US-based IT semi-conductor and wireless communications firm Skyworks Ireland has moved into the ground floor of Cork city’s tallest building, The Elysian.

Enda Kenny has sparked fresh speculation over when he will step down after a draft version of his speech to a major event last night initially said it would be his last Patrick’s Day as Taoiseach — before the line was deleted entirely from the script.

Accumulated losses at a subsidiary controlled by Galway building firm JJ Rhatigan increased in 2010 to €155.2 million, figures show.

AS Greece’s financial woes send shockwaves through the world’s financial markets, a leading economist has warned of its contagion effect on Ireland and other struggling European economies.

Golf star Padraig Harrington today shrugged off jokes that his career was in trouble after signing his biggest ever sponsorship deal with a company specialising in helping crisis-hit businesses.