European shares edge higher as chipmaker stocks rallyECB rate cut and corporate earnings help benchmark Stoxx 600 index to second consecutive week of gainsFri Oct 18 2024 - 18:48
CCPC clears Formpress bid for Inishowen IndependentAcquisition of Donegal newspaper still requires approval by the Minister for MediaFri Oct 18 2024 - 17:54
Profits rise at Smyths Toys in Northern IrelandNorthern Irish unit of family toy business pays out €1m dividendWed Oct 16 2024 - 13:24
Good Boy comedy marks new era for RTÉ PlayerProminent slots on Montrose app have grown in importance as audiences continue their shift to on-demand viewingTue Oct 15 2024 - 06:15
RTÉ Player will ask all users to sign in from next year as it adds more original showsThe streamer, which launches its first Player Original sitcom this week, has seen usage grow after a series of technical upgradesMon Oct 14 2024 - 06:00
No pension, no planes: Boeing standoff reveals how far company has fallenPlanet Business: Rooney lawyer’s Nobu deal, a homebuilder gets its sums wrong and the US department of justice outlines how it could take on GoogleSat Oct 12 2024 - 06:15
Late Late Show will not be diminished by plan to make it off-site, says RTÉ bossBroadcaster will not give up editorial oversight of ‘very sensitive’ flagship programme, Kevin Bakhurst tells Sean O’Rourke podcastThu Oct 10 2024 - 20:01
The Irish Times buys live GAA scores app Score BeoApp will help titles enhance GAA coverage, says media groupThu Oct 10 2024 - 15:10
European stock markets edge lower after sell-off in mining and luxury sectors Absence of new details about China’s stimulus measures triggers decline in companies that draw a large part of their revenue from the world’s second-largest economyTue Oct 08 2024 - 18:01
Irish Times group returns to profit as revenues climb 5%Media company recorded growth in digital subscriptions and printing contract revenue last yearTue Oct 08 2024 - 14:59
I’m an expert in headlines that start with ‘I’m an expert’. Here’s why they’re everywhereWe’re all just trying to find needles of genuine authority in the haystacks of charlatanism. Aren’t we?Tue Oct 08 2024 - 06:05
Retail and hospitality insolvencies forecast to surge in early 2025One in four insolvencies so far this year are retailers, while insolvent hospitality businesses have left behind debt of €37.2m, PwC saysMon Oct 07 2024 - 06:00
Property asking prices rising at fastest rate in two years, says MyHome.ieMore than 200,000 additional homes would be needed this year to match UK homes to population ratioMon Oct 07 2024 - 06:00
Airlines for America raises Dublin Airport passenger cap with US officialsSeen & Heard: WaterWipes approach, Uisce Éireann investment warning, Ornua’s marketing spend for Kerrygold and Metabolomics Diagnostics soldSun Oct 06 2024 - 12:30
Never go on a cruise: Villa Vie Odyssey editionPlanet Business: Slippage at Nike, the man who backed California’s blocked AI safety bill and Silicon Valley’s growing legion of Trump fansSat Oct 05 2024 - 06:15
Screen industry welcomes new unscripted tax credit and boost to section 481Budget 2025: ‘Source of great pride’ that Ireland has international reputation as centre of excellence for screen production, says Minister for FinanceWed Oct 02 2024 - 05:30
Budget 2025: Double child benefit payment; petrol and diesel prices to increase; series of personal tax cutsThe final cost of living package will now come in at just shy of €2 billion, well in excess of the €1.5bn expectedTue Oct 01 2024 - 22:18
Newspapers using AI to ‘revive’ late writers are not seriousLondon Standard’s resurrection of art critic Brian Sewell to review a Van Gogh exhibition was at best a pointless gimmick, at worst the thin end of the wedgeTue Oct 01 2024 - 06:15
Rupert Murdoch succession saga completes stage one of its Reno eraPlanet Business: Employers and the menopause, a new global consortium on the information environment, and UK Labour’s unhappiness with its inheritanceSat Sept 28 2024 - 06:15
Consumers in ‘watch, wait and worry’ mode ahead of budgetIrish consumers reporting a deterioration in financial circumstances continue to outnumber those who see improvementsFri Sept 27 2024 - 12:40
House prices in Dublin rise 8.4% over past 12 monthsProperty advisers DNG expect resale market in the capital to reach 9% in 2024Fri Sept 27 2024 - 06:00
European markets jump as China’s stimulus boosts luxury and mining stocksFTSE 100 lags its peers as energy giants track a decline in crude oil pricesThu Sept 26 2024 - 17:49
Virgin Media Television narrows losses as digital advertising revenue climbsBroadcasting group enjoys stronger performance overall in 2023, a year when it reached its highest ever audienceThu Sept 26 2024 - 17:01
Budget 2025 could be both big and disappointing news for Irish mediaGovernment’s deal with RTÉ has reinvigorated calls for public funding from its rivals, while tax credits talk is rarely too far awayTue Sept 24 2024 - 05:10
Audiovisual Ireland calls on Government to match UK screen tax creditIbec industry body says relief of 40% should be available to lower budget productionsMon Sept 23 2024 - 18:06
We’re expected to give ‘five-star service with three-star staff’, say overstretched US hotel workersPlanet Business: Volvo puts the brakes on electric vehicle targets, tourist taxes spread and Nvidia takes a bathSat Sept 07 2024 - 06:15
Dublin economy enjoys growth in second quarter, but caution sounded over unemployment nationallyRetail spending among metrics to rise in April-June period, Dublin Economic Monitor notesThu Sept 05 2024 - 18:22
Corporation tax revenues double in August ahead of pre-election budgetExchequer returns show that the Government collected €3.7bn in corporation tax last monthWed Sept 04 2024 - 16:30
‘Not the best look for Ireland,’ says Dublin Airport operator as it warns cap will see routes lost and fares riseAirport will exceed 32m passenger cap in 2024 and airlines may take legal action over loss of slots next year, says DAA chief Kenny JacobsWed Sept 04 2024 - 09:33
Irish services activity grows in August but 12-month outlook softensFirms reported accelerating growth in new business last month, finds AIB purchasing managers indexWed Sept 04 2024 - 06:00
Forget the DVD box set, all of Mad Men is now on the RTÉ PlayerBoth Virgin Media Television and RTÉ are aiming for further digital growth via their players, already the main point of access to content for some viewersTue Sept 03 2024 - 06:00
Forvis Mazars expands into Cork through merger with James Byrne & CoThe firm plan to grow to 150 employees in the southwest over the next two yearsMon Sept 02 2024 - 06:00
Employment permits legislation in force from today ‘does not go far enough’Additional reforms urgently needed for Irish economy to remain competitive, says Excel Recruitment GroupMon Sept 02 2024 - 06:00
‘Things are worse than we ever imagined,’ says Starmer before flying to Germany for ‘reset’Planet Business: SpaceX’s ‘reliable’ Crew Dragon, the highest-earning tennis players and a first-class error at QantasSat Aug 31 2024 - 06:15
Gráinne Seoige has swapped the Love Teach for Politics Island. Who will be next?Broadcasters offer profile and polish to political parties wishing to maximise their seats in the next DáilSat Aug 31 2024 - 06:00
Tourism numbers rise in July but average visit length shortensCSO data shows overseas residents made 655,400 trips to the State last monthFri Aug 30 2024 - 14:25
Bar sales plunge despite retail performance edging higher in July Hardware and department store sales on the rise, as total retail sales climb 0.4% over the 12 months to JulyFri Aug 30 2024 - 13:01
New season on RTÉ: crime dramas, GAA docs and the return of ‘tricky’ comedyNews verification strand Clarity and natural history series Ireland’s Coast on the line-up as board approves more projects in wake of RTÉ's multi-year funding dealFri Aug 30 2024 - 06:00
Irish entertainment and media industry to expand to €7.6bn by 2028Annual industry growth rate of 2.9 per cent will lag the global average, PwC report findsThu Aug 29 2024 - 06:15
Oasis reunion highlights the total collapse of the full-time music pressPrinted tickets, CD singles, music journalism jobs, MTV – all have gone missing in action since the band’s peakTue Aug 27 2024 - 05:45
Never mind the vibes, here’s ‘Kamalanomics’Planet Business: London City Airport’s increased passenger cap, the supermarket boss rowing back on self-checkouts, and Netflix’s documentary slateSat Aug 24 2024 - 06:00
European markets rise but Wall Street struggles as investors await Fed speechFederal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell is due to speak at the Jackson Hole symposium on FridayThu Aug 22 2024 - 18:08
VMTV will launch new streaming app Virgin Media Play in SeptemberRevenge thriller Dead & Buried, the return of Gogglebox Ireland and Grá ar an Trá, and new series Life Actually among shows on Virgin’s autumn line-upThu Aug 22 2024 - 06:01
Rocking on: Radio Nova proves the brightest star in Dublin music radio marketIrish-owned station’s share of listening has nudged ahead of rivals FM104, Sunshine 106.8 and Spin 1038Tue Aug 20 2024 - 05:15
Trouble has been brewing for Starbucks – can the new boss perk things up?Planet Business: Disney prepares to defrost Frozen franchise, a change of judge in Musk’s advertiser lawsuit, and artists who have objected to Donald Trump using their musicSat Aug 17 2024 - 06:15
Laura Slattery: ‘Tampon Tim’ nickname for Walz is not just Republicans being weird againLaura Slattery: From jokey monikers to ‘menstrual surveillance’ concerns, periods are now extra-politicised in US while remaining taboo almost everywhereSat Aug 17 2024 - 06:00
European stock markets finish the week with a gainAfter slew of economic data, investor focus will now turn to speech by Federal Reserve chairman next weekFri Aug 16 2024 - 18:38
More than 200 jobs lost in Dundalk as Wasdell winds down Irish operationsPharmaceutical packaging plant is being sold to another company but the business operating there is not part of the dealFri Aug 16 2024 - 16:10
Exports rise to €107bn in first half of year, but soften in JuneGrowth over first six months driven by increase in pharmaceutical exports, according to CSO figuresThu Aug 15 2024 - 17:52
Oliver Callan now has more listeners on Radio 1 than Ryan Tubridy did a year agoPat Kenny’s listenership rises to fresh record on Newstalk as station claims its highest-ever market shareThu Aug 15 2024 - 12:00
