The owners of a shop in Co Clare have taken extra measures to protect staff and customers from the Covid-19 and the idea is already are being taken up by other businesses.

The delivery service will be offered to customers in the UCD area of Dublin in late March.

Irish homeowners could shave 10 years off their home repayments by switching mortgages and keeping their repayments at the same level

Plans by Norwegian renewable utility Statkraft for a 40-turbine windfarm, located in the Irish Sea, have taken a step forward.

RTÉ have announced the death of broadcaster Keelin Shanley following an illness.

A new opinion poll as listed Mary Lou McDonald as the "most effective communicator" among party leaders during the election campaign to date.

A new poll shows over a quarter of people have changed their mind on how they will vote in the upcoming general election.

The study, which was undertaken by economic consultants InterVISTAS, found that Dublin Airport's Gross Value Added (GVA) to the economy is €9.8bn - or 3% of the national economy.

Students Abbey Hehir, Rebecca Murphy and Ryely Cantrell from Co Clare were the overall winners of the ABP Farm Safety Award at the 2020 BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition (BTYSTE) with their innovative Slurry Pit Saver project.

However, the Fine Gael leader is seen as more likeable as his Fianna Fáil counterpart with 43% saying agreeing that the Taoiseach is likeable against 39% for Mr Martin.

Dublin Airport’s short-haul network is also expanding, with 11 new summer services to destinations in Italy, France, Sardinia, Israel, Cairo and others also announced also a long-haul daily service to San Francisco.

The findings of the study come as Cork Airport recorded a fourth consecutive year of growth in 2019, with passengers growing by 8% to 2.6 million.

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines and Chinese airline Juneyao Air will operate the flights

Three-year-old Zac Higgins, who was seriously injured in a hit-and-run earlier this year, will open Cork on Ice this Friday, November 22 at the ice rink on Centre Park Road.

Irish Water announced that the boil water notice " for customers supplied by Leixlip Water Treatment Plant" has been lifted "with immediate effect".

As you may be aware, new rules around motor insurance documentation have been introduced. The rules are aimed at improving transparency for consumers but a broker is warning they may have unintended consequences and could cause some confusion among policy holders.

The Water Forum has said there is an over reliance on the Liffey to supply Dublin with drinking water.

Several alarms at the Leixlip Water plant “were not responded to”, leading to the country's largest-ever boil water notice last month, TDs will be told tomorrow.

Passenger numbers at the airport are expected to rise by 5% over the winter period, according to Managing Director Niall MacCarthy.

The services which will run from April to October will complement the existing Cork to Paris daily schedule.

It makes the Co Meath based company the first European meat processor to be awarded United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) approval.

Storm Lorenzo has passed by but it there is a long winter ahead and experts say last week’s weather alerts should serve as a reminder of the need to get your home ready for the worst nature could throw at us.

Passenger numbers at Cork Airport have increased by 9% to just over 2m in the first nine months of this year.

The low-fare airline, is now flying from Cork to Malaga six times per week as well as four flights a week to the Spanish resort of Palma, now four per week.

Xpose ran for 12 years and has seen TV stars such as Lorraine Keane, Karen Koster and Glenda Gilson front the show.

Commuter counties in Leinster saw significant increases in both the value and the number of transactions.

Pressure mounted on protesters to step down from beef factory picket lines across the country, after one such demonstration that had prompted legal threats came to an end.

The report shows six in 10 employees are paying for their own courses, even though more than half of their bosses say it's an employers' responsibility.

SuperValu will have a compostable shopping bag for customers from next month.

The boss of Supermac's has described their latest successful challenge to McDonald's trademarks as a "win for small businesses".

Lidl has confirmed plans for the roll-out of a further 50 stores across the island of Ireland.

I have already written about travel insurance this year, concentrating on the factors families should consider when choosing their cover and the important questions to ask about their policy.