Global markets fall on rate cut comment from Fed chairmanIseq follows peers as food sector heavy hitters retreatFri Nov 15 2024 - 18:02
Dublin slides down list of European cities for potential investment, study saysStudy notes issues with infrastructure and planning laws hurting Dublin’s statusFri Nov 15 2024 - 00:01
European stocks gain even as US steadies after Trump surgeBanks lead Dublin market higher.Thu Nov 14 2024 - 18:24
Irish firms find it harder to recruit talent than elsewhere - surveyEY CEO Outlook shows 53 per cent of Irish chief executives say they are hopeful about bringing new recruits into their businessThu Nov 14 2024 - 05:55
Half of Irish employees would not accept job without hybrid working option, survey findsMany workers would accept lower salaries if fully remote role was on offerWed Nov 13 2024 - 11:23
Almost three-quarters of consumers expect Christmas to be more expensive this yearSlew of shoppers preparing to spend less amid hit to disposable incomeTue Nov 12 2024 - 00:01
World needs to decarbonise at an even faster rates, PwC study saysBreaching of 1.5 degrees global warming temperature rise target becoming a realityTue Nov 12 2024 - 00:01
UK firm to set up cabin crew training base in Dublin in Brexit moveRegulators sign off on plans from SkyPeople TrainingMon Nov 11 2024 - 14:12
US stock market on course for best week in a year S&P 500 on track for 50th record this year as gauge extends weekly gain to 4.5%Fri Nov 08 2024 - 19:12
Live register rises by 700 people in October Data follows unemployment numbers that rose slightly to 4.2% per cent for the monthFri Nov 08 2024 - 15:35
Markets retain their feelgood vibe post-Trump victoryInterest rate cuts in both the US and Britain are the focus for a session where only the FTSE 100 dippedThu Nov 07 2024 - 19:44
Gas demand in Ireland falls by 6% in August, says CSOWarmer weather in August than previous year contributed to fallThu Nov 07 2024 - 17:41
Innovation Awards finalist: Eco Powered Cabinets safely store medicines in remote placesEPC products have separate compartments maintained at high or low temperatures to store medicines as requiredThu Nov 07 2024 - 08:10
Innovation Awards finalist: SignON - break down barriers between deaf, hard of hearing and hearing communitiesTechnology allows users to use smartphone to translate any sign language into their own languageThu Nov 07 2024 - 08:05
Innovation Awards finalist: Virtual Care Pathway - seeking high-quality, hospital-level care at homePlatform has virtual pathway open to manage COPD at home and has successfully enrolled more than 30 patients and so far saved nearly 300 hospital bed nightsThu Nov 07 2024 - 08:00
Innovation Awards finalist: Bean Around - making sustainable skincare products from coffee groundsCompany collects used coffee grounds from coffee shops and canteens and repurposes them into exfoliating soap barsThu Nov 07 2024 - 07:42
Innovation Awards finalist: EpiSensor - letting large-scale energy consumers move towards a greener environmentEnergy monitor detects changes in supply and demand of renewable energy on electricity grid and then respondsThu Nov 07 2024 - 07:40
Innovation Awards finalist: Pace - a platform to measure airline carbon emissions, from fleet to seatThe data platform is aimed at firms that finance the aviation sector and companies with a lot of corporate overseas travelThu Nov 07 2024 - 07:35
Innovation Awards finalist: Skippio means not having the join the queueThe app aims to keep the user out of the queues for food and drinks at large eventsThu Nov 07 2024 - 07:10
Innovation Awards finalist: Data Science Wizards’ UnifyAI - building AI, machine learning and GenAI cases UnifyAI reduces the time spent on an AI project from four-six months to 22 days, says clientThu Nov 07 2024 - 07:05
Innovation Awards finalist: Locate a Locum - allowing pharmacists to search for shifts nationwideSoftware runs off a subscription model and is available as a browser-based platform or through an appThu Nov 07 2024 - 07:00
Wall Street surges but other stock markets more cautious on Trump winTesla jumps 15% but European markets retreat on tariff fearsWed Nov 06 2024 - 18:12
Spending in Dublin continues to rise but in subdued fashionOverall outlay rises by 1.1% year on yearWed Nov 06 2024 - 16:31
Enterprise Ireland approves €55 million to support decarbonisationFunding will benefit 400 companiesTue Nov 05 2024 - 12:03
European markets make gains after worst fall in a yearDublin’s Iseq finished up 2.25% while FTSE reboundsFri Nov 01 2024 - 18:33
Renewable energy sources provide over 40% of electricity in October EirGrid notes wind farms account for majority of renewable electricity generated at just under 35%Fri Nov 01 2024 - 17:05
Sharp drop in productivity across Irish construction and accommodation In its SME Monitor report, Banking and Payments Federation Ireland calls for long-term investment strategy for SME sectorFri Nov 01 2024 - 06:00
London stocks fall after UK budget announcementWall Street tumbles after warnings from Microsoft and Meta Platforms about escalating AI costsThu Oct 31 2024 - 20:09
Spending increases across home improvement sectors - Revolut Over one-in-five of those who borrowed from the online bank said they wanted to invest in their homeThu Oct 31 2024 - 16:19
Irish Times Abroad newsletter: A Hell’s Kitchen winner on life as a chef in the USWe hear from the man running The Irish Times pub in Prague, as well as some tips for travelling Europe by train and surviving long-distance flightsThu Oct 31 2024 - 14:37
Tourist numbers down in September but average spend rises to €1,584 per trip, CSO saysThe number of visitors to the State dropped by 0.7% to 587,100 in September 2024 versus the same month of last yearWed Oct 30 2024 - 17:26
Chef Ryan O’Sullivan: ‘I was like, I have to get back to the States and make something of myself’O’Sullivan, who hails from Cork, won season 22 of Gordon Ramsay’s US television show Hell’s KitchenSun Oct 27 2024 - 06:01
Unite members picket sites over austerity-era cutsUnion say it will continue pickets until employers ‘meaningfully’ engageFri Oct 25 2024 - 17:14
Small rise in consumer confidence recorded in October credit union survey Sentiment reached 74.1 in October, up from 60.4 last year but below the long-term average of 84.3Fri Oct 25 2024 - 14:07
Most businesses have no board-approved policy for using AI in the workplace, survey findsNew regulations shifts cybersecurity accountability to senior managers and boards of directorsThu Oct 24 2024 - 05:01
Markets sluggish as Boeing posts $6 billion lossIrish food groups retreat while Dalata finishes flatWed Oct 23 2024 - 18:41
New phone scam conning Irish customers out of as much as €8,000, says banking industry bodyBanking and Payments Federation of Ireland launches campaign to highlight risks from text message fraudWed Oct 23 2024 - 00:01
Choppy trading session in Europe as markets close downIseq retreats slightly as food groups fallMon Oct 21 2024 - 18:40
Tributes paid to late Conroy Gold and Natural Resources founder Prof Richard Conroy91-year-old remembered as ‘entrepreneur to the very end’ with a vision Ireland would be world leader in exploration and miningFri Oct 18 2024 - 16:14
European markets finish in positive territory following ECB rate cut No indication about future moves were given by the central bank even as money markets expect three further reductions through March 2025Thu Oct 17 2024 - 18:27
Six out of 10 Irish businesses ‘not prepared’ for European Accessibility ActMore than 60% of survey respondents have not conducted accessibility audit, notes Mayson Hayes and Curran surveyWed Oct 16 2024 - 17:58
National Lottery operator Premier Lotteries found to be in breach of licence Sales decline 6.2% year on year, annual report showsWed Oct 16 2024 - 14:21
Men more likely than women to speak up over ethical concerns in workplace, survey findsOlder cohort more likely to think that there is no point in raising issues around misconductTue Oct 15 2024 - 05:00
Flutter finishes down 6% as UK considers £3bn tax on gambling firmsMixed day for banks and building firms on Irish marketMon Oct 14 2024 - 18:35
Dublin market underperforms European peers after volatile weekHomebuilders rise but banks have mixed dayFri Oct 11 2024 - 18:07
Smartphone now king of retail payments - over half of contactless transactions made with mobiles More than 1.4bn contactless payments made for goods and services in first half of this yearFri Oct 11 2024 - 06:00
European markets falter following upbeat US inflation dataIseq down 0.96% while Stoxx Europe 600 Index ended session 0.2% lowerThu Oct 10 2024 - 19:11
Irish investment market sees 26% rise in value of transactions in third quarterMarket at ‘very early stages of recovery and overall activity remains below average’Thu Oct 10 2024 - 17:58
Stocks gain ahead of possible ECB interest-rate cut Alphabet stock falls 1.8% after US justice department signaled it may force Google to divest parts of its businessWed Oct 09 2024 - 18:17
Used car imports surge as EV sales continue to declineOverall new car numbers are static year to date as September numbers on new private cars fall 11%Wed Oct 09 2024 - 15:07
