The economics of the Late Late Show: The perils of reinventing a €6m cash cowShortening the runtime or the season length could help modernise the RTÉ chatshow but would mean leaving money on the tableFri May 12 2023 - 05:45
RTÉ Radio 1 and 2FM make modest gains in listenershipToday with Claire Byrne, Morning Ireland and Drivetime among the shows adding listenersThu May 11 2023 - 12:00
Eurovision 2023 semi-final as it happened: Ireland’s Wild Youth knocked outIreland has not qualified since 2018. Liverpool will not be the place where we turn around our recent fortunes in the contestTue May 09 2023 - 23:55
Laura Slattery: What the Late Late needs now is the total chaos of guest hostsPatrick Kielty, Brendan O’Connor and Jennifer Zamparelli would be decent picks, but one season of revolving presenters could be amazingTue May 09 2023 - 06:00
News publishers ‘hugely devaluing’ their content, says former Farmers Journal editorJustin McCarthy says he ‘struggles to see’ how free or heavily discounted digital products will deliver revenue in the long termTue May 09 2023 - 05:00
‘Live long and pay us,’ say writers as they give Hollywood studios some feedbackPlanet Business: HSE cybersecurity ‘weak link’, Alan Joyce’s successor at Qantas and why ‘godfather of AI’ Geoffrey Hinton thinks it is ‘quite scary’Sat May 06 2023 - 06:15
Claire Byrne has ruled herself out. Does anybody actually want to present the Late Late?Flagship RTÉ chatshow demands ‘huge commitment’ from its presenter – so who will succeed Ryan Tubridy now?Thu May 04 2023 - 18:39
RTÉ news anchor Caitríona Perry to join BBC News as chief presenter in WashingtonReplacement co-presenter of RTÉ's Six One news bulletin will be announced shortlyThu May 04 2023 - 15:33
AIB defends ‘miserable’ deposit rates and says increases ‘on the agenda’Bank is ‘deeply conscious’ of its obligations to ‘broad array of customers’, said chief executive Colin HuntThu May 04 2023 - 14:38
Spending on housing 32.5% lower than planned for first four monthsSome €434m had been earmarked for spending on housing up until the end of April but just €293m of this was spentWed May 03 2023 - 20:31
European shares edge higher ahead of Federal Reserve decisionEnergy stocks among the fallers, while Dublin’s Iseq closes lowerWed May 03 2023 - 18:14
Exchequer returns: €4.4bn in tax receipts collected in April with income tax the star performerIncome tax receipts were 12.5% higher last month than they were in April 2022Wed May 03 2023 - 16:30
Laura Slattery: Royal peril for BBC as it basks in ‘full glory’ of coronationAmid waning support for the monarchy, a delicate problem of perception faces the broadcaster: how royal is too royal?Mon May 01 2023 - 13:00
Tipperary Boutique Distillery goes solar poweredSolar power will be used to create whiskey at Cahir distillery by mid-summer, cutting its energy billsMon May 01 2023 - 05:30
123ink.ie to create 25 additional jobs as remote work boosts demandOnline printer-supplies company expanding business after growing customer base during coronavirus pandemicMon May 01 2023 - 05:15
Beautiful pay day beckons for U2 after sold-out Las Vegas residencySeen & Heard: DAA judicial review, stock market stamp duty loss, RTÉ funding concerns and moreSun Apr 30 2023 - 11:33
Welcome to the Unicorn Kingdom, says Sunak, in fantasy pitch to businessPlanet Business: Dismal UK food bank statistics, the demise of Bed Bath & Beyond and Spotify’s ongoing pursuit of a profitSat Apr 29 2023 - 06:15
The succession of Rupert Murdoch: what does Tucker Carlson’s Fox exit mean for the mogul’s endgame?The potential twist is that the 92 year-old’s preferred heir may not reign for longSat Apr 29 2023 - 05:00
Inflation eases to 6.3% in April, CSO estimatesFlash estimate of Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices points to slower rate of price increasesFri Apr 28 2023 - 11:46
Mortgage switching collapses with approvals down 54% in MarchNew loan drawdowns climb more than 10% in first quarter, according to BPFI data, but ‘impetus for switching’ declinesFri Apr 28 2023 - 05:00
Stock markets rise after positive corporate earnings reportsEuropean shares nudge upwards for first time in three days, but oil majors drag FTSE 100 lowerThu Apr 27 2023 - 18:20
Corporate profits climb 30% to almost €80bn in fourth quarter of 2022Gross profits made by corporations based in the State neared €300 billion across the year, CSO estimatesTue Apr 25 2023 - 12:12
Laura Slattery: Twitter’s losing friends and alienating people approach likely to have predictable outcomeAlienation has become the social media app’s strategy of choice and unsurprisingly the outlook is not goodTue Apr 25 2023 - 05:07
Expensive week for Fox’s ‘continued commitment to the highest journalistic standards’Planet Business: Succession’s Manhattan real estate, a Netflix catch-up and the bold royal plan to ‘let them eat quiche’Sat Apr 22 2023 - 06:15
What’s happening with RTÉ's appointment of a new director general?Kevin Bakhurst will soon be back at Montrose after a selection process that hit a bumpy patchSat Apr 22 2023 - 05:00
RTÉ seeks new sponsor for Fair City for first time in nine yearsLong-running RTÉ One soap opera has been backed by Chill Insurance since 2014Thu Apr 20 2023 - 16:48
RTÉ boardroom leaks ‘very unfortunate’, says chairwoman‘It wasn’t ideal, but it happened. I can’t un-happen it,’ Siún Ní Raghallaigh tells Oireachtas committeeWed Apr 19 2023 - 17:06
Siún Ní Raghallaigh profile: A new chair for a new RTÉ?‘Strategic choices’ lie ahead for the broadcaster, according to former TG4 chair and ex-Ardmore CEO now in Montrose hotseatWed Apr 19 2023 - 13:12
RTÉ must invest more in digital services to compete, warns new chairwomanBroadcaster has chance to reimagine itself as a ‘new RTÉ', Siún Ní Raghallaigh will tell Oireachtas committeeTue Apr 18 2023 - 19:25
Kevin Bakhurst profile: Second time proves the charm for new RTÉ bossThe Londoner’s previous four-year spell at the broadcaster was marked by tight budgets and tensions with government – will this time be any different?Tue Apr 18 2023 - 14:05
Kevin Bakhurst appointed as new RTÉ director generalFormer news and current affairs boss returns in top job and was ‘unanimous choice’ of boardTue Apr 18 2023 - 12:35
Laura Slattery: An Post’s collection of TV licence fee less than ideal Chief executive David McRedmond out of RTÉ director general race, but broadcaster’s funding model remains in his in-trayTue Apr 18 2023 - 05:27
Next-gen Kennedy in town as Biden says Bobby’s grandson will ‘supercharge’ US investment in the NorthPlanet Business: Tupperware meltdown, a scandal at Britain’s CBI and lessons from Elon Musk’s interview with the BBCSat Apr 15 2023 - 06:15
Laurent Muzellec elected dean of Trinity Business SchoolProfessor has made a ‘significant contribution’ to the development of the school, according to TrinityThu Apr 13 2023 - 16:27
RTÉ chair to be quizzed on boardroom leaks in first public outing Siún Ní Raghallaigh will attend Oireachtas media committee as broadcaster awaits appointment of director generalThu Apr 13 2023 - 16:10
‘It sure feels like home’: First day of Joe Biden’s visit to Ireland - as it happenedUS president will return to Dublin on Wednesday night after trips to Belfast, Carlingford, and DundalkWed Apr 12 2023 - 22:00
Global economy ‘entering perilous phase’ amid ‘much stickier’ inflation, says IMF IMF expects Irish economy to expand 5.6% this year, followed by 4% next year, well ahead of euro zone as a wholeTue Apr 11 2023 - 14:50
Who would want to be director general of RTÉ now?With its selection process to replace Dee Forbes in disarray, RTÉ has gone from the back foot to shooting itself in the footTue Apr 11 2023 - 04:40
Brexit cross to bear as British port enters second weekend of Easter miseryPlanet Business: Trump nemesis Alvin Bragg, Murdoch’s second thoughts and people who used to be billionairesSat Apr 08 2023 - 06:15
Revolut completes rollout of Irish Ibans to more than two million customersApp company says it hopes to see more Irish people use Revolut as their primary bank accountThu Apr 06 2023 - 05:00
Stock markets drop as investors maintain cautious stanceTech stocks decline on Wall Street as worries about economy and direction of Fed on interest rates continueWed Apr 05 2023 - 19:01
Graham Norton to host Amazon Prime Video’s first original Irish seriesLOL: Last One Laughing Ireland will be made for the streamer by Irish production company Kite EntertainmentTue Apr 04 2023 - 09:00
Oops! AI did it again: the inexorable rise of music machinesTech tools can be used to ingest the creativity of artists, learn from it, then spew out music and lyrics at scale. That’s not idealTue Apr 04 2023 - 05:40
Irish property prices show ‘modest slowdown’, says MyHome.ieLow housing stock levels remain a major concern, says managing director Joanne GearyMon Apr 03 2023 - 05:15
Rapid technology changes signal ‘busy times ahead’ for lawyers, AG says Media, Internet and Data Protection Bar Association launches as AI and online safety regulation evolveMon Apr 03 2023 - 05:00
Daily printed newspapers will disappear within next decade, says Mediahuis Ireland bossPeter Vandermeersch says company is preparing for ‘digital-only’ future, though process may take 10 yearsSun Apr 02 2023 - 18:06
Google employees win right to set up EU-wide workers council in DublinSeen and Heard: Indeed shrinks Dublin office space, Pernod Ricard resumes supplying Russia, Brosnan dispute with former son-in-law continues, CarTrawler set for sale and Cordiant eyes Enet ownerSun Apr 02 2023 - 11:49
Niall Gibbons named most influential Irish CEO on social mediaAnne O’Leary and Martin Shanahan ranked second and third in Reputations Agency studySat Apr 01 2023 - 06:32
Call to pause ‘dangerous’ AI: why we can’t build our dreams on ‘digital minds’Planet Business: Pink hearts and other new emojis, a Russian exit tax and the viral puffer jacket image mistaken for real papal styleSat Apr 01 2023 - 06:15
Lufthansa subsidiary opens Shannon engine repair facilityNew unit has created 25 jobs with more on the way, says company, as it puts out call for engineersFri Mar 31 2023 - 15:44
