Developing hydrogen fuel could achieve energy security in transport for Ireland

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Three hydrogen-fuel-cell electric buses used by Bus Eireann since 2021. Developing Ireland’s nascent hydrogen fuel industry could achieve energy security in transport, according to a new report. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw
Three hydrogen-fuel-cell electric buses used by Bus Eireann since 2021. Developing Ireland’s nascent hydrogen fuel industry could achieve energy security in transport, according to a new report. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw

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Developing Ireland’s nascent hydrogen fuel industry could create hundreds of jobs while attracting more than €6 billion investment and achieving energy security in transport, a new report from Hydrogen Mobility Ireland has indicated. Eoin Burke-Kennedy has the details.

KPMG Ireland has appointed a new managing partner to succeed Seamus Hand from May next year. Ciarán Hancock has the details.

In Me & My Money, comedian and broadcaster Mario Rosenstock says cryptocurrency is “tech-bro macho nonsense that comes with all sorts of toxic association”. He spoke to Tony Clayton-Lea.

The power of praise in the workplace should not be underestimated, writes FT columnist Pilita Clark.

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Ireland’s tax wealth is now firm in the crosshairs of the incoming Trump administration in the United States, writes our economics columnist Eoin Burke-Kennedy.

In our Your Money Q&A, a reader asks if other family members can challenge a father’s will and how they might access the contents of a will. Dominic Coyle offers some guidance.

Blarney Woollen Mills Ltd, the subsidiary which operates three Blarney Woollen Mills stores and a hotel of the same name in Blarney in Cork, swung back into profit last year amid a pickup in demand across its retail network. Eoin Burke-Kennedy reports on its latest set of accounts.

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The fatal shooting of UnitedHealth chief executive Brian Thompson in New York was initially greeted by markets as an isolated tragedy. But that has changed, with shares subsequently diving as investors digested the public’s growing anger towards the healthcare giant, writes Stocktake.

The gender pay gap among staff at The Irish Times has fallen to less than 1 per cent, latest figures show. Eoin Burke-Kennedy reports.

In our Opinion piece, Nadia Calviño, president of the European Investment Bank, outlines three ways in which the EIB can support the European Union’s future growth.

US company Fenagh Engineering & Testing its to establish its first European office in Dublin, with €3 million and the creation of 35 roles. Eoin Burke-Kennedy has the details of the investment.

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