Central Bank apologises for ‘calculation errors’ in contributions to deposit guarantee schemeBank said the errors relate mainly to sums contributed by credit unions to the schemeFri Jan 13 2023 - 13:12
Mortgage approvals up almost 10% year-on-year in NovemberLoans worth almost €1.5 billion approved in single month but much activity driven by mortgage switchingFri Jan 13 2023 - 05:00
European stocks rise as US inflation shows signs of moderatingRetail stocks climbed as Tesco joined retail rivals in reporting stronger-than-expected Christmas salesThu Jan 12 2023 - 17:56
Late Late Toy Show beats sporting challenges in list of most-watched TV of 2022Audience for traditional chart-topper slipped but was still well ahead of second-placed All-Ireland football finalThu Jan 12 2023 - 16:15
Ikea Ireland sales up 14% as Dublin becomes number one store for pint glassesSwedish retailer reports ‘strong appetite’ from customers investing in their homes post-pandemicThu Jan 12 2023 - 14:26
Virgin Media Television hopes to repeat ‘very solid’ 2022 performance this yearReturn of Six Nations and winter edition of Love Island among its key programming in the months aheadThu Jan 12 2023 - 06:00
Government energy costs scheme for businesses is ‘damp squib’, says Dublin hotelierBuswells Hotel general manager Paul Gallagher says design of scheme means it will yield only ‘pittance’ payment despite surging billsTue Jan 10 2023 - 05:00
Prince Harry should just shut up, says UK media that can’t shut up about Prince HarryBritish press and Spare author should agree on one thing: ‘never complain, never explain’ doesn’t workMon Jan 09 2023 - 15:42
Let it snow, please, say European ski resorts as 2023 begins with winter heatwavePlanet Business: Disco fridges, a Superman-loving congressman and Shopify’s great meetings purgeSat Jan 07 2023 - 06:00
Household deposits dropped by €1.7bn in November ahead of Christmas spendingDespite monthly decline, the 12-month flow of deposits remains ‘strongly positive’, says Central BankFri Jan 06 2023 - 15:36
St Patrick’s Festival chief interview: A year-round job not a ‘one day a year’ gigInterview: His friends have slagged him about the ‘one day a year’ gig, but bringing more money into the event is a year-round job, not without its sensitivitiesFri Jan 06 2023 - 12:30
RTÉ advertises for next director general as Dee Forbes nears end of seven-year term‘Chief executive and editor-in-chief’ role at Irish public service broadcaster ‘must ensure RTÉ's place in Irish public life’, job ad statesFri Jan 06 2023 - 12:05
Virgin Media Ireland reports gender pay gap of 22%Telecoms company says it will ‘take steps to nurture women into fields and roles traditionally over-represented by men’Thu Jan 05 2023 - 16:36
Tech sector cutting back on hiring in Q1, Manpower saysIrish employers have entered a phase of ‘cautious growth’, with Dublin remaining buoyant, recruitment group reportsThu Jan 05 2023 - 13:59
Revenue pays out €6.6m under new energy costs scheme for businessesMore than 8,800 companies have registered for the support scheme since it opened in NovemberThu Jan 05 2023 - 12:46
European stock markets continue upbeat start to the yearInvestor sentiment lifted by lower French inflation and data showing smaller than expected contraction in business activityWed Jan 04 2023 - 18:54
From double-speed podcasts to glossy magazine buying: six media tips to improve your lifeNew year, new media habits: these simple changes can reinvigorate tired routinesWed Jan 04 2023 - 05:55
Triumph, disaster and chaos: the business world’s winners and losers of 2022In a year of permacrisis, some struggled, some adapted and some had a merry old timeFri Dec 30 2022 - 06:00
Tesco, Aldi and Brown Thomas Arnotts admit ‘more to do’ to close gender pay gapMore men in senior roles means women earn less on an hourly basis, while Tesco and Brown Thomas also have wide bonus gapsWed Dec 28 2022 - 06:30
Irish tourism won’t make full recovery until 2026, industry group saysSome 7 million international tourists visited Ireland this year, but ‘heightened uncertainty’ lingers, according to ITICTue Dec 27 2022 - 12:50
European stock markets flat and subdued ahead of ChristmasOn Wall Street, Tesla touched a two-year low as boss Elon Musk’s promise to not sell his shares for at least two years did little to reassureFri Dec 23 2022 - 17:49
All I want for fishmas is an underwater SantaPlanet Christmas: Stock market ‘Santa rallies’, supermarkets’ embrace of Italian festive traditions, and the impending gloom of 2023Fri Dec 23 2022 - 14:50
Passenger arrivals to Ireland close to pre-pandemic levels for the first timeArrivals from Spain and France last month were higher than levels seen in November 2019Thu Dec 22 2022 - 12:18
The Irish Times reports gender pay gap of 14.5%Media group points to lack of women in senior roles and signals ‘ambitious’ plan to narrow gap between male and female payWed Dec 21 2022 - 21:00
European shares drop after surprise move by Bank of Japan rattles marketsBanks gain, but electric vehicle maker Tesla and luxury stocks LVMH and Kering are among the fallersTue Dec 20 2022 - 18:23
Irish Independent publisher Mediahuis pledges to tackle male bias as it reveals gender pay gap of 22%‘Clear evidence of a significant imbalance’ across the news media company, it concedesTue Dec 20 2022 - 17:13
RTÉ trade union members accept 6% pay rise over two yearsBallot result means RTÉ employees will receive their first increase in pay in 16 yearsTue Dec 20 2022 - 16:36
Nama completes surplus transfers of €500m to exchequer for 2022State agency makes a €250m payment on Tuesday, taking its total cash surplus payments to date to €3.5bnTue Dec 20 2022 - 12:17
From warm glows to gangrene, a glut of TV shows entertained in 2022In what was ‘maybe’ a peak year for production, some shows triumphed, some disappeared and others wouldn’t stay deadTue Dec 20 2022 - 05:00
‘Not good enough’ says union after RTÉ reports gender pay gap of 13%Gender balance ‘continues to be a high priority’ for organisation, says director-general Dee ForbesMon Dec 19 2022 - 17:13
RTÉ names Deirdre McCarthy as managing director of news and current affairsCork native succeeds Jon Williams in the role and is the first woman to hold itMon Dec 19 2022 - 14:55
Two months at the south pole of the moon? Lovely at this time of yearPlanet Business: Nasa’s lunar mission splashdown, Sam Bankman-Fried’s ‘house of cards’, Astro the Amazon home robot and an auction of ‘surplus’ Twitter assetsSat Dec 17 2022 - 06:15
European markets end week sharply lower after hawkish interest rate messagesInvestors had hoped signs of cooling inflation would pave the way for central banks to end their aggressive rate-hike trajectoryFri Dec 16 2022 - 19:24
RTÉ will add live streaming to TV apps after bumper World Cup for PlayerQatar 2022′s early kick-offs swell live stream tallies as ‘superstar’ factor also yields strong audiences for RTÉ2Fri Dec 16 2022 - 18:02
Foreign direct investment in the State increased 10% last year, says CSORise in inward investment from US services sector offset decreases from elsewhereFri Dec 16 2022 - 14:33
Irish goods exports surpass value of last year’s total in first 10 months of 2022Central Statistics Office figures show exports are now running 29% higher than level seen in 2021Thu Dec 15 2022 - 12:31
European trading subdued as investors await interest rate movesWall Street stocks inched up ahead of the US Federal Reserve’s meetingWed Dec 14 2022 - 18:22
Social media influencers fail to label half of advertisements, watchdog findsConsumers admit to being misled by product recommendations and have flagged concerns about crypto and other ‘finfluencing’Tue Dec 13 2022 - 06:00
Laura Slattery: 2022 was the year when even journalists went on strikeExecutive remuneration was a key catalyst for industrial action at both the New York Times and news publisher ReachMon Dec 12 2022 - 15:19
Britain’s front line heads to the picket line - via the food bankPlanet Business: San Francisco reverses plan for killer robots, ChatGPT introduces itself and Meta gets it in the neck from just about everyoneSat Dec 10 2022 - 06:15
Almost half of Ireland’s power was provided by wind last monthBest November on record for the volume of electricity produced by Irish wind farms, says Wind Energy IrelandThu Dec 08 2022 - 10:24
European shares decline again as recession-fearing investors remain on edgeAirbus, Apple and Tesla among the stocks under pressure on WednesdayWed Dec 07 2022 - 18:32
Bill Malone to leave Virgin Media TelevisionDirector of content will depart in new year after six years at the broadcasterWed Dec 07 2022 - 13:00
Laura Slattery: End of multiple eras as new brooms arrive in media top jobsExit of John Ryley, long-serving head of Sky News, is latest industry leadership change in a year full of themMon Dec 05 2022 - 15:49
What would USA 2022, the World Cup that never was, have been like?Planet Business: Britain’s ‘Kormageddon’, the latest ‘30 under 30′ list and a possible sequel to The Big ShortSat Dec 03 2022 - 06:00
What’s going on with Ireland’s ‘unexplained’ gender pay gap?New legislation means December will see organisations with more than 250 employees publish details of how they pay men and how they pay womenSat Dec 03 2022 - 05:00
Government on track for record end-year surplus as tax boom continuesExchequer boosted by strong income and corporation tax revenues in November but Paschal Donohoe warns of ‘artificially positive picture’Fri Dec 02 2022 - 16:30
European shares rise after lower-than-expected inflation boosts case for smaller rate hikesInvestor sentiment also buoyed by hopes of coronavirus curbs being eased in ChinaWed Nov 30 2022 - 19:25
An Post keeps gender pay gap closed as it signals female recruitment pushEmployers are set to reveal a spate of gender pay gaps in December, many for the first timeWed Nov 30 2022 - 05:05
Independent producers and TG4 on track for content-levy boostMinister for Media Catherine Martin has introduced a string of amendments to the Online Safety and Media Regulation BillTue Nov 29 2022 - 18:48
