More than 365,000 current accounts opened in 2022 to dateAbout 11,800 personal current accounts are being opened each week as Ulster Bank and KBC Bank Ireland depart the Irish marketWed Aug 24 2022 - 05:00
European shares extend losing streak as investors fret about energy price surgeWeak economic outlook and energy crunch fears dampen mood, though US stocks manage to edge higher in early tradingTue Aug 23 2022 - 18:50
Ads or no ads? The choice Netflix and Disney Plus subscribers will soon faceNetflix users and Disney Plus customers outside the US are yet to learn how much it will cost to avoid advertising and what other benefits pricier plans may haveTue Aug 23 2022 - 05:33
Music, menopause and memory of Michael Collins in TG4′s autumn line-upDirector general Alan Esslemont says State risks appearing as ‘half-hearted laggard’, even a ‘hoaxer’, on Irish language investmentMon Aug 22 2022 - 16:06
Italy’s Lake Garda becomes the latest visible symbol of a parched continentPlanet Business: Caribbean water temperatures, Airbnb’s anti-party technology, a new thorn in Disney’s side and the return of WeWork’s Adam NeumannSat Aug 20 2022 - 05:30
FedEx’s Irish subsidiary makes net profit of €440,000 Company sees turnover drop 30% in year to end of May 2021, citing changes to accounting practicesThu Aug 18 2022 - 13:37
Virgin Media expands reach to 70% of premises through Siro broadband dealMove adds to the 1m homes and businesses it already offers services to through its own networkThu Aug 18 2022 - 05:00
Flexible workspace provider Grafter expands into London market with Bloomsbury townhouseIrish company set up last year by Emma Kennedy specialises in luxury office space in restored buildingsTue Aug 16 2022 - 15:45
Sun shines on Wicklow Wolf brewery as solar panels yield 60% electricity savingWith malt, hops and packaging prices all rising, timing ‘couldn’t be better’ for wishlist project, says co-founder Quincey FennellyTue Aug 16 2022 - 05:00
Surging paper costs cut deep for news industry with digital future in mindNewspapers would dearly like to evolve to an era when they don’t have to be newspapers anymore, not to an era when they can’tMon Aug 15 2022 - 16:49
Television viewing by 15-34s plunged almost 18% in first half of yearAdvertisers are keeping the faith with the medium despite declining linear audiences, Core saysMon Aug 15 2022 - 05:30
Dublin City Council seeks suppliers for up to 150 Christmas trees a yearDeadline imminent for new four-year tender agreement as public authorities begin festive planningMon Aug 15 2022 - 04:50
Cubic Telecom agrees long-term lease for The Hive in SandyfordHWBC has let almost 30,000sq ft of office space to the Irish software companyMon Aug 15 2022 - 04:41
TE Connectivity invests €5m in Galway medical device prototyping centreMedtech company says centre at existing Parkmore West manufacturing facility can get prototypes into customers’ hands ‘as quickly as possible’Mon Aug 15 2022 - 04:35
North’s business activity contracts again in JulyRising prices take their toll on customer demand and lead to sharp falls in output, Ulster Bank PMI showsMon Aug 15 2022 - 04:10
Civil servants told not to discuss confidential work near smart speakersSeen and heard: Altada issues, Element valuation, Clearco talks, Staycity deal and Brian Cowen’s cannabis and crypto returnSun Aug 14 2022 - 14:50
Germany feels the heat pump as drought compounds Russian gas crunchPlanet Business: Serena Ventures’ unicorn investments, ‘crypto winter’ latest and JetBlue’s solution to aviation staff shortagesSat Aug 13 2022 - 06:00
Property prices rise 14.1%, taking index back to level seen at height of boomResidential values outside Dublin now just 1.3% below their May 2007 peakFri Aug 12 2022 - 11:25
Comedy dramas Faithless and Obituary receive highest single sums in BAI funding roundTotal of €6 million is shared by producers behind 22 television and 36 radio projectsWed Aug 10 2022 - 17:50
Primark to reopen restored Belfast store in November four years after fireClothing retailer is set to open refurbished outlet with new homewares floor ahead of key Christmas trading periodWed Aug 10 2022 - 13:47
Irish mortgage rates edged lower in June ahead of ECB hikeFixed-rate loans accounted for 88 per cent of all new agreements as borrowers were persuaded to ‘lock in’ ratesWed Aug 10 2022 - 12:51
Laura Slattery: Warner Bros Discovery going all in on Game of Thrones spin-offWarner Bros Discovery execs might not be Batgirl’s biggest fans, but they’re going all in on House TargaryenTue Aug 09 2022 - 05:15
Merger, they wrote: Stephen King takes the stand in publishing case as Batgirl is shelvedPlanet Business: Iced coffees fly out of Starbucks, while the tech world doubles down on cringeworthy workforce namesSat Aug 06 2022 - 06:15
ComReg applies to High Court seeking Eir compliance with transparency obligationsMatter relates to 2019 finding of non-compliance in respect of how data usage tariffs and charges were presentedFri Aug 05 2022 - 17:39
Lidl Ireland announces removal of mandatory retirement ageEmployees will be able to work past 65 if they wish to do so, grocery retailer saysFri Aug 05 2022 - 05:30
Irish pharma group Amryt reports record revenues for second quarterSales of metreleptin surge for company that specialises in treatment of rare diseasesThu Aug 04 2022 - 18:31
Services economy expands again with firms passing on higher costs to customersBusiness confidence in the services sector rose to a three-month high in July, AIB index findsThu Aug 04 2022 - 05:00
Meta’s ruining of Instagram a self-inflicted wound even greater than Rebekah Vardy’sWagatha Christie leaks hail from time when app was much less frustrating to useMon Aug 01 2022 - 12:24
The chips are down for Biden, while Springsteen tickets become anything but blue-collarPlanet Business: A Walmart ‘train wreck’ leads a spate of profit warningsSat Jul 30 2022 - 06:10
European shares log best monthly performance since November 2020Stock markets rose again on Friday after a batch of strong corporate earningsFri Jul 29 2022 - 19:32
Personal tax credits and rate bands should be indexed to inflation, KPMG saysWage pressures will ease if ‘real’ value of reliefs, rates and credits is maintained, accountancy firm’s pre-budget submission statesFri Jul 29 2022 - 06:45
Breakfast radio makes gains but Ray D’Arcy and Liveline lose listenersRadio 1 Morning Ireland stretches lead as most-listened-to programme on Irish radioThu Jul 28 2022 - 12:06
Residential construction surges in first half of 2022 as post-lockdown recovery continuesNumber of vacant and derelict properties falls, according to GeoDirectory reportThu Jul 28 2022 - 05:00
Two additional data protection commissioners to be appointed, McEntee confirmsGovernment approves extension of DPC resources with Helen Dixon becoming chairpersonWed Jul 27 2022 - 19:19
Inflation exceeds 10% for lower-income households Rural households and renters also see their cost-of-living rise at above-average rates, CSO findsWed Jul 27 2022 - 12:29
Ditching the dish: Sky Ireland chief on future of TV as Sky Glass goes on saleJD Buckley on its TV set launch, RTÉ and BBC deals, and performance amid cost-of-living pressuresWed Jul 27 2022 - 05:00
Laura Slattery: Media must stop its jolly heatwave reporting and get serious on climate crisisIt is time for news media to wean itself off Big Gelato and stop trying to be happy about the weatherTue Jul 26 2022 - 05:45
In record temperatures, why not ditch the sun for the mercy of a cool dark cinema?Planet Business: Famous people with no baggage, the nationalisation of French energy giant EDF and a rude new emojiSat Jul 23 2022 - 06:15
European shares edge higher as energy supply worries easeWall Street declines in early trading after Snap and Twitter report underwhelming second-quarter revenuesFri Jul 22 2022 - 19:44
Very’s Irish boss in the pink as online retailer’s ‘modern’ rebrand from Littlewoods takes shapeInterview: from selling paddling pools to preparing for its ‘golden quarter’ amid a tech revamp, summer has been busy for managing director Rossa ButlerFri Jul 22 2022 - 13:00
National Lottery’s annual ticket sales pass €1bn mark for first timeRevenue increase of 14.7% in National Lottery ticket sales as €1bn mark passed for first timeFri Jul 22 2022 - 05:00
Eleven journalists leave the Sunday Times and Times Ireland as cost cuts trigger staff exodusLong-serving employees accept redundancy package after some are told new roles would involve pay cuts of up to 30%Thu Jul 21 2022 - 16:16
Bord na Móna reports trebling of operating profit as revenues rise 17%Chief executive Tom Donnellan attributes performance to climate-focused ‘brown to green’ strategyWed Jul 20 2022 - 17:25
Newstalk and RTÉ coverage of the unvaccinated was ‘editorially legitimate’, says BAIRonan Collins Show did not stigmatise non-Christians by playing O Holy Night, regulator also findsWed Jul 20 2022 - 14:19
Gains in European stocks curtailed as Gazprom declares force majeure Oil prices rise, commodity stocks lift FTSE and banks advance on Wall StreetMon Jul 18 2022 - 17:50
What would a single brand for Irish public media content look like?Future of Media Commission may be optimistic to say common identity would help maintain ‘social contract’ with audiencesMon Jul 18 2022 - 16:37
RTÉ reports net surplus of €2.4m for 2021 as commercial revenue recoversTelevision advertising surged last year after Covid bounceback, while operating costs remained below 2019 levelsMon Jul 18 2022 - 15:13
Heatwave disruption, a new home for Heardle and the ‘Lord Doom’ of airportsPlanet Business: Twitter’s 62-page lawsuit against Elon Musk is a blockbuster beach readSat Jul 16 2022 - 06:15
Linking tax and welfare changes to inflation will make budgets less ‘ad hoc’, says committeeGovernment departments urged to consider formal indexation amid belief it could improve transparencyThu Jul 14 2022 - 17:18
Men are 15% more likely than women to be promoted in Irish companies, says LinkedIn‘Hard look’ at promotion practices urged amid ‘serious lack’ of women in leadership rolesWed Jul 13 2022 - 13:32
