Irish students ‘significantly less likely’ to engage with complex informationEducational Research Centre publishes Cultivating Creativity report in in collaboration with the OECD and the Department of EducationThu Jul 04 2024 - 13:35
Global stock markets trade lower as hopes for rate cut dimBox-maker Smurfit Kappa’s shares were down 0.4 per cent at the end of its last day of trading on the Irish stock marketTue Jul 02 2024 - 18:34
Single parents tend to earn less money, CSO study suggestsFemales in married couples with children had earnings 63.2% higher than their counterparts in one-parent familiesTue Jul 02 2024 - 15:34
Conditions in manufacturing sector deteriorate at most severe level in almost a year Central to the downturn were sharp and accelerated contractions in new orders and output as demand worsenedMon Jul 01 2024 - 12:48
Rising costs are number one risk factor for Canadian multinationals in IrelandAlmost three-quarters of Canadian companies do not support the capping of passenger numbers at Dublin airportMon Jul 01 2024 - 12:37
Scheme to help first-time buyers to be extended to more peopleExtension of First Home Scheme follows latest of its scheduled twice-yearly reviews of the price ceilingsMon Jul 01 2024 - 12:27
Inflation slows to 1.5% in the 12 months to June Energy prices are estimated to have fallen by 1% in the month and decreased by 5.6% over the 12 months, new data showsMon Jul 01 2024 - 11:17
Value of retail sales up 1.5% in May compared to last yearMonthly volume decreases were recorded in clothing, footwear and textiles (6.4%); as well as motor trades (4.5%)Fri Jun 28 2024 - 12:11
Gresham Hotel profits fall by a third The company paid a dividend of €3.9m euros last year following a barren 2022Fri Jun 28 2024 - 11:03
PTSB offers savers interest of 2.75% up front as banks vie for depositsRecent months have seen a number of offerings for savers in the Irish market in response to moves by the ECBFri Jun 28 2024 - 09:11
Equine abbatoir revelations have done ‘huge reputational damage’ to Ireland, Oireachtas committee toldCommittee chairman laid the blame for the scandal squarely at the door of the Department of AgricultureWed Jun 26 2024 - 22:21
Garda Special Detective Unit investigating bomb threat against home of Taoiseach Simon HarrisThreat was made by an individual who phoned a Samaritans helplineWed Jun 26 2024 - 22:02
Savills urges easing of rental caps in next budget to arrest sharp decline in constructionPrivate rented sector completions in Dublin set to decline by 68% to 1,600 units in 2025, property company tells GovernmentWed Jun 26 2024 - 06:00
One in three young people use AI for job applicationsA third of organisations use AI for work, with 14% of these using the technology to evaluate job applicationsWed Jun 26 2024 - 06:00
Global stock indexes climb as AI chip firm Nvidia rebounds in US tradingEuronext Dublin outperformed international peers as it finished the day up 79 basis points, boosted by Ryanair and AIBTue Jun 25 2024 - 18:29
Quick guide for grads to your rights in the workplaceYou must be given a written statement of “core terms” within five days of starting your jobTue Jun 25 2024 - 05:48
Corre Energy to press ahead with naming Rune Eng as interim chairmanInstitutional Shareholder Services urges shareholders to reject plan to give company the right to raise up to 20 per cent of market value in share sale without first giving them option to participateMon Jun 24 2024 - 17:53
Hewett Newsagents in Monkstown closes its doors for last time after 75 yearsShop, which dealt primarily in newspapers and magazines, mobbed by well-wishers on Sunday following decision to ‘pull the plug’Mon Jun 24 2024 - 16:38
Elgin Energy secures €71m revolving credit facility with Spanish bankSolar power developer makes electricity farms and battery storage facilities in the Republic, the UK and AustraliaMon Jun 24 2024 - 14:43
Irish aircraft lessor SMBC Aviation Capital raises €1.4bnFive-year global syndicated finance facility includes 29 financial institutions, 13 of which are new banking relationshipsMon Jun 24 2024 - 14:33
Wholesale electricity prices rose 21.7% in May on previous monthEnergy prices, which had increased significantly in the wake of Covid, spiked after Russia invaded UkraineFri Jun 21 2024 - 11:47
Barristers set to strike again over three days in JulyMove is an escalation from a strike on October 3rd when almost no criminal business happened in the Criminal Courts of JusticeFri Jun 21 2024 - 00:01
Irish Times reporters scoop two Justice Media AwardsKillian Woods of the Business Post was the overall winner on the night for work on judicial reviewsThu Jun 20 2024 - 21:06
HSE safeguarding structure needs ‘transformational change’, report findsReview by independent safeguarding expert Jackie McIlroy was commissioned by HSE in wake of ‘Emily’ rape caseThu Jun 20 2024 - 19:09
Dublin the fifth most expensive city in Europe to build propertyCity continues to see ‘robust investment’ in private and public sector housing projects, driven by rental crisis, report findsWed Jun 19 2024 - 05:01
Bookings with Aer Lingus have flatlined since pilot vote, say travel agents Industrial action causing ‘huge stress’ among holidaymakers and within tourism industryTue Jun 18 2024 - 17:57
PayPal to cut another 85 Irish jobs in plan to become ‘more productive’Job losses are subject to consultation and no redundancies will take effect until after that process has concludedTue Jun 18 2024 - 15:26
Ryanair chief Michael O’Leary warns of higher fares due to ‘insane’ passenger cap at Dublin Airport Ryanair chief urges Aer Lingus to ‘stand up’ to pilots who he says are ‘blackmailing’ the airline on pay demandsMon Jun 17 2024 - 13:41
Result due on second Aer Lingus pilot strike ballot Airline has warned of the potential for significant disruption and a ‘devastating impact’ on customers in peak summer seasonMon Jun 17 2024 - 08:32
Passengers through Irish airports up 8% in the first quarter The number of flights to and from Irish airports rose by more than 2,400 compared with the same period in 2023Fri Jun 14 2024 - 12:29
Catholic church cancels ‘incompatible’ concert by Dublin gay men’s choirClerical official wrote to choir to say event was ‘not compatible with our mission as a Roman Catholic parish church’Thu Jun 13 2024 - 06:00
Aer Lingus and pilots union set for fresh talks as strike ballot result nearsResults of vote will be known on Wednesday, but sources on both sides expect members to back industrial actionTue Jun 11 2024 - 19:21
Smurfit Kappa invests more than €30m in Spanish sustainability projectsLaunch of both events attended by group chief executive Tony Smurfit as company prepares for major mergerTue Jun 11 2024 - 07:37
Louth-based ocean data company Xocean raises €30m in funding roundCompany has developed a fleet of unscrewed surface vessels that can remain offshore for extended periodsTue Jun 11 2024 - 07:23
Thousands of rural tourism businesses ‘face closure’ over new short-term letting rulesTourism chiefs will deliver a letter to Taoiseach Simon Harris before Tuesday’s Cabinet meeting outlining ‘untold damage’Tue Jun 11 2024 - 06:00
Reports that EVs are displacing conventional cars are ‘misleading’, Clontarf Energy saysIrish explorer says salesmen must convince less ideological, and typically less wealthy, middle-class consumers to go electricMon Jun 10 2024 - 10:53
Irish traditional musician Charlie Lennon has died aged 85President Michael D Higgins says Irish music has ‘lost one of its most talented and generous artists’Sun Jun 09 2024 - 20:39
India’s Vellayan Subbiah named EY World Entrepreneur Of The Year 2024Businessman selected from among almost 5,000 programme participants competing for the global titleFri Jun 07 2024 - 19:15
Global stocks retreat from all-time highs as hopes of US rate cut fadeInvestors shrugged off Thursday’s interest rate cut by the European Central Bank as AIB and Bank of Ireland roseFri Jun 07 2024 - 17:54
Consumers plan for summer as spending on gardens and bikes increases Total value of card payments edges up 0.4% to €8.2bn even though number of transactions is down, Central Bank saysFri Jun 07 2024 - 16:33
ISIF to invest €125m in new fund for renewable energy generationMore than 70% of fund will target greenfield projects which it will aim to build and bring into commercial operationFri Jun 07 2024 - 13:19
Labour considering legal options after Meta temporarily disabled ad accounts ahead of electionParty accuses social media giant of ‘interference’ in its local and European election campaigns ahead of Friday voteThu Jun 06 2024 - 12:58
Winner of last week’s RTÉ Super Garden competition diesJohnny Dooley took the top prize and displayed his garden Past and Present at the Bloom festival over the weekendWed Jun 05 2024 - 23:29
Irish boxing president offers to step down as he faces sexual assault chargeIrish Athletic Boxing Association president Gerry O’Mahony is alleged to have assaulted a womanWed Jun 05 2024 - 19:21
Stillorgan Orchard: Locals shocked at plans to demolish the pub with a famous thatched roofThe owners of the landmark site seek permission to build two blocks of apartmentsTue Jun 04 2024 - 20:18
World stocks slide as investors fret over weakness in US economyThe banks were among the biggest losers in Dublin as investors eyed expected ECB rate cut later this weekTue Jun 04 2024 - 18:17
CRH sells Polish lime operations to SigmaRoc for €100mDeal is conditional on clearance from the Polish Competition Office, but it is expected to close by the end of SeptemberTue Jun 04 2024 - 15:46
Dublin-based construction company Mercury to invest €25m in German facilityEngineering hub will host a team of over 200 professionals delivering design and building information modellingTue Jun 04 2024 - 06:00
AIB and FoodCloud sign deal to deliver 200,000 community mealsIrish NGO said the deal will be ‘especially valuable’ to charities who are limited in terms of cooking facilitiesTue Jun 04 2024 - 06:00
Man dies working in Kenmare Resources’ Mozambique mineGroup conducting investigations into fatal incident at its Moma mineMon Jun 03 2024 - 15:41
