O’Leary warns of tourism’s difficulties, Irish Water delays and the digital divide

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Neil Briscoe wonders if we will still be able to fly in a zero-emissions world?

Ryanair chief executive Michael O'Leary has warned the Irish aviation and tourism industries are facing "four to five years" of difficulties. Mark Paul has the details.

Families with deposits on homes costing up to €360,000 blame Irish Water delays in connecting the properties for preventing them from moving in, writes Barry O'Halloran.

The tourism industry is preparing to submit a recovery plan to Government with four budget requests to help the sector recover after the pandemic. Mark Paul reports.

A Dublin-based entity responsible for handling commercial rights for the British & Irish Lions rugby tour to South Africa this summer secured agreement from some of its partners that the tour could take place any time up to the end of 2022, documents just filed reveal. Ciarán Hancock reports.

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Irish consumer sentiment rose in August as optimism about the reopening of the economy built, writes Eoin Burke-Kennedy.

Virgin Media Television's new season will be led by "the biggest entertainment show we have ever done" and "the biggest drama we have ever done", director of content Bill Malone said on Wednesday as the broadcaster revealed more detail about its upcoming shows. Laura Slattery reports.

RTÉ television and radio had a gender ratio of 60 per cent male to 40 per cent female in the initial weeks of its pandemic coverage last year, according to a Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) research project set to be launched today, writes Laura Slattery.

Ciara O'Brien, standing in for Karlin Lillington, reminds us that the digital divide in education didn't start with the pandemic.

Cantillon is dismayed by the ever-increasing number of vacant shops in our town centres and wonders at the wisdom of RTE’s and Virgin’s Saturday strategy.

In his column Chris Horn asks if overhead motorway lines are the answer for long-distance electric haulage?

Ciara O'Brien puts the Husqvarna Automower 405X, retailing at €2,046, through its paces.

Neil Briscoe wonders if we will still be able to fly in a zero-emissions world?

As we all put more of our photos, documents and videos online, how much of that data really belongs to us anymore? Brian Chen investigates.

In this episode from ourInside Business podcast Ciarán Hancock talks to Ciarán Medlar and Cian O'Sullivan from professional services firm BDO, about its sports advisory unit which helps elite sports people and entertainers with their tax planning.

Medlar is BDO’s partner in charge of taxation services and also chairman of Shamrock Rovers football club. O’Sullivan meanwhile is director in the private client tax team at BDO, but is probably better known for his GAA career as an All-Ireland winning Dublin footballer.

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Conn Ó Midheach

Conn Ó Midheach

Conn O Midheach is Assistant Business Editor - Digital of The Irish Times