Unions call for ‘immediate engagement’ over Accenture redundanciesGlobal giant plans to cut 890 jobs from its Irish operation, bringing to almost 1,300 the number of jobs it will cut here this yearThu Aug 03 2023 - 11:36
Global shares fall as investors digest downgrading of US credit ratingFitch downgraded its US debt rating citing fiscal deterioration over the next three yearsWed Aug 02 2023 - 18:47
Salesforce to cut up to 50 more jobs from Irish operationCompany confirms plan for redundancies as it is ‘working through some changes’ to its sales and customer success teamsWed Aug 02 2023 - 13:59
IDA pledges to help laid off Accenture workers: ‘Their skills can be quickly adapted’Communications Worker’s Union calls on company to engage in redundancy negotiationsWed Aug 02 2023 - 05:00
July another record month for electric vehicle sales Number of new EVs registered last month up 52 per cent on same time last year.Tue Aug 01 2023 - 16:21
Wild Geese: Leading innovation in Finland’s top food company Valio chief innovation officer Kevin Deegan says there are many affinities between the Finnish and Irish people and their food sectorsTue Aug 01 2023 - 10:47
Two thirds of financial firms not compliant with anti-greenwashing rules Survey finds just 29 per cent are fully complaint with EU’s Sustainable Finance Disclosure RegulationMon Jul 31 2023 - 11:36
Two-thirds of working mothers in Ireland claim promotions have been blocked Cohort four times more likely to not get a pay rise they have negotiated for compared with working fathers, survey findsFri Jul 28 2023 - 17:32
Nama generates €111m in cash since beginning of year The agency said that subject to market conditions, it intends to transfer €350m to the exchequer this year, bringing the total paid to the State to €4.25bnFri Jul 28 2023 - 14:59
Retail sales bounce back in June despite cost of living pressuresBooks, newspapers and stationery saw the largest monthly increase of 12.1%, CSO figures showFri Jul 28 2023 - 12:24
Ardagh Group reports $155m loss for first half, weighed down by restructuring spendRevenue up marginally while EBITDA increases by 10% compared to a year agoThu Jul 27 2023 - 17:21
More than half of domestic Dublin Airport passengers from outside capitalDAA said that people from all 32 counties flew out of the airport last yearThu Jul 27 2023 - 14:02
Penneys posts 20-fold increase in profits and €475m payout for shareholders Retailer said that the jump in profits has largely been driven by a return to more normal customer behaviour since the pandemicWed Jul 26 2023 - 17:12
Cork condiment producer Ballymaloe Foods gains gold sustainability status Maker of Ballymaloe Relish has been recognised for its exemplary sustainability practicesWed Jul 26 2023 - 15:44
Dry bulk handled by Irish ports drops by almost a fifth in first quarter Irish ports handled 11.9m tonnes of goods in the first quarter, a decrease of 6% on the first quarter of 2022Wed Jul 26 2023 - 13:59
Number of Irish holidaying at home continues to grow since pandemicThe Central Statistic Office’s (CSO) latest Household Travel Survey shows that Irish residents made 2.6 million overnight trips within the country in the months of January, February and March this year – an increase on 2.3 million trips in the first quarter of 2022.Wed Jul 26 2023 - 13:09
One in five people in Ireland never carry cash, survey findsA survey has found that one in five people in Ireland never carry any cash, and of those that do almost one third carry €20 or less.Wed Jul 26 2023 - 00:01
Bank of Ireland backs national recycling scheme with €27.5m in financingProject aims to boost return rates for drinks containers by charging refundable deposit for plastic bottles and cansTue Jul 25 2023 - 12:42
Six in 10 workers say partner gave up work due to cost of childcare, survey findsOne partner, usually female, often gives up work to look after children because of costsTue Jul 25 2023 - 00:09
Users of financial advisers have 60% more savings, survey findsThose who take financial advice are “substantially better off”, according to a recent survey by Brokers Ireland.Mon Jul 24 2023 - 16:49
ICCL official to take DPC to court next week over personal data processingCase centres around complaint about ‘real-time bidding’ online advertising system used by Google and IABSat Jul 22 2023 - 06:00
Electricity consumption in restaurants, pubs and retail jumps by at least 14%Restaurants and public houses had the highest electricity consumption of any buildings being used for non-domestic purposes in 2022Thu Jul 20 2023 - 15:32
Pharma sector production fell by close to a third in 2022 The sector remains the country’s largest industrial producer by value, accounting for 32 per cent of all production last year.Thu Jul 20 2023 - 13:53
Number of new cars licensed up almost 50% in a yearCSO’s Transport Bulletin shows public transport journeys remain higher than pre-pandemic levelsWed Jul 19 2023 - 16:53
Dublin house prices increase by 80% since 2010Study finds house prices in Dublin are ‘almost a separate case compared to the other counties’Wed Jul 19 2023 - 15:20
Number of new cars licensed up almost 50% in a yearThe CSO’s latest Transport Bulletin also shows public transport journeys remain higher than pre-pandemic levelsWed Jul 19 2023 - 12:48
Price of a pint of Guinness to rise by 4 cent next monthDiageo cites rising business costs as reason for the increase, the second hike announced by the company this yearWed Jul 19 2023 - 11:11
BER: How many A-rated energy efficient homes are in your area? Dublin 18 has highest proportion of A-rated homes in countryMon Jul 17 2023 - 16:54
Up to €85m lost through ‘payment frauds and scams’ last yearBanking and Payments Federation Ireland data show rise in value of 8.8% on 2021, as fraudulent transactions rose by 12.7%Fri Jul 14 2023 - 13:25
‘Compelling creative partnerships’ in the frame for this year’s Business to Arts AwardsShortlisted partnerships focus on arts sponsorship, philanthropy, commissioning of artists, and CSR initiatives, such as employee and community engagement.Fri Jul 14 2023 - 04:14
Swiftflation: star’s pulling power likely to push up prices Planet Business: Bolsonaro themed party hats; bumper Barbie box office forecasts; and Threads v TwitterFri Jul 14 2023 - 00:00
Trinity College students build Formula One car to race at SilverstoneParticipants have spent the past academic year crafting vehicle Bertie to take part in the international Formula Student engineering competitionThu Jul 13 2023 - 19:59
ICT sector has limited capacity to absorb more lay-offs, says Department of FinanceSector was ‘bright spot’ over pandemic period but has moved towards underperformance, says departmentThu Jul 13 2023 - 18:58
Acquisition of City Bin Co by Thorntons Recycling approved by competition regulator Thorntons has made a number of legally binding commitments to get the deal across the lineThu Jul 13 2023 - 17:04
Job growth in Dublin falls behind rest of State for first time in two years Latest Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) survey from S&P Global also finds ‘solid decrease’ in Dublin manufacturing activityThu Jul 13 2023 - 12:41
Central Bank supports reimbursement system for online fraud victimsSuch frauds occur when consumers are tricked into manually authorising a payment from their accountWed Jul 12 2023 - 18:52
Homes with highest energy ratings used half the electricity of lowest-rated homes CSO figures also show detached houses consumed 73% more electricity than mid-terrace homesWed Jul 12 2023 - 13:39
State should establish new fund to help farmers with climate transition - NESC‘Critical’ to recognise the costs of transition in agriculture, to share them equitably and to address or mitigate themWed Jul 12 2023 - 07:43
Cereal prices rise by almost half in just one year, CSO figures showLatest agricultural price indices also show significant growth in the price of pigs and eggs, though overall farm outputs have fallenTue Jul 11 2023 - 12:20
Samuel Beckett bridge developer Graham Group reports turnover of €1.28bnCompany based in Co Down has delivered large range of projects in the past year, including in Liffey Valley and Dundrum Town Centre in Dublin and Titanic Quarter in BelfastTue Jul 11 2023 - 05:00
Diageo invests €25m into Guinness brewery to ramp up production of non-alcoholic stout New tanks, with capacity of almost 90 million pints, will ramp up production of Guinness 0.0 by 300%Mon Jul 03 2023 - 05:00
New tax rules to come into effect for 20,000 overseas landlords this weekendRevenue set to launch new system aimed at tightening tax rules for landlords based abroadSat Jul 01 2023 - 05:00
‘It’s an emotional time for me, I’m going to miss meeting people every day, which I love’ - Edge & Sons hardware in Fairview to shut A much-loved fixture of Fairview for over a century, the hardware shop has been passed down through three generations of EdgesFri Jun 30 2023 - 14:57
Britney on the picket line as Meta shuts down tribute acts Planet Business: Volkswagen scandal rumbles on; water boss gets a dunking; and Reynolds goes racingFri Jun 30 2023 - 05:00
State still owed €2 billion in taxes by companies which deferred Revenue debts during CovidScheme allowed businesses to defer paying certain tax liabilities until they were in a position financially to deal with the debtFri Jun 30 2023 - 03:30
Irishman selling real estate in Florida while living in Spain Wild Geese: Colin Murphy, MadridFri Jun 30 2023 - 00:01
AIB announces mortgage interest rate hikes averaging close to half percentage point Bank unveils two new savings products and says it will not change rate on green mortgages for energy-efficient homesThu Jun 29 2023 - 14:27
Forcing banks to refund victims of payment fraud ‘very complex’, finance official warns New EU proposals stop short of extending right to refund to all victims duped into sending money to scammersWed Jun 28 2023 - 18:03
Sales of clothing and footwear fall by fifth in MayVolume of retail sales in Ireland drops 1.6% between April and May but is up 5.1% on May 2022Wed Jun 28 2023 - 12:03
Groceries a ‘rapidly growing’ market for food delivery sector A report published by Just Eat has found that nearly a quarter of people in Ireland have used a food delivery service to order groceries in the past yearsTue Jun 27 2023 - 00:01
