Data Protection Commission fines WhatsApp additional €5.5m over GDPR breachIrish regulator instructed to revise ruling by European data bodyThu Jan 19 2023 - 13:01
Removal of banker pay cap ‘inappropriate’ given ‘significant harm inflicted’No evidence of ‘culture change’ within domestic sector, says finance committee in reportWed Jan 18 2023 - 15:00
Insurance giant Gallagher doubles Irish business with First Ireland deal US company entered the Irish market with the acquisition of Innovu last summerWed Jan 18 2023 - 05:00
Irish-owned architect Argo draws up plans to tap €12bn US marketDavid Campion-headed firm opens New York studio, offering clients 16-hour workdayTue Jan 17 2023 - 17:38
Number of jobs supported by Local Enterprise Offices rises by 10% in 2022Nearly 3,500 net new jobs created at companies supported by Enterprise Ireland initiative, with 84% of them outside Dublin regionTue Jan 17 2023 - 10:09
Path cleared for Altada sale to original bidder at lower priceHigher bid for troubled company accepted but failed to materialise, court hearsMon Jan 16 2023 - 12:41
Airline profits to soar, but $250bn required to produce sustainable jet fuel Reports by PwC Ireland and Avolon note air travel rebound and investment required to hit carbon targetsMon Jan 16 2023 - 04:00
‘Difficult end’ to 2022 for North’s firms amid declining commercial activity Business owners may have passed ‘peak pessimism’ despite gloomy data, survey indicatesMon Jan 16 2023 - 04:00
Number of Irish ‘super rich’ more than doubled in past decade, Oxfam saysOxfam report on growing inequality details ‘rising wealth at the top and rising poverty for the rest’Mon Jan 16 2023 - 01:01
Ireland ‘less attractive’ to foreign tech talent amid slump in job postingsOne in four construction jobs currently vacant , says Morgan McKinleyMon Jan 16 2023 - 00:15
Altada buyer undeterred by staff revoltSeen & Heard: Dublin apartments ‘paused’; Fingleton urged to declare bankruptcy; bedsit investor’s 200% return; NCT ‘chaos and confusion’Sun Jan 15 2023 - 12:50
Altada ‘imploding’ as employees take stand against takeover bidRow over US businessman’s offer adds layer of complication to difficult situationSat Jan 14 2023 - 06:30
AIB cleared to buy €5.7bn Ulster Bank tracker mortgage portfolioRegulator’s decision is the fourth and final one related to the Ulster Bank and KBC exits from the marketFri Jan 13 2023 - 12:41
Appetite for deal-making ‘remains healthy’ despite challenges, says KPMGBut 40% of Irish M&A executives expect lower activity volumes in 2023Fri Jan 13 2023 - 12:07
‘I’ve never been for a job interview’: Martin McKay on betting the family farmTexthelp founder was named EY Entrepreneur of the Year before ChristmasFri Jan 13 2023 - 10:45
C&C flags ‘significant impact’ of cost-of-living squeeze on revenuesDrinks group says trading revenues in ‘key’ month of December up 20% on 2021Fri Jan 13 2023 - 08:14
Altada staff to resign after second bid for company acceptedPotential sale unlikely to resolve ‘brewing row’ over €500,000 debtThu Jan 12 2023 - 21:46
Insolvent AI firm Altada owed more than €8m to creditorsHigh Court hears of ‘weighty concerns’ about use of company funds by directorsWed Jan 11 2023 - 18:21
Receiver agrees sale of Altada to tech entrepreneur for more than €3mTroubled tech company had expected to achieve a $1bn valuation in 2022Wed Jan 11 2023 - 16:47
Coinbase to shed 25% of global workforce with Irish jobs in firing lineCrypto exchange platform employed 117 in Dublin in 2021Tue Jan 10 2023 - 15:03
Inflation slows, raising hopes the peak has passedPrice growth in Ireland slows to about 8.2%, while euro zone inflation rate dips back into single figuresFri Jan 06 2023 - 10:08
Fewer deals notified to competition watchdog as pandemic M&A boom wanesBut ‘increasingly complex’ nature of proposals leads to jump in extensive investigations, says CCPCFri Jan 06 2023 - 08:28
Government extends AIB share trading plan to JulySales so far have reduced State’s holding in AIB to about 57% from 71% after crisis-era bailoutFri Jan 06 2023 - 07:51
Glenveagh will build fewer houses than expected this year due to planning ‘gridlock’Revenues at homebuilder climbed 36% last year to €649mThu Jan 05 2023 - 08:00
‘Modest’ pick-up in services activity as input inflation easesLatest AIB purchasing managers’ index ‘weighed down’ by travel and tourism sector’s ‘very weak performance’Thu Jan 05 2023 - 05:01
Hopes rise that Amazon’s 5,000 Irish jobs will not be focus of cutsEcommerce giant previously had plans to bring its overall Irish headcount to 5,000Thu Jan 05 2023 - 00:16
Ryanair boosts full-year profit forecastAirline advances guidance to between €1.325-€1.425bn after carrying 11.5m passengers in DecemberWed Jan 04 2023 - 19:09
Data Protection Commission increases Meta fines to €390m after European rulingFacebook and Instagram not entitled to rely on legal basis currently used to justify data collection under GDPR, says Irish regulatorWed Jan 04 2023 - 15:00
Hvivo inks €5.9m contract with Asia-Pacific biotech to test vaccineDeal is Dublin-listed pharma company's first in the region in over 10 yearsWed Jan 04 2023 - 12:12
Christmas travel boom boosts Ryanair’s passenger numbers to 11.5mAirline giant flew flew 9.5m passengers last December and just 1.9m in December 2020Wed Jan 04 2023 - 07:49
Irish regulator to issue revised Meta rulings after dispute with EU counterpartsIf adopted by Data Protection Commission, the rulings could upturn Facebook owner’s tailored advertising modelWed Jan 04 2023 - 05:00
Housing demand may be ‘cooling’ despite 6% increase in asking prices, report saysAsking prices for homes increased by 6 per cent nationally last year despite evidence of a slowdown in the second half of 2022Wed Jan 04 2023 - 05:00
Financial services sector needs more women in senior roles, industry group warnsCall follows the release of gender pay reports showing mean gender pay gap of 21.1% across four main banksMon Jan 02 2023 - 05:00
Irish start-up raises €500,000 in seed funding to target ‘biological’ causes of obesityBeyondbmi’s platform combines pharmaceutical solutions with clinical supervision and nutritional therapyMon Jan 02 2023 - 05:00
Broadband rollout gathers pace with 100,000 homes ready to be connectedNational Broadband Ireland has connected more than 3,000 homes since DecemberMon Jan 02 2023 - 00:30
Hairdressers call for VAT cut amid flatlining demand for servicesIrish Hairdressers’ Federation seeks VAT reduction to 5% due to soaring costs and ‘existential crisis’Sun Jan 01 2023 - 13:33
Revenue to resume efforts to collect €334m in tax debt after pandemic pauseSeen & Heard: Prem Group sells Tulfarris; State land agency’s delivery questioned; Millennium’s latest Smurfit short bet; watchdog’s crypto warningSun Jan 01 2023 - 12:19
Crypto boom turns to bust as regulators circleMeltdown in asset prices wiped an estimated $2 trillion off the sector’s market capSat Dec 31 2022 - 05:00
Government consents to Dublin offshore wind farmProposed project would comprise up to 61 turbines off the coast of south Dublin and WicklowFri Dec 23 2022 - 15:33
Cost-of-living squeeze worsens as two bin companies hike pricesThorntons Recycling is in the process of acquiring City Bin Co, with both adding up to €2 to monthly waste collection chargesFri Dec 23 2022 - 15:24
Stocks fall as US data dampen Christmas spiritIseq index shed more than 0.8% on Thursday during a low-volume sessionThu Dec 22 2022 - 18:13
Dublin office market rebounds but take-up still below pre-Covid levelsCity centre properties remain the 'focus' for lettings, says Savills IrelandThu Dec 22 2022 - 12:24
TikTok reports average 5% hourly gender pay gap at Irish operationsSocial media company employs more than 2,000 people in StateWed Dec 21 2022 - 13:07
Coinbase clears Irish anti-money laundering hurdleCrypto exchange has registered with the Central Bank as a virtual asset service providerWed Dec 21 2022 - 12:16
Pandemic gaming boom boosts profits at Dublin-based Digit Game StudiosDevelopment firm behind popular Star Trek game was acquired by US publisher Scopely in 2019Mon Dec 19 2022 - 05:00
Summer airport passenger traffic below pre-Covid levelsSome 10.4m passengers passed through five main Irish airports between July and SeptemberFri Dec 16 2022 - 11:54
‘Rapid digitisation’ of banking causing issues for vulnerable customersOlder people, Travellers and migrants face 'disproportionate' barriers to financial services, adult literacy agency saysFri Dec 16 2022 - 11:31
Twitter’s suspension of Irish journalist a ‘worrying development’, says NUJBlack list of reporters includes CNN’s Donie O’SullivanFri Dec 16 2022 - 10:40
HealthBeacon appoints Lar Malone as interim chief financial officerAppointment follows Laurence Flavin's decision to leave medical device companyFri Dec 16 2022 - 10:25
Global markets a sea of red after rates decisionsIseq index finishes Thursday’s session down 2.5% but markets in mainland Europe fare worseThu Dec 15 2022 - 17:49
