European stock markets edge higher ahead of pause in US rate hikesWall Street equities declined after Federal Reserve decision to keep interest rates unchangedWed Jun 14 2023 - 19:42
Irish people’s interest in news falls amid ‘selective avoidance’ of topicsOnly 28% of 18 to 24 year-olds report strong interest in news, down from 53% seven years ago, finds Reuters Institute digital news reportWed Jun 14 2023 - 05:35
Irish screenwriters join global day of solidarity in support of US strikeWriters Guild of Ireland to stage event in Dublin backing ongoing industrial action by 11,500 US film and television writersWed Jun 14 2023 - 05:00
There is no such thing as an emergency podcast but there just might be a podcast emergency Spotify has announced 200 job losses in its global podcast business. Has the audio bubble burst?Tue Jun 13 2023 - 05:11
RTÉ and Virgin start selling advertising packages for Rugby World CupVirgin Media Television will broadcast Ireland quarter-final and RTÉ will show Ireland semi-final if team progressesTue Jun 13 2023 - 05:00
Bondi Beach’s latest attraction: a 4m-high recycled plastic turdPlanet Business: Coldplay’s carbon-friendly tour, Diageo’s Debra Crew and Apple gets its ducking act together on autocorrectSat Jun 10 2023 - 06:15
State has opportunity now to ‘fix’ its attitude to Irish, says TG4 bossAlan Esslemont tells Celtic Media Festival that Government eyes have stopped rolling and he is hopeful ‘things can change’Thu Jun 08 2023 - 18:52
Celtic Media Festival draws international industry to Donegal Producers and executives are attending annual event being held in Ireland for the first time since 2016Wed Jun 07 2023 - 17:57
RTÉ radio archives yield glorious glimpse into time before Brand MeNewly published acetate disc collection shows the past is a foreign, more humble countryMon Jun 05 2023 - 12:00
Elizabeth Holmes swaps magazine covers for minimum security Texan prisonPlanet Business: Summer blockbusters, the man behind Nvidia and how people use technology on holidaySat Jun 03 2023 - 06:15
Love Island is the distraction ITV needs from rumbling This Morning sagaMajorca-set reality show has been beset by controversy in years past and any new scandal would compound pressures on the broadcasterMon May 29 2023 - 17:49
Consumer sentiment improves to 14-month high as expectations rise ahead of Budget 2024Only one in five people think worst of cost-of-living crisis has passedMon May 29 2023 - 05:00
Consumers ‘sceptical’ of discounts offered by retailersOnly a quarter trust that they are receiving the advertised money off, finds KPMG retail surveyMon May 29 2023 - 04:45
DeSantis eschews Disney World for his safe space: Musk’s glitchy TwitterPlanet Business: Marks & Spencer’s ‘improved style perceptions’, Instagram’s planned text-based app and the dire potential consequences of a US debt defaultSat May 27 2023 - 06:15
Digital media company the Currency triples profit to €300,000Financial journalism site has 6,000 paying subscribers and revenue of €1.25m, its chief executive saysFri May 26 2023 - 17:32
Dr Quirkey’s turnover recovers to €7.5m after pandemic restrictions liftLosses at amusement business narrowed in year to end of June 2022, accounts showThu May 25 2023 - 16:02
Amy Huberman, Aisling Bea among cast for Graham Norton’s Prime series LOL: Last One Laughing IrelandPrime Video has announced the line-up of Irish comedic talent competing in the Graham Norton-hosted formatThu May 25 2023 - 05:00
Netflix begins crackdown on password sharing between Irish householdsEmail reminds subscribers that an account is for use by one household onlyWed May 24 2023 - 16:43
Late Late far from the only game in town come SeptemberAudience momentum after Patrick Kielty’s debut will be complicated by small matter of timingTue May 23 2023 - 05:05
Patrick Kielty confirmed as new host of The Late Late ShowCo Down broadcaster and comedian will succeed Ryan Tubridy on RTÉ flagship chatshow from next seasonSat May 20 2023 - 12:18
Cannes rolls out traditional red carpet as Côte d’Azur shimmers into festival seasonPlanet Business: Brexit car industry warning, Linda ‘the Velvet Hammer’ Yaccarino and a brief history of HMVSat May 20 2023 - 06:15
Glenveagh investors advised to vote against remuneration reportShareholder advisory group ISS says change to long-term incentive plan is ‘not appropriate’Sat May 20 2023 - 06:00
European stocks rise before US debt talks reach impasseGerman market reaches record high as investors are buoyed by hopes of progress on Capitol HillFri May 19 2023 - 18:36
HMV takes another spin on Dublin’s high street seven years after closing Music retailer to return with a new flagship store on Henry Street, as record store looks to take advantage of vinyl revivalThu May 18 2023 - 05:00
Music retailer HMV to make Dublin comeback after seven-year absenceCanadian owners will open ‘pop culture destination’ for music, merchandise and live performances on Henry Street in mid-JulyThu May 18 2023 - 00:01
Vodafone and Home Depot among the fallers as stock markets declineInvestor sentiment remains fragile despite an upbeat earnings season from European companiesTue May 16 2023 - 18:21
Hollywood writers’ strike is at once heartening and depressingWhen studios and streamers skimp on the screenwriting process, everybody is short-changedTue May 16 2023 - 05:00
Liverpool Douze Points as Visit Britain milks the Eurovision teaPlanet Business: Air New Zealand’s Skynest, Google’s AI search move and mixed fortunes for fashion retailersSat May 13 2023 - 06:30
Eurovision ‘defying logic’ as it racks up new young fans, says EBU’s Noel CurranIrish boss of European Broadcasting Union said Zelenskiy could not address contest without ‘completely politicising the show’Sat May 13 2023 - 05:00
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
