Revolut’s latest valuation at $75bn underlines challenge for Irish banksNeobank now seen as worth double the State’s three main lenders combinedTue Nov 25 2025 - 06:00
Black Friday’s relentless drumbeatIrish people are likely to spend more than others in Europe over the next weekend despite the perils of online scams Tue Nov 25 2025 - 05:00
Government department fights move to clamp down on online fraudEnterprise wary of upsetting social media giants by asked them to verify promoters of investment products on their platformsSun Nov 23 2025 - 06:00
Harris yet to prove he’s serious about Finance roleIncoming Minister for Finance needs to focus on getting on top of his brief, not putting out nonsensical press releases signifying activity over real actionSat Nov 22 2025 - 06:00
Is Aer Lingus customer service aping Ryanair’s?Former national airline has become a lightning rod for complaint as customers struggle to have concerns addressed Thu Nov 20 2025 - 06:00
Airbus and Boeing jostle for orders at Dubai Air Show as Emirates makes $38bn dealBoeing lands biggest deal by value while Airbus surprises industry watchers by persuading long-standing Boeing client Flydubai to ink an order Thu Nov 20 2025 - 05:00
Philosophical Donohoe leaves incomplete Eurogroup legacy Paschal Donohoe was in reflective mood at what prove to be his last visit to the ECB as Eurogroup presidentWed Nov 19 2025 - 12:00
AI posing problems for applicants and employers in recruitment arms raceApplicants are using AI to frame CVs and apply for roles while employers are using it to spot those who have used the technologyTue Nov 18 2025 - 12:05
Worrying drift at DAA cannot continueBoard could act to remove chief executive Kenny Jacobs, for which it does not need ministerial approval. But litigation would surely follow, be costly and messy Tue Nov 18 2025 - 06:00
Housing stuck at the bottom of planning priorities Ireland may have a crisis in finding homes for its people but when it comes down to it, they are not as important as geese Tue Nov 18 2025 - 05:00
Are younger listeners really tuning in to so much radio? Contrary to received logic, JNLRs reveal popularity of live radio among younger audience membersSun Nov 16 2025 - 06:00
Coalition has a credibility gap when it comes to housingLatest initiative maintains existing 300,000 target but gives Land Development Agency additional financial muscleSat Nov 15 2025 - 06:00
ChatGPT strikes a sour note with German musiciansOpenAI broke copyright law by using hit song lyrics to train its ChatGPT software without first buying a licenceThu Nov 13 2025 - 05:56
Auto-enrolment looms for workforce that has little understanding of pensions Survey finds ignorance of basic details of how retirement savings work and about tax relief on offerThu Nov 13 2025 - 05:15
Origin’s new chairman raises eyebrows after previously overseeing sales of CPL and DalataAgri-services group says John Hennessy will guide board on ‘next phase of growth strategy’Thu Nov 13 2025 - 05:00
Kingspan’s data centre bet and the AI bubbleDebate over trajectory of investment boom has reached fever pitch in recent weeksTue Nov 11 2025 - 06:00
Valeo’s Irish unit an obvious sale target after overseas deals splurgeBain Capital reported looking to sell assetsTue Nov 11 2025 - 06:00
Airbnb awards remind us that short-term lets are a double-edged sword Holiday let behemoth is trying to tap into the immense lobbying power of the Irish tourism sector Tue Nov 11 2025 - 05:35
RTÉ management on collision course with staffBroadcaster has axed its TV documentary unit, with more cuts to comeSun Nov 09 2025 - 06:00
Manchester fails to live up to Aer Lingus expectations Chief executive Lynne Embleton says UK base not doing as well as Aer Lingus overall and Aer Lingus is not even IAG’s best performer Sat Nov 08 2025 - 06:00
LPT returns overwhelm Revenue portal Randomly blocking homeowners from filing required updated property valuations does little to encourage compliance Thu Nov 06 2025 - 06:00
Tesla shareholders must finally stand up to Elon MuskShareholders gather to vote on an unprecedented package of stock options that could be worth $1tn to car maker’s bossThu Nov 06 2025 - 05:45
IDA will be keeping close eye on Fiserve’s share price slump US fintech has big operation in Ireland but saw its share price tank last week following disastrous Q3 resultsTue Nov 04 2025 - 06:01
Ryanair expects new Boeing jets to arrive in 2027, fueling growth to 300m passengers a yearTimely Boeing deliveries to position Ryanair for growthTue Nov 04 2025 - 05:45
Eli Lilly’s Dutch move offers Ireland hopeTrump administration pressure on Big Pharma to focus investment on the US has raised concerns in Europe, and specifically the Republic Tue Nov 04 2025 - 05:00
US uncertainty offers Dublin and Ottawa potential to boost bilateral trade Chance exists to increase trade in goods by €1.2bn annually and expand activity in services by almost €500m, notes report Sun Nov 02 2025 - 06:00
Why have ministers still not signed off on exit deal agreed between DAA and its CEO?Government yet to approve settlement seven weeks after DAA board and Kenny Jacobs agreed to itSat Nov 01 2025 - 06:18
ECB in a holding pattern on interest rates After eight rate cuts, ECB appears to be sitting tight for now and the next rates move could be upwards, say analystsThu Oct 30 2025 - 06:00
Dawn Meats deal in New Zealand a head scratcher for local farmersIrish company paid a large premium for a meat co-op that was heavily indebted and had run up large losses in recent yearsThu Oct 30 2025 - 05:56
Like Ryanair, Ireland’s economy seems to grow faster in a global recessionLatest forecasts suggest Irish economy will grow by almost 11% this yearSun Oct 26 2025 - 06:00
Back of the net for Irish sports streamers as profits risePlatforms created during the pandemic to televise local matches are here to staySat Oct 25 2025 - 06:00
Whither RTÉ’s latest annual report?Document of 2024 is on track to be published much later than in recent yearsThu Oct 23 2025 - 06:00
Workers unlikely to be the winners as new norm on working from home takes shapeFriction being caused by return to the office mandatesThu Oct 23 2025 - 06:00
Bank of Ireland still trying to draw a line under UK car finance debacleLender more than doubled its provisions for payouts as a result of UK industry-wide investigationTue Oct 21 2025 - 06:00
Amazon Web Services outage underlines vulnerability of web-based societyCompanies and governments assume we will always have access to the web these daysTue Oct 21 2025 - 06:00
Insurance policy updates more likely to protect insurers than consumers, say brokers Consumers advised not to rush through policy updates when home renewals arise after Zurich row Sun Oct 19 2025 - 05:50
You can ‘bank’ on hybrid working continuing to be contentiousBank of Ireland opening four new hybrid hubs even as talks continue at WRC over return to office mandateSat Oct 18 2025 - 06:00
Mick Bailey’s Bovale one of the last developers to leave Nama after Sretaw dealAgency once had 5,000 borrowers and loans with a €32 billion discounted valueThu Oct 16 2025 - 06:15
Ireland forecast to be fastest growing economy in 2025IMF predicts economy will expand by an eye-popping 9.1 per cent this yearThu Oct 16 2025 - 06:15
Trump team views trade through the looking glassOutburst by treasury secretary Scott Bessent against latest Chinese moves show chronic lack of self awareness Thu Oct 16 2025 - 05:00
Nobel institutes annoint work on innovation and growthFactors that fuel sustained bursts of economic expansion not as obvious as one might thinkTue Oct 14 2025 - 05:57
Can Donegal Investment Group get some action as a special purpose acquisition company?It is to become cash shell company and be obliged to complete an acquisition within 12 monthsTue Oct 14 2025 - 05:25
Trump’s bully boy tactics bringing Big Pharma to heelDetermination to cut prices for medicines in US may yet pile pressure on creaking European health budgetsTue Oct 14 2025 - 05:00
Fingerprint and eye scanning are coming to an office near youJP Morgan staff will need use biometric data to enter its New York HQ and others are likely to followSun Oct 12 2025 - 06:01
Micheál Martin bemoans planning issues to Stripe’s John Collison If only the Taoiseach had the power to enact legislation to change the planning systemSat Oct 11 2025 - 06:00
‘Argument’ over hospitality VAT rate cut continues to rumbleSector pushes for lower rate to be bought in before scheduled start date of July next yearThu Oct 09 2025 - 06:00
Inheritance tax row misses the pointFailure to allow beneficiaries of inheritance from childless people access to €400,000 tax relief is not discriminatory Thu Oct 09 2025 - 05:00
ICG buybacks help lift Rothwell’s stake by 35% in a decade Chief executive of 33 years now owns just over 20% of parent of Irish Ferries Tue Oct 07 2025 - 06:00
Ministers’ ‘reform’ tag looking a little bedraggledPromising reform of public finances is one thing, but there has been little evidence of it from either recent officeholderMon Oct 06 2025 - 18:30
O’Callaghan not inclined to allow third parties to fund legal actionsMinister for Justice considers third-party funding as ‘enriching lawyers’Sun Oct 05 2025 - 06:00
