Marks & Spencer’s Irish business pays €100m dividend to UK parent Despite headwinds, Irish stores returned an increased operating profit of more than €21m last yearFri Mar 01 2024 - 13:41
Extension to deer-hunting season announcedOvergrazing by deer is cited as a serious pressure for native woodlands and peatland habitatsFri Mar 01 2024 - 06:53
Dodder greenway could see Aviva match-goers cycle instead of drive to stadium, Eamon Ryan saysMinister for Transport tells public meeting he thinks Miltown Golf Club members will back plan and club will not have to lose landThu Feb 29 2024 - 22:16
Boodles signs three-year Punchestown sponsorship deal worth €900,000Cheltenham Gold Cup winner Rachael Blackmore is to be drafted into the jewellery retailer’s box to woo potential clientsWed Feb 28 2024 - 06:00
Global markets up marginally as investors await inflation dataBank of Ireland mounted a recovery from Monday’s losses as it ended the day up 2.5%, albeit on lighter volumesTue Feb 27 2024 - 18:16
AIB to purchase renewable energy from solar farms in WexfordAnnual energy generated from the two solar farms will create additional solar capacity for the national gridTue Feb 27 2024 - 14:47
Gas demand dropped 23% in December but reliance on imports rose in 2023A cold spell in December 2022 resulted in the mean monthly temperature for the month being well below last year’sTue Feb 27 2024 - 13:52
Workers across the country making more money with biggest rise in arts sectorThe Garda had the highest average weekly earnings in the public sector in the last quarter of 2023 at €1,471.40Tue Feb 27 2024 - 12:41
Just one in three under-25s has some form of pension coverageOf employees with no supplementary pension cover, over four in ten cited affordability as the main reasonMon Feb 26 2024 - 15:12
Energy suppliers PrepayPower and Pinergy announce price cutsSaving in what is the group’s third price cut in 13 months is equivalent to €183.12 annually, including VAT, in an annual billMon Feb 26 2024 - 06:54
Consumer sentiment falls back but households feel past the worst, survey findsOptimism diminished in February but sentiment was still the second most positive since Ukraine invasionMon Feb 26 2024 - 05:00
Irish aircraft leasing giant AerCap delivered record income last yearBoard approved new share repurchase programme of up to $500m of ordinary sharesFri Feb 23 2024 - 17:19
RTÉ's golden goodbyes and confidentiality clauses are normal in business, say lawyers RTÉ director general Kevin Bakhurst has published updated legal advice from Arthur Cox on what he can disclose about the exit paymentsThu Feb 22 2024 - 12:48
D Hotel rules out accommodating both asylum seekers and touristsDrogheda hotel rules out accommodating asylum seekers and tourists together after Taoiseach describes it as ‘the best solution’ for the townThu Feb 22 2024 - 05:15
Man dies in hospital after car collided with two pedestrians in BallinaA female child who was also injured in the incident on Tuesday evening has been discharged from hospitalWed Feb 21 2024 - 22:07
Russian ambassador says Tánaiste’s assertion Moscow killed Navalny is ‘unconscionable’Yuri Filatov said any attempt to put the blame on the Russian authorities is ‘politically motivated speculation’Wed Feb 21 2024 - 20:15
Global stocks fall amid fading optimism for interest rate cutsInsulation specialist Kingspan was the only standout stock on Euronext Dublin as it finished up 2.5% to hit a 52-week highTue Feb 20 2024 - 17:54
What are the best deals for electricity and gas customers who switch right now?It is highly likely other retailers will follow Yuno Energy with a third round of cuts of 10-20% this yearTue Feb 20 2024 - 06:00
AIB appoints Paul Travers to steer new green lending strategyNew €30bn climate capital segment of AIB’s business will be the fastest growing part of the bank’s lending bookMon Feb 19 2024 - 16:37
Yuno Energy cuts fixed-rate electricity prices for third time this yearCompany, founded by the team behind pay-as-you-go energy provider PrepayPower, also drops standard unit rate by 8.5%Mon Feb 19 2024 - 11:40
‘Mixed emotions’ in Drogheda as rally is staged against hotel asylum plan‘When I said I was going to the protest, my daughter literally blanked us for the whole day,’ says local woman who joined about 200 protestersSat Feb 17 2024 - 21:19
Kingspan profits rise 5% to €877m as it delivers another record yearGroup has selected a 50 hectare site in Ukraine, which is likely to be the location of its €250m building technology campusFri Feb 16 2024 - 07:31
Global stocks slip as US inflation data spooks investorsEuronext Dublin finished the day down 0.3% as it was dragged lower by homebuilders and hotels group DalataTue Feb 13 2024 - 18:20
Roll-out of AI will not lead to mass lay-offs, former Amazon chief saysCompanies will spend next decade figuring out what AI means for them and their workforces, IDA Ireland chief arguesTue Feb 13 2024 - 17:16
Ireland needs €125bn in this decade to transition to net zero - reportIbec and the Confederation of British Industry Northern Ireland have jointly launched an all-island energy policy reportMon Feb 12 2024 - 18:28
House prices climbed almost 3% in Northern Ireland in fourth quarterNorthern Ireland also named the fastest-growing region in the UK for newly registered companies in 2023Mon Feb 12 2024 - 17:13
Trinity Business School and UCD Smurfit School make gains in MBA rankingsBoth Irish colleges were ranked highly in the FT’s 100-strong global list in terms of value for moneyMon Feb 12 2024 - 15:52
Sports retailer Elverys sees profit dip by more than a quarter in 2022Trading was impacted by inflationary pressures, supply chain disruption, payroll costs, energy costs, and rentFri Feb 09 2024 - 12:57
Global markets little changed as investors seek interest rate cluesHotel group Dalata up 0.8% in Dublin as its share price climbed above pre-Covid levels for first timeTue Feb 06 2024 - 18:20
Focus on bicycle lanes has led to ‘appalling’ EV infrastructure, Harris Group saysDenise Harris, who leads State’s biggest importer and distributor of commercial vehicles, says Ireland is ‘way behind’ the UKTue Feb 06 2024 - 17:54
Dingle-based Fish Box restaurant and takeaway to undergo major expansionFamily business will grow seats at restaurant from 20 to 100 and put a food truck on the road to expand customer baseTue Feb 06 2024 - 13:54
Development activity in Belfast subdued last year, report findsDeloitte’s latest regional crane survey showed 20 major schemes were under construction or completed in the city in 2023Tue Feb 06 2024 - 06:00
Global shares fall as geopolitical tensions spook investorsEuronext Dublin underperformed relative to other international markets as it slid on the bank holiday, albeit on low volumesMon Feb 05 2024 - 19:28
In Profile: the new Ministers in the Northern Ireland AssemblyRestoration of the powersharing Executive comes two years to the day since DUP collapsed institutionsSun Feb 04 2024 - 11:25
Sinn Féin’s Michelle O’Neill elected first ever nationalist First Minister of Northern IrelandRestoration of the powersharing Executive comes two years to the day since the DUP collapsed the institutionsSat Feb 03 2024 - 17:08
Family of Lisa Murphy praise St Vincent’s oncology staff as funeral arranged for TuesdayMurphy, who was from Ballinteer, starred in the reality show Dublin Wives between 2012 and 2013Fri Feb 02 2024 - 17:24
Additional 1,400 people joined the live register in JanuaryData broadly tracks the labour market but is not a measure of unemploymentFri Feb 02 2024 - 12:52
Plan to upgrade Carlow road where three young people were killed has been in train for yearsLocal county councillor described safety deficits on the N80 as ‘more or less an emergency’ just two weeks agoFri Feb 02 2024 - 06:00
Irish farmers protest in solidarity with European counterpartsSeries of concessions to agricultural sector by political leaders fail to defuse rowdy demonstrationsThu Feb 01 2024 - 22:16
Thousands of farmers stage protests across country in solidarity with European demonstrations‘Farmers are saying enough is enough’, says IFA president as thousands of tractors and farm vehicles parade in towns and on motorwaysThu Feb 01 2024 - 21:54
Trinity College and SADSI students secure places in Irish Times debate competition finalSpeakers debated motion that ‘this house believes that unification is not in the best interest of the people of the 26 counties’Thu Feb 01 2024 - 21:08
Loan approvals at State-backed lender for builders jump by a thirdHome Building Finance Ireland opened for business in January 2019 with an initial war chest of €750mWed Jan 31 2024 - 00:01
Global stocks slide as investors fear big tech stocks may miss targetsRyanair was down 0.5% as the airline gave up some of the 4% gain it made on Monday despite reporting lower profitsTue Jan 30 2024 - 18:04
Intel ships first batch of new processors as it plays catch-up in AI raceChipmaker says product produced in Leixlip will usher in ‘new generation of personal computers’ with dedicated AITue Jan 30 2024 - 14:49
Ireland ‘second most affordable’ European country for a personal loan Luxembourg took top spot with a personal loan repayment equivalent to 18.98% of average disposable incomeMon Jan 29 2024 - 20:57
Ireland’s housing stock has hit new historic low - Sherry FitzGeraldAnalysis reveals a 27% decline in available properties for sale since January last year, and a 46% drop compared to 2020Mon Jan 29 2024 - 16:16
Brittany Ferries aiming to triple number of Spanish tourists carried to IrelandNearly twice as many Spaniards travelled to Ireland last year by ferry, just under 6,000, compared with 3,400 holidaying in the UKMon Jan 29 2024 - 05:08
Irish consumer confidence climbs to its highest level in two yearsPeople are also much more strongly of the view that house prices here will continue to grow over next five yearsMon Jan 29 2024 - 01:00
Ireland remains in technical recession as GDP shrinks once moreDrop in output from multinational sector sees productivity in the economy drop by 0.7% in final quarter of 2024Fri Jan 26 2024 - 12:32
Energia customers in line for savings as group to cut electricity and gas pricesSecond cut in six months follows period of sustained increases and reflect significant fall in the price of energy on wholesale marketsFri Jan 26 2024 - 08:37
