Craft sector sells Made Local message ahead of key festive season Design & Craft Council Ireland signs singer, songwriter and musician Lyra as brand ambassador for campaignWed Oct 18 2023 - 18:12
Sky Ireland boosts broadband services through wholesale deal with Virgin MediaPartnership allows Sky to enhance its offer to customers and comes amid a €200m network upgrade by VirginWed Oct 18 2023 - 10:48
European markets edge lower after batch of downbeat company earningsInvestors keep eye on geopolitical tensions ahead of trip by US president Joe Biden to IsraelTue Oct 17 2023 - 18:08
Minister of State will ‘take on board’ proposal that Ireland seek to host EU office for regulating AIPlanned AI advisory council has received an ‘overwhelming’ number of applications, says Dara CallearyTue Oct 17 2023 - 17:45
Government doing everything to distance itself from job losses at RTÉAny exit scheme at the broadcaster, even voluntary, would risk making it look like ‘ordinary workers’ were paying unfair priceTue Oct 17 2023 - 06:00
Ireland’s quarter-final Rugby World Cup exit brings highest ever audience to Virgin Media TelevisionHeartbreaking defeat to New Zealand takes spot as biggest TV event of 2023 so far with 1.378m viewersMon Oct 16 2023 - 15:27
RTÉ misses out on Ireland rugby semi-final bonanza after rights ‘gamble’Virgin Media Television eyeing fresh viewing record for Ireland’s quarter-final Rugby World Cup defeat to New ZealandMon Oct 16 2023 - 06:00
Space sector funding hampered by rules on defence investment, says expert‘Unresolved conflict’ must be addressed to bring in more early-stage investment to the Irish industry, IIEA event hearsMon Oct 16 2023 - 05:45
Inside RTÉ: rats, redundancies and shattered moraleBroadcaster's dispirited employees say they are bearing the brunt of both management missteps and political hostilitySat Oct 14 2023 - 07:00
The bank that loves branches – and, no, it’s not in great financial shapePlanet Business: Starmer merch, Apple’s obsolete watches and the first solo female winner of the Nobel prize for economicsSat Oct 14 2023 - 06:15
European stock markets edge higher as Novo Nordisk shares jump againOzempic maker’s shares rise after positive update on its diabetes drug, while Birkenstock makes its Wall Street debutWed Oct 11 2023 - 19:18
RTÉ needs State money to fund voluntary job cuts, director general tells staffKevin Bakhurst says he will present a strategic plan in early November to reduce numbersWed Oct 11 2023 - 18:31
RTÉ will receive public funding this year but only if broadcaster sets out reformsResponsibility lies with cash-strapped broadcaster to agree post-crisis changes to secure additional State funding, says Minister for Public Expenditure Paschal DonohoeTue Oct 10 2023 - 21:46
As it happened: Budget 2024 brings mortgage relief and USC cutsSinn Féin says Coalition produced ‘budget for landlords’ while teaching bodies say it will not address recruitment and retention challengesTue Oct 10 2023 - 21:33
Budget 2024: Improved screen tax credit will attract bigger productions to Ireland, says industryScreen Ireland welcomes increase in expenditure cap to €125m amid ‘all-time high’ for film and TV budgetsTue Oct 10 2023 - 19:03
Netflix has scored a brilliant goal with Beckham seemingly out of nowhereBeckham series makes it clear that fame is as traumatic as it is absurdTue Oct 10 2023 - 06:00
North’s summer economic malaise continues into SeptemberEmployment only ‘bright spot’ as business activity remains weak, Ulster Bank snapshot findsMon Oct 09 2023 - 04:45
US vs Sam Bankman-Fried, fraud trial of the decade so far, gets under way in New YorkPlanet Business: First ever space junk fine, the band being sued by easyJet’s owner and Conservative Party merchSat Oct 07 2023 - 06:15
European shares rise on Friday but still decline for third consecutive weekSurge in US jobs numbers triggers investors’ fears that interest rates may remain higher for longerFri Oct 06 2023 - 18:07
Budget 2024: Savills calls for cut in construction VAT rate and higher help-to-buy thresholdProperty group has urged the Government to introduce measures to stimulate the housing marketThu Oct 05 2023 - 14:13
Central Bank finds investment firms risk market abuse over work-from-home communicationsRegulator said firms had failed to adequately monitor how staff communicate when working outside the officeThu Oct 05 2023 - 12:02
Dungarvan Brewing Company sold after ‘incredible’ 13 yearsFamily-founded craft beer enterprise will pass into new ownership to bring business to ‘next phase’Thu Oct 05 2023 - 11:13
Laura Slattery: Will the last person to pay their licence fee please switch off the TV?Good news for unenthusiastic licence-fee payers is that under existing rules, we will all eventually age out of liability to payTue Oct 03 2023 - 06:00
Lovely in late season? Massive planet 120 light years away studied by Nasa might have an oceanPlanet Business: Dynamic pricing hits the pint, Wall Street IPOs return and USA Today seeks ‘Taylor Swift reporter’Sat Sept 16 2023 - 06:15
Patrick Kielty’s Late Late prep: Butterflies, politics and a message from TubsRTÉ chatshow’s excited new host is aiming for a ‘loose’ and ‘fun’ tone on tonight’s big debutFri Sept 15 2023 - 09:35
Virgin Media Television narrows losses in 2022 after costs fallOperating profit at Virgin Media Two, broadcaster of Love Island, rose 46% last yearThu Sept 14 2023 - 18:01
Smurfit Kappa leads Irish market decline as European shares falterWeak forecast from US tech firm Oracle weighs on investor sentiment on both sides of AtlanticTue Sept 12 2023 - 18:20
Tesco’s Irish business made a profit of €108m last year First set of Irish accounts published by British grocery chain show it paid €80.2m to acquire Joyce supermarket group in Galway in mid-2022Tue Sept 12 2023 - 17:13
Laura Slattery: Why did RTÉ miss 17 of its audience performance targets last year?Three words are repeated over and over in its annual report: ‘commitment not achieved’Tue Sept 12 2023 - 05:00
Tyndall and Boston Scientific project hailed as a ‘milestone’ in cancer treatmentMinister for Further and Higher Education Simon Harris commends new technology for measuring radiation at tumour sitesMon Sept 11 2023 - 09:46
Ad space for sale in Christmas RTÉ Guide amid ‘challenging’ conditionsCirculation of weekly magazine declined 10% in 2022 with advertising revenues also fallingMon Sept 11 2023 - 05:45
Konversational and Ergo agree €3m technology dealDublin-headquartered tech consultancy and IT solutions provider have partnered on an Irish market first, the two companies saidMon Sept 11 2023 - 05:12
Cost ‘a barrier’ to sustainable product choices for 2 in 5 people, survey findsHigh number of consumers choosing sustainable goods should encourage business and government to do more, says DeloitteMon Sept 11 2023 - 05:00
Cable television ‘on the edge of a precipice’ in US as tennis stars are forced to improvisePlanet Business: Pre-Swift concert film hits, Qantas’s under-fire chairman, and the ascent of Novo NordiskSat Sept 09 2023 - 06:30
Fáilte Cúla4: first ever Irish language kids’ TV channel goes on airTG4′s new venture promises to bring playhouses, water games and Nuacht for children through ‘fun and colourful experience’ on screenFri Sept 08 2023 - 16:00
Inside Irish radio: how an upbeat market is vying to stay cheeryAmid ‘cracking opportunities’ and post-pandemic resilience, stations are optimistic they can keep listeners in the age of the smart speakerFri Sept 08 2023 - 05:00
Laura Slattery: ‘Everyone can be replaced’ is a toxic message in the age of AIPay talks tactic of ‘nobody is irreplaceable’ fast becoming the bedrock strategy of creative industriesTue Sept 05 2023 - 05:55
European stock markets close flat but tech companies edge higherNovo Nordisk among the climbers as its weight-loss injection Wegovy is launched in EnglandMon Sept 04 2023 - 18:29
‘Unusual piece of data’ joins growing list of reasons for air travel hellPlanet Business: Burger King’s Whopper lawsuit, an Australian central banker’s climate warning and industry-themed TVSat Sept 02 2023 - 06:30
The future of Irish television has turned fuzzyAmid new season launches and off-camera drama, can the industry win over policymakers and viewers?Fri Sept 01 2023 - 06:00
European stock markets edge lower in final session of uncertain AugustBenchmark STOXX 600 index dropped almost 3% this month amid lack of visibility on interest ratesThu Aug 31 2023 - 18:14
Grá ar an Trá leads Virgin Media Television line-up as broadcaster turns 25Born Too Soon, The Salvage Squad, Confessions of a Crime Boss and a celebrity Gogglebox special join Rugby World Cup and Big Brother on VMTV scheduleThu Aug 31 2023 - 06:11
Laura Slattery: Neighbours 2.0 is the good vibe television needs right nowResidents of Ramsay Street should thrive on more than just nostalgia as soap is reincarnated for age of streamingTue Aug 29 2023 - 06:00
Financially strapped RTÉ embraces ‘commercial’ favourites for backbone of new seasonLaura Slattery: Upcoming schedule is a Tubridy-free zone, but deeper fallout from scandal still to materialiseMon Aug 28 2023 - 18:05
RTÉ's new season: Rugby, the climate crisis and a ‘very different’ Late LateUpcoming schedule includes dramas Obituary and Blackshore, live concert An Old Song Re-Sung and the return of familiar entertainment staplesMon Aug 28 2023 - 13:31
Robotaxi rides in San Francisco have taken on a whole new meaningPlanet Business: Hollywood’s crowded picket lines, a reshuffle at Bloomberg and the countries set to join BricsSat Aug 26 2023 - 06:30
European shares climb as traders bet on end to interest rate increasesSportswear companies among fallers after downbeat profit forecast from US retailer Foot LockerWed Aug 23 2023 - 18:18
VHI and AllView Healthcare launch new dermatology service‘Rapid access’ telehealth service for VHI members will use specialist imaging equipmentWed Aug 23 2023 - 05:00
Financial Services Union and Permanent TSB agree union recognition for managersDeal sends ‘positive signal’ about industrial relations culture in the bank, says trade unionTue Aug 22 2023 - 16:07
Sunny vibes abound at TG4 autumn launch despite gloomy spillover from RTÉ scandalExuberant mood at Irish language broadcaster’s IFI event contrasts with more muted tone of RTÉ post-TubridyTue Aug 22 2023 - 05:00
