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Aircoach loses its airport advantage

Aircoach loses its airport advantage

Rising costs and longer travel times make alternatives more attractive once again

Thu Feb 20 2025 - 05:00
Republic’s almost €73bn exposure to Donald Trump’s tariffs

Republic’s almost €73bn exposure to Donald Trump’s tariffs

Offshoring of US pharma production is now in Trump’s crosshairs

Tue Feb 18 2025 - 05:49
If a 9% VAT rate is so important to viability of hospitality sector, why wait until next January to introduce it?

If a 9% VAT rate is so important to viability of hospitality sector, why wait until next January to introduce it?

Government now accepts sector needs support but that will only be forthcoming next year

Tue Feb 18 2025 - 05:00
Inflation may curb Trump’s tariff plans

Inflation may curb Trump’s tariff plans

Rising consumer prices will limit scope for interest rate cuts and undermine election commitment

Sun Feb 16 2025 - 06:00
China could show US the way on clean energy tech

China could show US the way on clean energy tech

Solar PV, wind and nuclear power look set to meet surging demand for energy

Fri Feb 14 2025 - 19:00
Trump’s tariff threats over Mexico and Canada weigh on Smurfit Westrock

Trump’s tariff threats over Mexico and Canada weigh on Smurfit Westrock

Packaging products in firing line if levies happen

Thu Feb 13 2025 - 06:15
Quintain rebrands as housing industry faces challenges

Quintain rebrands as housing industry faces challenges

Company is backed by San Francisco-headquartered global investor TPG

Thu Feb 13 2025 - 06:00
Why is the US economy so much stronger than Europe’s?

Why is the US economy so much stronger than Europe’s?

Several reasons for the weak performance of Europe and the US’s better-than-expected one

Tue Feb 11 2025 - 06:00
Gender balance initiative spreads its wings

Gender balance initiative spreads its wings

Balance for Better Business will expand focus from Iseq listed companies to the private sector

Tue Feb 11 2025 - 06:00
Trump tariffs threaten Ireland’s service economy too

Trump tariffs threaten Ireland’s service economy too

There is a risk of escalation through the treatment of social media companies

Sun Feb 09 2025 - 06:00
Marty Whelan’s wonderful world has extra appeal in dark times

Marty Whelan’s wonderful world has extra appeal in dark times

The genial Lyric FM breakfast presenter has seen his audience swell to an all-time high. Is he the audio salve more of us need in 2025?

Sat Feb 08 2025 - 06:00
Kay Burley’s exit from Sky News marks the end of an era

Kay Burley’s exit from Sky News marks the end of an era

Presenter was face of the 24-hour news service from day one, but almost everything else has changed for channel since 1989

Thu Feb 06 2025 - 06:00
Davy report highlights difficulty measuring scale of housing shortage

Davy report highlights difficulty measuring scale of housing shortage

As estimated housing requirement keeps increasing, there is little prospect of the crisis ending

Thu Feb 06 2025 - 06:00
Apple’s AI patience may be paying off

Apple’s AI patience may be paying off

Emergence of DeepSeek has upended rivals’ plans

Sun Feb 02 2025 - 06:00
Vet meds giant Norbrook getting used to disappointment

Vet meds giant Norbrook getting used to disappointment

Company remains bullish despite stagnating sales and an ongoing struggle to grow profits

Sat Feb 01 2025 - 06:00
Rachel Reeves banks on long-term gain but is getting short-term pain

Rachel Reeves banks on long-term gain but is getting short-term pain

The UK chancellor has looked to the future with a plan for a third runway at London’s Heathrow

Thu Jan 30 2025 - 06:00
Housing experts pour freezing cold water on Government’s narrative of turbocharged housing supply

Housing experts pour freezing cold water on Government’s narrative of turbocharged housing supply

‘Little chance’ of achieving plan to build 300,000 new homes by 2030

Thu Jan 30 2025 - 06:00
Ryanair eyes end to Boeing’s woes and lifting of Dublin Airport cap

Ryanair eyes end to Boeing’s woes and lifting of Dublin Airport cap

Group’s top executives Michael O’Leary and Neil Sorahan bid good riddance to Eamon Ryan and fix Darragh O’Brien in their sights

Tue Jan 28 2025 - 05:55
Trump’s zero-sum trade policy: co-operate or else

Trump’s zero-sum trade policy: co-operate or else

Threat of tariffs against Colombia illustrates Washington’s new bullish negotiating tactics

Tue Jan 28 2025 - 05:00
Glenveagh share buyback pushes Swiss hedge fund over 23% mark

Glenveagh share buyback pushes Swiss hedge fund over 23% mark

Teleios Capital Partners seeks out long-term stakes in ‘concentrated portfolio’ of small and mid-sized European companies

Sun Jan 26 2025 - 06:00
Is Trump’s ‘drill, baby, drill’ an empty promise?

Is Trump’s ‘drill, baby, drill’ an empty promise?

Private enterprise controls oil and may not share US president’s enthusiasm for increased production

Sat Jan 25 2025 - 06:00
Was Reeves snubbed at Davos or is UK just paranoid?

Was Reeves snubbed at Davos or is UK just paranoid?

UK chancellor wasn’t invited to speak at the myriad of debates and panel discussions that front the four-day event in the Swiss Alps

Thu Jan 23 2025 - 06:00
How the State spent €10m on Apple tax case

How the State spent €10m on Apple tax case

Newly released documents outline who got what and when

Thu Jan 23 2025 - 06:00
Irish boss Bourke sticks with plan to IPO Portuguese bank after mini crisis

Irish boss Bourke sticks with plan to IPO Portuguese bank after mini crisis

Novo Banco fired its chief risk officer earlier this month amid ‘suspicious financial transactions’

Thu Jan 23 2025 - 06:00
A large sale of AIB shares will be tempting for new Coalition

A large sale of AIB shares will be tempting for new Coalition

AIB seen by analysts as one of the most exposed large lenders across Europe

Tue Jan 21 2025 - 05:48
Donald Trump’s reprieve for TikTok might only prove to be a short-term solution for the Chinese app

Donald Trump’s reprieve for TikTok might only prove to be a short-term solution for the Chinese app

TikTok was off air for just 14 hours in the US over the weekend, with Trump granting it a 90-day stay on its Biden-era ban

Tue Jan 21 2025 - 05:45
Davos clamps down on gatecrashers

Davos clamps down on gatecrashers

New regulations curtail who can rent out buildings or set up temporary structures during the four-day annual gathering

Sat Jan 18 2025 - 06:00
Is TikTok’s US shutdown any more than a game of musical chairs among Chinese apps?

Is TikTok’s US shutdown any more than a game of musical chairs among Chinese apps?

After the US supreme court upheld a ban on the video app unless it sheds its Chinese owners, a final decision on action rests with politicians

Fri Jan 17 2025 - 18:25
Latest Enterprise Ireland and trade figures underscore Ireland’s vulnerability to US protectionism

Latest Enterprise Ireland and trade figures underscore Ireland’s vulnerability to US protectionism

Incoming US president Donald Trump says he will use tariffs, or at least the threat of tariffs, to improve the US trade balance

Thu Jan 16 2025 - 06:15
Time to unfriend? Lawyer responds to Meta’s ‘descent’

Time to unfriend? Lawyer responds to Meta’s ‘descent’

Mark Lemley will stay on Facebook, he says. But there are other things he can do to salve his conscience

Thu Jan 16 2025 - 06:15
Wind energy sector ringing right bells

Wind energy sector ringing right bells

Focus on electricity prices resonates with consumers

Thu Jan 16 2025 - 06:00
It’s not just Ireland: Spain moves to counter its own housing crisis

It’s not just Ireland: Spain moves to counter its own housing crisis

Spanish prime minister unveils raft of measures to ease rents and house price inflation

Tue Jan 14 2025 - 06:00
Rachel Reeves returns to fiscal storm in UK

Rachel Reeves returns to fiscal storm in UK

UK chancellor jets in from China amid financial controversy

Tue Jan 14 2025 - 05:45
Who needs an iSmell? Nevada’s CES offers a tantalising view of the future

Who needs an iSmell? Nevada’s CES offers a tantalising view of the future

Consumer electronics fair looks forward, with AI the firm focus for 2025

Sun Jan 12 2025 - 06:00
Curtains close at insolvent Windmill Lane Pictures

Curtains close at insolvent Windmill Lane Pictures

US actors’ and writers’ strikes compounded problems that had built up at the storied Dublin studio

Sat Jan 11 2025 - 06:00
No let up in pain for would be home buyers

No let up in pain for would be home buyers

MyHome report shows age of first-time buyers continues to creep up

Thu Jan 09 2025 - 05:45
Mixed messages on jobs and productivity

Mixed messages on jobs and productivity

Continuing low unemployment makes incoming government’s capacity for significant infrastructure investment a challenge

Thu Jan 09 2025 - 05:00
Ireland expecting its tax boom to continue would be a mistake, especially with Trump’s return

Ireland expecting its tax boom to continue would be a mistake, especially with Trump’s return

Following a record tax take in 2024, Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael look set to double down on their bets that taxes will continue to flow in

Tue Jan 07 2025 - 06:00
Amazon Prime Video’s latest star is Melania Trump

Amazon Prime Video’s latest star is Melania Trump

Incoming first lady will be an executive producer of the documentary released by Jeff Bezos-owned streamer

Tue Jan 07 2025 - 06:00
Manifold bows out of CRH after almost 400% share price surge

Manifold bows out of CRH after almost 400% share price surge

Jim Mintern takes over as chief executive of building materials giant

Sun Jan 05 2025 - 05:33
Clegg out, Kaplan in: a sign of the Trumpian times at Meta

Clegg out, Kaplan in: a sign of the Trumpian times at Meta

Former Lib Dem leader has been replaced by a Republican ally as tech sector races to appease the president-elect

Sat Jan 04 2025 - 06:00
Pension bill is finally catching up with some bosses

Pension bill is finally catching up with some bosses

One in six workers does not have access to a pension in their workplace according to new data from the CSO

Sun Dec 22 2024 - 06:00
Rapidly-growing non-alcoholic beer market ‘underdeveloped’

Rapidly-growing non-alcoholic beer market ‘underdeveloped’

Sales of 0.0 products rising fast but Irish consumers are a long way short of some European counterparts

Sat Dec 21 2024 - 06:00
Davy settlement closes year Bank of Ireland bosses might rather forget

Davy settlement closes year Bank of Ireland bosses might rather forget

Davy settlement latest in a litany of woes

Thu Dec 19 2024 - 06:15
Ireland has lowest inflation rate in euro zone

Ireland has lowest inflation rate in euro zone

Eurostat says Ireland had lowest level of annualised price growth in November

Thu Dec 19 2024 - 06:15
Selling new workplace pension is getting harder all the time

Selling new workplace pension is getting harder all the time

Department of Social Protection now looking at flat-fee structure to run scheme that disadvantages poorest paid

Tue Dec 17 2024 - 06:00
US corporate tax changes could prove bigger threat to Ireland than tariffs

US corporate tax changes could prove bigger threat to Ireland than tariffs

Incentives designed to bring back intellectual property or patents domicilled abroad could prove problematic for Ireland

Tue Dec 17 2024 - 05:45
Coaches join clarion call over Dublin Airport cap

Coaches join clarion call over Dublin Airport cap

Tourism needs aviation to bring in visitors,and airlines need tourism to fill their seats

Sun Dec 15 2024 - 05:00
ECB switches focus from inflation to Europe’s flagging economy

ECB switches focus from inflation to Europe’s flagging economy

Christine Lagarde spent a lot of her press conference on Thursday pointing to the growing strains in the economy

Sat Dec 14 2024 - 06:00
ESRI again highlights regulator’s role in fanning house prices

ESRI again highlights regulator’s role in fanning house prices

Think-tank not backing off previous suggestion that loosening mortgage rules boosted the property market

Thu Dec 12 2024 - 06:00
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