Bar sales plunge despite retail performance edging higher in July Hardware and department store sales on the rise, as total retail sales climb 0.4% over the 12 months to JulyFri Aug 30 2024 - 13:01
New season on RTÉ: crime dramas, GAA docs and the return of ‘tricky’ comedyNews verification strand Clarity and natural history series Ireland’s Coast on the line-up as board approves more projects in wake of RTÉ's multi-year funding dealFri Aug 30 2024 - 06:00
Irish entertainment and media industry to expand to €7.6bn by 2028Annual industry growth rate of 2.9 per cent will lag the global average, PwC report findsThu Aug 29 2024 - 06:15
Oasis reunion highlights the total collapse of the full-time music pressPrinted tickets, CD singles, music journalism jobs, MTV – all have gone missing in action since the band’s peakTue Aug 27 2024 - 05:45
Never mind the vibes, here’s ‘Kamalanomics’Planet Business: London City Airport’s increased passenger cap, the supermarket boss rowing back on self-checkouts, and Netflix’s documentary slateSat Aug 24 2024 - 06:00
European markets rise but Wall Street struggles as investors await Fed speechFederal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell is due to speak at the Jackson Hole symposium on FridayThu Aug 22 2024 - 18:08
VMTV will launch new streaming app Virgin Media Play in SeptemberRevenge thriller Dead & Buried, the return of Gogglebox Ireland and Grá ar an Trá, and new series Life Actually among shows on Virgin’s autumn line-upThu Aug 22 2024 - 06:01
Rocking on: Radio Nova proves the brightest star in Dublin music radio marketIrish-owned station’s share of listening has nudged ahead of rivals FM104, Sunshine 106.8 and Spin 1038Tue Aug 20 2024 - 05:15
Trouble has been brewing for Starbucks – can the new boss perk things up?Planet Business: Disney prepares to defrost Frozen franchise, a change of judge in Musk’s advertiser lawsuit, and artists who have objected to Donald Trump using their musicSat Aug 17 2024 - 06:15
Laura Slattery: ‘Tampon Tim’ nickname for Walz is not just Republicans being weird againLaura Slattery: From jokey monikers to ‘menstrual surveillance’ concerns, periods are now extra-politicised in US while remaining taboo almost everywhereSat Aug 17 2024 - 06:00
European stock markets finish the week with a gainAfter slew of economic data, investor focus will now turn to speech by Federal Reserve chairman next weekFri Aug 16 2024 - 18:38
More than 200 jobs lost in Dundalk as Wasdell winds down Irish operationsPharmaceutical packaging plant is being sold to another company but the business operating there is not part of the dealFri Aug 16 2024 - 16:10
Exports rise to €107bn in first half of year, but soften in JuneGrowth over first six months driven by increase in pharmaceutical exports, according to CSO figuresThu Aug 15 2024 - 17:52
Oliver Callan now has more listeners on Radio 1 than Ryan Tubridy did a year agoPat Kenny’s listenership rises to fresh record on Newstalk as station claims its highest-ever market shareThu Aug 15 2024 - 12:00
Sky, Netflix, Virgin and sports: How to manage your TV and streaming expensesSpecial offers, contract savings and why you should try to swerve the new ‘streaming TV’ services if you like recording programmesTue Aug 13 2024 - 06:00
Will Spotify users who pay nothing for the service always have that pleasure?The music industry isn’t the biggest fan of the platform’s ad-supported tier. Might the labels push for a change?Tue Aug 13 2024 - 05:15
European markets begin week on flat note as Wall Street struggles for directionInvestors brace for key economic data from the US and Europe due this weekMon Aug 12 2024 - 18:44
Global stock markets left on edge after Tokyo’s ‘Black Monday’ reprisePlanet Business: Another acquisition target for Mars, Elon Musk’s advertiser lawsuit and the new name for TwickenhamSat Aug 10 2024 - 06:15
We are gradually becoming inured to technological messesThe National Cyber Security Centre warns of a ‘far greater’ cyberattack risk over the next two yearsSat Aug 10 2024 - 06:00
Ryan Tubridy’s UK radio show pulls in more than half a million listeners Presenter welcomes 10% audience climb in his second quarter on Virgin Radio UK, as he surpasses his peak RTÉ listenershipFri Aug 09 2024 - 17:32
Development on Mount Anville land in south Dublin gets go ahead after sole objection withdrawnPlanning permission for the assisted living scheme was originally granted in AprilFri Aug 09 2024 - 14:53
Irish PR industry body issues first set of guidelines on use of AI‘Exercise caution’ and ‘stay vigilant’, members of the Public Relations Institute of Ireland have been urgedThu Aug 08 2024 - 06:00
Europe’s Stoxx 600 index posts biggest one-day gain since NovemberStrong day for banking stocks lifts Irish market, while Airbnb and Puma fall after weak outlook statementsWed Aug 07 2024 - 18:27
Laura Whitmore ‘raised concerns’ about her Strictly experience in 2016. Why did the BBC not act on them?Strictly Come Dancing scandal is one of two ongoing BBC crises to involve serious duty-of-care issuesTue Aug 06 2024 - 05:00
Paris ‘heat dome’ makes Olympic organisers’ stance on air conditioning tough to sustainPlanet Business: McDonald’s quarterly sales decline, Boeing’s new boss, and Microsoft customers suffer another outageSat Aug 03 2024 - 06:15
Manufacturing stabilises in July and shows ‘early signs of recovery’Marginal improvement in conditions ends four-month period of deterioration, according to AIB purchasing managers’ indexThu Aug 01 2024 - 06:00
European shares rise ahead of Federal Reserve rate cut decisionKerry Group climbs in Dublin after raising its full-year guidanceWed Jul 31 2024 - 19:06
Fair City and The Late Late Show destined to be twin scenes of bitter battle at RTÉKevin Bakhurst says it won’t do anything to jeopardise either programme amid plans to move them away from Montrose. But that hasn’t eased fears among sceptical, frustrated staffTue Jul 30 2024 - 06:00
Marketers and finance chiefs get along after all, IAPI study findsMarketing and finance executives have ‘good working relationship’, Amárach survey suggests, even if they don’t always completely understand one anotherMon Jul 29 2024 - 06:00
TG4 seeks €13.6m to set up news operation free of RTÉ editorial controlNews service provided by RTÉ to TG4 is ‘no longer fit for purpose’, says TG4 boss Alan EsslemontMon Jul 29 2024 - 06:00
Mortgage loan approvals fell in June, banking & payments federation figures showFirst-time buyer drawdowns reach highest second-quarter level since 2007, says industry bodyMon Jul 29 2024 - 05:32
What I Read This Week: More Murdoch bombshells and an Irish cinema trailblazerLaura Slattery on the stories that caught her eye from the Strictly Come Dancing scandal to shorts in the officeSat Jul 27 2024 - 08:00
‘Let’s change course,’ say Spaniards as they weigh impact of overtourismPlanet Business: Delta’s post-Crowdstrike chaos, BBC star salaries and the latest on Silicon Valley billionaires’ plan for a new citySat Jul 27 2024 - 06:15
TV licence fee ‘extremely difficult’ to collect if evaders not prosecuted, says RTÉ boss Kevin BakhurstDeal with Government not a reward for bad practice, as claimed by Virgin, but a ‘reward for dealing with bad practices’, says RTÉ director generalThu Jul 25 2024 - 20:14
TV licence fee to stay unchanged but viewers may see impact on RTÉ servicesExisting licence fee payers will be affected by this deal if RTÉ is obliged to make further programme cuts as a resultWed Jul 24 2024 - 18:18
Ireland’s bright Olympic prospects are good news for sponsors and RTÉIreland is sending its largest ever Olympic team to Paris. Even better than that for sponsors, advertisers and RTÉ, these games are in the perfect time zoneTue Jul 23 2024 - 06:00
Seine-itary conditions: Paris mayor takes a dip in ‘clean’ river as Olympics approachPlanet Business: Hillbilly Elegy streams jump, Burberry changes its chief executive again, and companies that moved their headquarters from California to TexasSat Jul 20 2024 - 06:15
Dublin-based Ardmac acquired by industrial group PureverProvider of high-tech cleanrooms and other specialist manufacturing facilities will become part of Portugal-headquartered industrial groupFri Jul 19 2024 - 12:41
European shares edge lower for fourth straight dayChoppy trading in New York sees brief rally in chipmaker stocks give way to lossesThu Jul 18 2024 - 17:58
Complaints to advertising standards body rose 18% in 2023Fifth of written complaints received by ASA were made about social media influencer contentThu Jul 18 2024 - 15:53
National Lottery operator to leave Dublin’s Abbey Street for George’s QuayNational Lottery operator will move into former Ulster Bank headquarters later this summerThu Jul 18 2024 - 13:46
Coimisiún na Meán launches €6m local democracy and courts reporting schemesFunds designed to support public interest journalism at a time when news sector is under pressure, says Minister for MediaWed Jul 17 2024 - 16:53
European shares decline after falls for luxury and commodity stocksStrong corporate results lead US markets higher as investors assess Trump’s chances of a White House returnTue Jul 16 2024 - 17:57
Trump shooting: Photographers capture historic moment but media bosses have a different job in mindEvan Vucci of Associated Press, Doug Mills of the New York Times and Anna Moneymaker of Getty Images among those praised for work in ButlerTue Jul 16 2024 - 06:15
It’s had a €1.4bn Olympic clean-up, but the Seine is still too polluted to swim inPlanet Business: ‘Virtual burnout’, the AI music generators being sued by the industry and celebrities standing at the UK general electionSat Jun 29 2024 - 06:15
Does the ‘Taylor Swift lift’ really add up to €150m for Dublin?Swifties may be happy to splurge on the singer’s Eras tour, but the reported average spend of €1,000 per person overstates the reality for most fansThu Jun 27 2024 - 06:00
The Racket by Conor Niland: Lonely tennis locker room conveyed with deft touchAn honest and droll memoir from the top-ranked Irish male player in decadesThu Jun 27 2024 - 04:44
Fair City bears the brunt as RTÉ shrinks for its ‘third age’Director general Kevin Bakhurst plans to increase independent commissioning to €70m a year. Doing this means making fewer programmes in-houseWed Jun 26 2024 - 06:00
Taylor Swift fans aren’t the only ones to suffer setlist envySetlist.FM raises expectations of what a show will be like – and sometimes it dashes them tooTue Jun 25 2024 - 06:00
Destination Downing Street for Starmer and Reeves as UK election enters endgamePlanet Business: The Telegraph’s uncertain future, Disney’s Inside Out 2 joy, and McDonald’s AI ordering failsSat Jun 22 2024 - 06:15
