A pledge by the US central bank, the Federal Reserve, for a massive spending spree of all types of US debt failed to put the brake on the global stock market sell-off, suggesting that investors are looking for huge government spending programmes and not just market-calming initiatives by central banks.

I had planned to be gorging on sunshine and hummus in Beirut this week but instead I’m stressing about social distancing alongside an Aldi conveyer belt.

Irish tourism chiefs are on high alert over the summer season as question marks were raised for the first time about major global sporting events, including the Olympics -- if the coronavirus threat is not contained.

Irish bank and transport shares most exposed to the potential economic fallout from the coronavirus fell sharply for a second successive session, as an Italian official said it may need to call on the EU to offer leeway on budget targets due to the outbreak.

Ireland’s tourism industry said it can deliver growth of 65% if the incoming government restores the 9% Vat rate.

The Government should insist Irish stockmarket-listed companies publish more details about the pay of their chief executives and the pay gap with ordinary workers, the Irish Congress of Trade Unions has said.

Irish shares surged after Boris Johnson secured a resounding election victory in the UK, as banks, property, travel firms, and hoteliers tapped into the sharp climb in the value of sterling.

The owner of Irish Ferries, Irish Continental Group, says the on-off threat of the UK crashing out of the EU has weighed on its business across the Irish Sea and that uncertainty continues.

Sterling held most its gains against the euro and the dollar yesterday even as analysts saw the dangers of UK prime minster’s Boris Johnson’s new Brexit deal becoming ensnared in the Commons.

Ferry companies have been accused of exploiting Ireland's vulnerability to Brexit to get the consumer rules they want.

A number of UK-exposed Irish stocks faltered on the back of the EU warning that Britain is heading for a no-deal Brexit.

UK-exposed Irish shares rose for a second day on lingering hopes of an avoidance of a crash-out, no-deal Brexit.

The Brexit gloom lifted helping boost the shares of Irish banks and property firms, as well as the owner of Paddy Power, as investors bet the risk of a crash-out Brexit had receded for the time being.

Shares in ICG sank 5% as the Irish Ferries-owner signalled up the uncertainty it faces from the fall in sterling that may put off British tourists travelling across the Irish Sea.

Global markets appear to have called time on the dangerous game of hardball US president Donald Trump is playing with China, as a plunge in shares, government bond yields, and the price of oil signalled his trade wars could lead to world recession.

A Brittany Ferries customer whose sailing to Cork was cancelled believes he was the victim of "shoddy treatment" after the company said it would not compensate him for the extra expense of travelling to another port to get home with a rival carrier.

A Brittany Ferries customer has accused the company of “screwing over” customers who will incur extra expense as a result of its decision to cancel sailings from Cork to France and Spain this weekend.

Shareholders in Irish Ferries-owner Irish Continental Group (ICG) have unanimously backed under-fire chairman John B. McGuckian and supported the group's executive pay policy.

A man in his 20s has died in a workplace accident in Co Wexford.

A 27-year-old married man from Cameroon who is living in Dublin has withdrawn a €60,000 damages claim against the Motor Insurance Bureau of Ireland who had appeared on behalf of an uninsured driver following an alleged rear-ending accident.

Irish Ferries is being accused of using foreign crews to pay below the minimum wage.

"That route is primary. It's our shortest distance to mainland Europe."

An independent local councillor in Wexford claims that there is “a lot of smoke and mirrors” around the decision by Irish Ferries to halt its service from Rosslare.

Transport Minister Shane Ross has held "frank" crisis talks with the chief executive of Irish Ferries' parent company in a bid to prevent the closure of the Rosslare to Cherbourg route next spring.

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Investigation after Irish Ferries vessel was damaged in high seas

Irish Ferries’ handling of the cancellation of all its summer sailings on the new WB Yeats ship from Dublin to France has been criticised by customers who say they have had difficulty getting through to its helpline and are left “in limbo”.

Brittany Ferries is trying to help people who booked with Irish Ferries WB Yeats, but may not be able to accommodate many because they are nearly full for July and August.

Around 19,000 people have had their holiday plans left in chaos after Irish Ferries cancelled all sailings to France on the WB Yeats vessel this summer.

Employment lawyers are eagerly awaiting the enactment of a Bill which should bring some clarity into the increasingly fraught area of data protection rights in the workplace.

The owner of Irish Ferries has said the economic outlook and its own earnings potential remain buoyant despite Brexit uncertainties, writes Geoff Percival

The return of duty-free shopping between Ireland and the UK would be a silver lining in the aftermath of Brexit, says the managing director of Cork Airport.

A new cruise ferry named after W.B. Yeats has been launched in Germany.

Dublin Port Company's full year trading figures for 2017 show that cargo volumes hit record levels for the third year in a row.

If transport capacity to and from the island of Ireland is a measure of economic activity, then we are set for period of expansion in 2018.

Irish Ferries owner Irish Continental Group (ICG) has said its €315m investment in two new ferries will equip it for further growth and is a sign of confidence in the Irish Sea and French passenger markets.

A record 10.6m tourists visited Ireland this year, with 2017 hailed as the greatest ever year for the sector.

Irish Ferries has published details of the new sailings schedule it will introduce following the arrival in mid-2018 of its new 55,000 tonnes cruise ferry W. B. Yeats.

For the second year running, Ireland has triumphed at this year’s Group Leisure & Travel Awards in Britain, after being voted Best International Destination by thousands of readers of Group Leisure & Travel magazine.

Irish Ferries has asked the public to name its new ferry, with the promise of free travel for life for the winner of the competition.