Official figures tomorrow are tipped to show that the UK economy slowed sharply over the past three months and may even have gone into reverse.

A drifting mark off the Old Head of Kinsale upset the opening day of the Sovereigns Cup yesterday where 101-boats have gathered to decide the biennial trophy event.

SUMMER sailing is over, but it’s a busy time for south coast sailors with Cove SC hosting the SCORA Championships and the RCYC hosting the ISA All Ireland championships this weekend while the weekend after that, the O’Flynn Exhams Autumn Regatta begin at Crosshaven.

THERE is still no dedicated inpatient centre for people with haemophilia in Ireland — five years after a proposal to build one was given the green light.

HAEMOPHILIACS have accused the Government of betraying them in not pursuing the US pharmaceutical firms that supplied the State with contaminated blood products.

The Irish Haemophilia Society has promised the parents of two-year-old Pierce Nowlan its full support during the inquest into their son’s death.

THE Government will not contemplate suing the US pharmaceutical firms whose blood products infected haemophiliacs until it finds a case it believes it can win.

THE anger expressed by the Irish Haemophilia Society (IHS) because of apparent Government indolence is very understandable.

The Government will decide in late May if it will sue US pharmaceutical firms over contaminated blood products.

The Irish Haemophilia Society (IHS) is reportedly accusing the Government of failing to pursue pharmaceutical firms that sold contaminated products to the Irish Blood Transfusion Service.

A LONDON-based law firm has been engaged by the Government to investigate the role played by US-based pharmaceutical firms in the blood contamination scandal.

STAFF staging a sit-in over unpaid wages following the closure of a nursing home blocked a hospital supply company from entering the residential complex and removing items yesterday.

EXPERTS believe they have traced every haemophiliac infected with HIV or hepatitis C as a result of receiving contaminated blood products.

THE Attorney General (AG) is to seek legal advice from a US firm on the feasibility of suing the American multinationals that provided contaminated blood products to Irish hospitals.