Air and sea travel to Ireland in June rebounds but still below pre-pandemic levels Tourism recovering but overseas arrivals still remain significantly lower than pre-pandemic June 2019Fri Jul 29 2022 - 11:15
Aer Lingus halves its losses as passenger numbers bounce backAirline entered financing arrangement with Ireland Strategic Investment Fund for €200m but has yet to draw it downFri Jul 29 2022 - 08:28
Revenue at Kerry Group increased by 13.3% to €4.1bn in the first halfGroup says resilience of supply chains ‘remains a key focus’ across the industry due to geopolitical issuesFri Jul 29 2022 - 07:51
Personal injury awards down ‘huge’ 43% since 2019, data showsInsurers welcome annual report, which shows impact of new guidelines and Covid-19 pandemicFri Jul 29 2022 - 00:00
Farmers say ‘impossible’ emission reduction targets will devastate sectorIFA president says target ‘is all about the survival of the Government rather than survival of rural Ireland’Thu Jul 28 2022 - 21:06
‘I felt helpless, but there is support’: Sinéad O’Neill speaks outside court after sentencing of Dean WardDonegal woman who was raped, assaulted and coercively controlled expresses relief after man jailed for 17 yearsThu Jul 28 2022 - 18:16
Defined benefit pension schemes at Iseq firms could be in excess of €1bn — MercerPensions consultant says schemes have ‘fared well’ during the first half of 2022 despite significant falls in global equity marketsTue Jul 26 2022 - 13:24
Digital engineering company Tantek 4D to create 30 jobs in Dublin and SligoSligo-headquartered company founded in 2018 will also open a new office in the USTue Jul 26 2022 - 08:54
Platform to reduce patient wait times drives 25% revenue surge at DiaceuticsAt Belfast-based data analytics company more than 75% of this year’s turnover generated through its DXRX platformTue Jul 26 2022 - 08:31
Greencore defies inflationary pressures to increase revenue 35%Group says it achieved this through customer dialogue, price-recovery mechanisms and supply chain managementTue Jul 26 2022 - 08:06
Uniphar chalks up organic gross profit growth of 5% in first halfIrish-listed healthcare group says it traded in line with expectations during the first half of yearTue Jul 26 2022 - 07:32
First-time buyers are having to borrow more to secure a home as spending power falls, reports showFigures show average mortgage drawdown by first-time buyers in second quarter was €263,312, up 13% on a year earlierTue Jul 26 2022 - 00:01
Siemens to create 25 jobs with new €7m R&D group in ShannonInvestment will focus on high-performance computing in the cloud for semiconductor designMon Jul 25 2022 - 07:19
‘The greatest manager in the history of hurling’: Brian Cody steps down as Kilkenny managerStalwart manager led his county to 11 All-Ireland titles since taking over in 1998Sat Jul 23 2022 - 14:24
Tributes paid to former Fine Gael TD Kieran Crotty who has diedFine Gael leader Leo Varadkar lauds party stalwart who died aged 91 on Friday as ‘a true public servant'Sat Jul 23 2022 - 13:24
All signs suggest corporation tax receipts ‘will continue to grow’, MacGill Summer School hearsFormer chairman of the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council Seamus Coffey tells MacGill Summer School portents of doom consistently incorrectFri Jul 22 2022 - 15:48
Dublin company to build virtual reality training scenarios for militariesVRAI and BAE Systems technology will allow soldiers to take part in complex collective scenarios in a secure environmentFri Jul 22 2022 - 12:52
PTSB gets go-ahead to acquire €7.6bn Ulster Bank loan portfolioDeal includes 25 properties in the Ulster Bank branch network, as well as Ulster Bank’s asset finance loan businessFri Jul 22 2022 - 08:28
Loan approvals by Home Building Finance Ireland up 38% in past six monthsGroup lent €1.16bn in what was its busiest ever six months, up from €835m in the six months to the end of 2021Fri Jul 22 2022 - 07:22
Minister announces electric vehicle charging point grant for apartmentsNew dedicated office called Zero Emission Vehicles Ireland will oversee Ireland’s transition to zero emission vehiclesThu Jul 21 2022 - 12:01
Will the State’s new initiatives make it any easier to buy an electric vehicle?A suite of new rants and initiatives to make it easier for people and businesses to make the switch to electric have been announcedThu Jul 21 2022 - 00:01
Woman charged after death of Juris Viktorovs in Co WicklowMan (36) was killed at a house in Ballyconnell, Shillelagh, on February 10th during a social gatheringWed Jul 20 2022 - 22:39
United Ireland poll will occur by 2030, McDonald forecasts Sinn Féin leader appeals to Australian PM for support and says threat of violence cannot derail ‘democratic course’Wed Jul 20 2022 - 19:52
Businessman and entrepreneur Seán Melly has died aged 57Melly founded eTel in 1999 which specialised in obtaining licences in the pre-liberalised Central European telecommunications marketTue Jul 19 2022 - 12:29
Irish passport ranked joint sixth most powerful globallyHenley Passport Index rates passports according to the number of destinations their holders can access without a prior visaTue Jul 19 2022 - 08:53
Littlewoods Ireland rebrands as Very and announces new labelsRetail group now offers next-day delivery and free click-and-collect optionTue Jul 19 2022 - 08:17
Vertical Aerospace announces training partner for new electric aircraftVA-X4 is a piloted, zero-emissions, electric, vertical take-off and landing plane that is expected to be used like taxis in congested urban centresTue Jul 19 2022 - 07:44
Pharma and medical products drove Irish exports up by a third in MayData also shows strong rebound in trade with Britain after collapse last year due to post-Brexit customs requirementsMon Jul 18 2022 - 13:05
Drop in Irish business sentiment second steepest globallyWidespread concerns around the impact of strong inflationary pressures on the economy, with firms expecting a recessionMon Jul 18 2022 - 12:22
Number of house construction starts down 30% in JuneDepartment of Housing says the number of commencement notices in June 2021 included backlog caused by Covid restrictionsFri Jul 15 2022 - 11:35
Ireland not relying on Russia for energy, says Gas Networks IrelandOwner of Ireland’s gas network not envisaging any immediate disruption as State uses other sources of supplyFri Jul 15 2022 - 09:46
Energy division drives DCC trading ‘well ahead’ of last yearDublin-based group operates across energy, healthcare and technology, and employs more than 15,400 peopleFri Jul 15 2022 - 08:57
Regulatory solutions group to create 300 jobs with new Donegal facilityFintru, which has offices in Belfast, Derry, Dublin, London, Maastricht and New York, works with international investment banksFri Jul 15 2022 - 08:14
Public sector pay deal would eat at least 25% of budget’s unallocated spend, says MinisterCost of of taking in Ukrainian refugees about €900m-€1.2bn this year, Michael McGrath tells budgetary committeeThu Jul 14 2022 - 14:56
Ireland detects unusually high number of hepatitis cases in childrenOut of 21 cases since March, two children have received a liver transplant and there has been one death associated with the diseaseWed Jul 13 2022 - 19:27
Asterion Industrial Partners buys majority stake in broadband businessSpanish infrastructure fund will acquire the interests in National Broadband Ireland held by Oak Hill Advisors and Twin Point CapitalTue Jul 12 2022 - 15:08
Investment in staff slumped 20% in SMEs during Covid - ESRI New report examines investment across a range of categories, how it was financed and the challenges facedTue Jul 12 2022 - 12:08
Second French interconnector could bring down energy costs, says Irish think tankIIEA has published a paper with recommendations to ‘future-proof’ Irish and EU energy systemsTue Jul 12 2022 - 05:30
Markets fret over global economy and fresh Covid outbreaksSoaring inflation drives Euronext Dublin down 1.8% on a choppy day as investors grow concernedMon Jul 11 2022 - 18:10
Community groups in line for €20 million in new financingSocial Finance Foundation and the Council of Europe Development Bank deal to support environmental and climate-action initiatives in communitiesSun Jul 10 2022 - 15:22
Hundreds of passengers discommoded as Aer Lingus cancels 11 flightsAirline has been hit with staffing issues due to a surge in Covid-19 cases, as well as an industrial dispute in FranceFri Jul 08 2022 - 17:44
San Leon Energy swings into profit as it scales up operationsExplorer also benefited from an increase in oil prices as it achieved a profit of €40.1m in the year to DecemberFri Jul 08 2022 - 13:55
Number on live register up 4% in June as Ukrainian refugees countedThere were 7,147 people benefitting from the EU’s Temporary Protection Directive included in the figuresFri Jul 08 2022 - 13:29
Designer goods, properties and expensive cars among items seized by Cab last yearMore than €5.4m was returned by the bureau to six injured parties who were victims of cryptocurrency theft, its annual report showsFri Jul 08 2022 - 00:01
Shailesh Vara: the Remainer who became a hard BrexiteerNew Northern Ireland Secretary is a Ugandan-born Conservative stalwart who has been described as a future leader of the partyThu Jul 07 2022 - 21:29
One-third of long Covid sufferers have serious brain issues after one yearInfectious disease expert tells Oireachtas committee that up to one in 20 are unable to function or get out of bedWed Jul 06 2022 - 13:37
Global stocks plunge on recession fears as billions wiped from FTSE 100Euronext Dublin down 2.5%, in line with peers, on what was one trader described as an ‘ugly day’Tue Jul 05 2022 - 18:27
Tata Consultancy Services to create 200 new jobs in DonegalCompany is hosting a careers open evening at its facility in the Letterkenny Technology Park on July 14thTue Jul 05 2022 - 15:42
Confidence in services sector drops on inflation and Ukraine concernsPMI data show activity increased at slowest rate of the year so far, while new business grew by the least since JanuaryTue Jul 05 2022 - 05:45
Industrial and logistics property activity in Dublin at highest level for 20 yearsCushman & Wakefield research suggests market is responding to pent-up demand for modern, high quality spaceMon Jul 04 2022 - 14:20
