Bauer Media Audio acquires southeast radio station Beat 102-103The Irish Times has been a 75% shareholder in Beat for the past six yearsFri Mar 22 2024 - 17:06
European shares flat as investors await outcome of crucial Federal Reserve meetingLuxury goods groups decline as Gucci owner Kering shares tumble almost 12%Wed Mar 20 2024 - 18:33
Eir launches €2m ‘Eir for all’ campaign in ‘start of a new chapter’First brand refresh since 2015 follows €1.2 billion investment in telecoms company’s infrastructure and customer careWed Mar 20 2024 - 15:01
Senior baseball: Varadkar gives it Sox on guided tour of Boston groundPlanet Business: Lego’s outperformance, Reddit’s imminent IPO and the highest-paid actors of 2023Sat Mar 16 2024 - 06:15
European markets lose momentum amid sticky US inflationHotter than expected US producer prices data has clouded the timing of Federal Reserve interest rate cutsThu Mar 14 2024 - 19:06
‘To be Instagram-worthy is part of the doughnut game now’: Krispy Kreme looks towards further Irish expansionDoughnut company’s UK & Ireland boss Jamie Dunning on inflation, upmarket competitors and its e-commerce plansThu Mar 14 2024 - 18:33
European shares touch new record highs as retail stocks jumpTech stocks and chipmakers decline on Wall StreetWed Mar 13 2024 - 18:34
Revenue nets more than €5m from 16 tax defaulters in final quarter of 2023GAA commentator and author Brian Carthy makes settlement of €129,759Tue Mar 12 2024 - 17:01
In March, a Minister’s place is still in the airport lounge, ready to departIreland’s Global Greening is over, but the Great Global Scattering of Ministers is only warming upTue Mar 12 2024 - 06:00
Mark Zuckerberg mixes business with pleasure as he drops in on wedding party thrown by Asia’s richest manPlanet Business: Willy’s Chocolate Experience turns bitter, Apple’s stalled electric car project and Kellogg’s boss offers budgetary adviceSat Mar 02 2024 - 06:30
‘We have to tell our own stories’ – Ed Guiney on new Dublin screenwriting festivalAt a ‘very tough’ moment for the international industry, the Element Pictures co-founder hopes this month’s Storyhouse event at the Light House can help screenwriters ‘move to the next phase’Fri Mar 01 2024 - 06:05
Seven complaints registered with new online watchdog centre Coimisiún na Meán to follow up reports to its contact centre with relevant digital services companiesWed Feb 28 2024 - 13:41
Company bosses ‘shy away’ from topics of national importance in social media postsSky’s Stephen van Rooyen tops Reputations Agency’s ranking of most influential CEOs on LinkedIn, ahead of Meta’s Anne O’Leary and Primark’s Paul MarchantWed Feb 28 2024 - 06:00
Laura Slattery: Everybody involved in this rolling RTÉ omni-crisis has literally lost the plotMinister for Media Catherine Martin’s ‘deep disappointment’ with Siún Ní Raghallaigh is much ado about absolutely nothingTue Feb 27 2024 - 06:15
Virgin Media Ireland has ‘no plans’ to add Sky Sports Tennis channelBroadcast rights to the US Open and most men’s and women’s tour events have moved to Sky, but Virgin customers paying for Sky Sports won’t have TV accessTue Feb 27 2024 - 06:05
Irish hoteliers warn that forward bookings are down almost 5%Irish Hotels Federation reports a drop in business sentiment as members meet for annual conferenceMon Feb 26 2024 - 05:00
Revenue clampdown could spoil the office party as taxes hit workplace celebrationsSeen & Heard: Bank of Ireland motor finance redress, CIÉ site proceedings, future of Tara Mines, Dublin Airport cap poll and Porterhouse sale of brewery to Conor McGregorSun Feb 25 2024 - 12:27
Cancel the proposal: No love for Eiffel Tower operators as strikes shut down symbol of ParisPlanet Business: Taylor Swift eats out in Sydney, UK administrators ‘re-energise’ the Body Shop and Donald Trump gets into the perfume gameSat Feb 24 2024 - 06:15
New global tax rules will not hinder foreign investment, says Irish Tax InstituteInstitute president Tom Reynolds calls on Revenue to be ‘pragmatic’ in approach to tax complianceFri Feb 23 2024 - 15:51
RTÉ's golden goodbyes and confidentiality clauses are normal in business, say lawyers RTÉ director general Kevin Bakhurst has published updated legal advice from Arthur Cox on what he can disclose about the exit paymentsThu Feb 22 2024 - 12:48
BBC orders further two series of hit Belfast police drama Blue LightsDrama slate also includes The Listeners, a novel adaptation made by Poor Things producers Element PicturesThu Feb 22 2024 - 11:22
European shares slip as investors brace for Federal Reserve minutesTech-heavy Nasdaq leads declines on Wall Street ahead of earnings update from chip giant NvidiaWed Feb 21 2024 - 17:57
Domestic overnight trips up 7% in first nine months of 2023Irish residents take 4.5m domestic overnight trips and 4m outbound overnight trips in the third quarter, says CSOWed Feb 21 2024 - 12:48
‘Year of elections’ could lift news publishers – even if print ads are not the next ginHeightened political climate should push people back to trusted content as long as publishers ‘stand up and own’ the spaceTue Feb 20 2024 - 06:00
And the Bafta for best film-inspired resurgence goes to ... Sophie Ellis-BextorPlanet Business: Lyft gets its numbers wrong, Joe Biden joins TikTok and what we know about the Paris OlympicsSat Feb 17 2024 - 06:15
Web Summit profits slump more than 90% but revenue risesTurnover soared 65% to a record €52.5m in 2022 amid return to in-person events, with costs rising as it invested in expansionFri Feb 16 2024 - 16:19
Website will increase public awareness about media ownership, says DCUMom Ireland project, the first of its kind in Europe, is supported by Coimisiún na Meán with co-funding from the EUFri Feb 16 2024 - 06:00
European stocks rise as French and German markets reach record highsRenault, Pernod Ricard and Commerzbank among the gainers, but fall for Kerry leaves Iseq in the redThu Feb 15 2024 - 17:57
RTÉ board members were ‘deceived’ about Toy Show the Musical, Oireachtas media committee hearsAnne O’Leary of RTÉ board’s Audit and Risk Committee told Wednesday’s hearing the show was ‘presented as a fait accompli’Wed Feb 14 2024 - 21:25
RTÉ’s former chief financial officer was paid €450,000 as part of controversial exit packageBreda O’Keeffe’s payout signed off by former director general Dee Forbes but not brought to executive board before approvalWed Feb 14 2024 - 18:31
RTÉ media committee hearing: Former chief financial officer Breda O’Keeffe was paid €450,000 to leave, Bakhurst saysAs it happened: Broadcaster’s executives and board members questioned after reports on Toy Show the Musical and voluntary exit scheme paymentsWed Feb 14 2024 - 17:31
It’s an Irish ‘cultural phenomenon’ – but Irish TV can’t afford to show it yetNo joke: The BBC has begun publicising the next series of The Young Offenders, but RTÉ has deferred its broadcast of the comedy until 2025Tue Feb 13 2024 - 06:15
RTÉ content cuts ‘a concern’ for advertisers, says marketing group CoreAdvertising investment will increase 4.1% this year but television and print revenues are forecast to decline againSat Feb 10 2024 - 07:00
Super Bowl turns into Swift Bowl as Taylor’s fans adopt Kansas City ChiefsPlanet Business: Tech earnings takeaways, McDonald’s Middle East troubles and a former pop star at the Pop Con launchSat Feb 10 2024 - 06:15
Flipping inflation: Cost of pancakes rising, says Central Statistics OfficeConsumers have been battered by higher food bills. So how do pancake prices stack up?Fri Feb 09 2024 - 13:24
No ‘seismic surge’ in Dublin spending before Christmas as US tourist custom disappointsAfter a bumper third quarter, US tourism expenditure in the capital contracted sharply near the end of last yearFri Feb 09 2024 - 06:00
European shares edge lower despite strong earnings from Unilever and KeringSmurfit Kappa advances in Dublin, while Disney gains on Wall StreetThu Feb 08 2024 - 18:43
RTÉ Radio 1′s 9am show sees listeners slip but audience remains higher than a year agoPat Kenny’s Newstalk slot sets fresh record, lifting station to its highest ever market share, while Morning Ireland surges againThu Feb 08 2024 - 12:00
John Trainor, founder of sponsorship company Onside, dies aged 52Chief executive of Dublin-based consultancy was an influential and highly respected authority in his industryWed Feb 07 2024 - 16:26
Laura Slattery: ‘Parallel universe’ haunts RTÉ as its North Star remains elusive for a reasonExecutives dragged back into the Oireachtas orbit as a consultation confirms widespread disaffection among staffTue Feb 06 2024 - 06:00
Soak up the sun: Japan’s Slim survives shady lunar landing – until night fallsPlanet Business: Spain’s economic surge; the UK’s corruption ‘wake-up call’; and the petition to switch the extra leap year day to June 31stSat Feb 03 2024 - 06:15
European shares flat after rate cut hopes are dashed by US jobs dataAirlines and tech stocks advance in final trading session of the weekFri Feb 02 2024 - 19:15
Irish radio advertising revenues grow 4% to €164mRadio outperformed the Irish ad market in 2023, figures from Radiocentre Ireland showFri Feb 02 2024 - 06:00
Venture capital investment in Irish companies declined by a third in 2023Annual VC funds fell to 2019 levels amid investor caution, KPMG report findsFri Feb 02 2024 - 05:45
Foreign visitors spent an estimated €515m in Republic in December – CSOAverage of €1,156 spent on trips during the month, with the average stay lasting 10 nightsWed Jan 31 2024 - 14:25
Toy Show the Musical mystery: Why did nobody in RTÉ listen to the concerns of Person 6?One individual with industry knowledge warned that nine out of 10 musicals do not make their money back, but that didn’t seem to worry RTÉTue Jan 30 2024 - 06:05
Los Angeles Times layoffs mark brutal start to the media yearPlanet Business: Kay Burley’s ministerial grillings, Netflix’s viewing stats and the Irish contestant on the next series of The ApprenticeSat Jan 27 2024 - 06:15
RTÉ scraps set of Toy Show the Musical Stage show set had been in storage at stated cost of €8,000 a year but disposal and recycling now ‘underway’Sat Jan 27 2024 - 06:00
Marriages registered by people aged 60 and over ‘more than double over past decade’Number of people in State aged 65-plus has risen 40%, it saidFri Jan 26 2024 - 15:49
Toy Show the Musical: Damning report lays bare culture of dysfunction among RTÉ managementAnalysis: Report reveals how RTÉ presented the stage show flop as a ‘fait accompli’ to its own boardThu Jan 25 2024 - 17:52
