Facebook owner fined €251m by Irish data regulator for breaches
Meta Platforms fine tied to 2018 data breach impacting 29m Facebook accounts globally
RTÉ's Will Goodbody hired by AIB as head of external communications
Broadcaster’s business editor to take up role just before bank’s annual results announced in March
Top finance official raises risks to public finances from surge in housing body deals
Approved Housing Bodies had €7bn of borrowings at the end of last year on €8.3bn of housing stock
European shares dip on weak luxury and energy stocks and French downgrade
Iseq index falls 1.2%, with AIB and Bank of Ireland edging lower
Kerry co-op members approve dairy processing deal
Co-op shareholders in line to split €1.4bn worth of Kerry Group shares
OECD urges Central Bank to add consumer representatives to advisory group
Organisation also suggests regulator assess how effective are ‘dear CEO’ letters to industry bosses
PTSB goes for job cuts as bloated costs stand out among European peers
Bank won’t how many jobs it aims to cut but the number will need to run into the hundreds to have any meaningful impact
Looming launch of auto-enrolment pensions means no honeymoon for incoming minister
Companies have just nine months to prepare for mandatory workplace pension contributions from around 800,000 workers
ECB cuts rates for fourth time since June
Quarter point cut in lending rate to 3.15% will mean saving of €40 a month for those with a €300,000 mortgage
William Fry confirms talks with Eversheds’ Irish arm as tie-ups gather pace
Move would come amid wave of consolidation in the legal sector
Credit unions’ mortgage and business lending capacity set to treble to €8.6bn
Central Bank plans to allow such lenders to provide up to the equivalent of 30 per cent of their total assets by way of home mortgages
PTSB opens redundancy scheme that could see hundreds leave bank
Initiative comes after programme for senior mangers aimed at cutting 20 positions
NTMA taps experts from Norway to New Zealand for new sovereign wealth funds
Future Ireland Fund estimated to hit €100bn by 2035
Trump’s favourite index is tipped to rally further in 2025. But will he get in the way?
S&P 500 is tipped to gain 7% next year, but will it?
Energia pays additional €110m dividend to New York owner in advance of planned sale
Ebitda declined 6.3% to €79.5m in three months to end of September, following increases