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.

An Irish cybersecurity startup outlines the cyber threats facing health organisations, writes Trish Dromey

Helen Kelleher catches up with Hilary Fannin to talk about her first novel, middle age, and how Covid-19 could be an opportunity for budding writers

Shares in Cuisine de France owner Aryzta jumped by as much as 7% on the back of a rise in underlying earnings, as well as expectations of an improved performance in its troubled North American operations.

Here is a selection of people starting new roles with businesses in Ireland, including the Irish Banking Culture Board, Bord Bia, Causeway: Ireland Scotland Business Exchange, the Irish Hotels Federation and Sodexo.

The ranks of Ireland’s super rich swelled by a third over the past five years.

CRH has said it has seen no impact from the coronavirus on its business and it is "way too early" to say if it will hit its balance sheet this year.

The building industry here has the capacity to expand housing output by 30% a year over the next few years, without causing huge strain, the chief executive of Kingspan has said.

Here is a selection of people who have begun new roles with companies and organisations in Ireland, including OneLogin, 3Sixty, Philip Lee, Learning Pool, Irish Farmers’ Association and Cork County Council

It’s not just about what you do; the way you do it matters too. This is something that is intrinsic to the work of international sales channel development and management

Sean Davis of Enterprise Ireland looks at the success of Irish firms employing 106,000 people in the US.

The likely impacts of climate change on wildlife reserves in the US has been examined by researchers at the University of Washington.

Toyota isn’t letting a global slowdown get in the way of its plans to grow, reporting a higher-than-expected quarterly profit and raising its full-year forecast.

For UK farmers, slurry cooling to reduce emissions is attractive, if combined with the heating of the pig accommodation.

Unilever will conduct a review of its global tea business, including the PG Tips and Lipton brands, in an apparent strategy rethink by chief executive Alan Jope in the face of slowing group sales growth.

The industry is seeing a boom in recent years with big increases in visitor numbers.

Kerry Airport Ireland recorded a slight increase in passenger numbers on their two London routes last year despite the threat of Brexit..

Shannon-based engineering services group Mincon is eyeing further expansion into the specialist area of geotechnical engineering on the back of its €8m acquisition of Finnish company Lehti.

There have been 44 deaths from flu so far this season, according to the HSE.

Investments in IDA- supported companies in the south east have risen by 86% over the past five years, while those in the south west region rose by 37%, the state agency said.

Shannon Airport is confident of a return to passenger growth this year after taking a significant hit from the grounding of Boeing's 737-Max aircraft and a Brexit-related downturn in UK visitors to Ireland during 2019.

A handful of Irish-related shares, including Tullow Oil, Glanbia and Bord Gáis owner Centria, were among the big stock market losers in Europe in the past year. Flutter Entertainment, which owns Paddy Power and Betfair, as well as Ryanair and Kerry Group were, however, among the big winners.

A newly approved Chinese drug for Alzheimer’s will start clinical trials in Europe and the US next year as the country’s first novel therapy for the incurable disease seeks global legitimacy.

Overall, 11.2m visitors from abroad landed on Irish shores over the past 12 months, in what proved to be a “mixed bag” of a year, according to the body’s chief executive, Niall Gibbons.

Aer Lingus has announced a direct flight from Dublin to Rhodes in time for Summer 2020.

Here is a selection of people who have begun interesting new roles with companies in Ireland.

Last month, there was a 1% decrease when compared to November 2018.

Michael Creed From taste trails to Michelin Star restaurants, Cork ticks all the boxes, writes Minister Michael Creed

Since the mass emigration of the Famine, Ireland’s poorest families were sent monies by their overseas relatives, says Evan Comerford