Workday to create 200 jobs in new Dublin AI hub
US technology giant will invest €175m in the city over the next three years
Peter Burke
Hospitality VAT cut delayed to July due to ‘significant cost’ of policy measure
No ‘sunset clause’ on measure, meaning reduction is a permanent feature of tax code
‘Argument’ over hospitality VAT rate cut continues to rumble
Sector pushes for lower rate to be bought in before scheduled start date of July next year
Hospitality VAT cut about sector’s viability, Burke says
Peter Burke says EU rules prevented the Coalition from excluding large fast food multinationals
Budget 2026: Public-transport fares set to remain at reduced level next year
DPER understood to be pushing back against indefinite freeze but full reversal to highest level of fares is not likely
Exporters remain optimistic on overseas trade, survey finds
Almost all Enterprise Ireland client companies looking at new markets in response to US moves on tariffs
Burke and Murphy’s clash part of long-running saga
Conflict centres on sub-minimum wage rates paid to under 18s
Proposed rent tax credit reforms face opposition in budget talks
Special relief for tenants in new builds and extending the carer’s allowance are among measures planned in October package
Hospitality VAT cut: Ministers seek way to exclude fast-food franchises
Minister for Enterprise indicates big move on R&D tax credit likely in budget
Government advised to reconsider hospitality VAT cut
Competitiveness council urges ‘a more focused set of policy actions’ than cutting VAT to 9%
Almost 100 bodies in Ireland responsible for regulation and licensing, new competitiveness plan discloses
Plan proposes 85 actions to increase competitiveness by scaling SME research, reducing red tape and investing in infrastructure
State funding for innovation to significantly increase in ambitious new plan
Step change in research funding is linchpin of Government’s new competitiveness plan
Carey told Enterprise Ireland board he had no choice but to resign as chairman
Businessman said failure to file accounts on time was unfortunate and down to ‘some management/administrative errors’
Support grants to be available for companies hit by US tariffs
Agency estimates that up to 450 client companies will be impacted
Retirement age remains bone of contention at WRC and Labour Court ahead of legislation
Complaints continue as growing number of workers seek to stay on and employers adapt to changing landscape
Dáil clerk job up for grabs with a salary of just under €250,000
Overheard: Tourism bosses see upside of Norman invasion and Michael Flatley lets flute do the talking amid Áras speculation
Fáilte Ireland appoints Caroline Bocquel as new CEO
Bocquel will be the first woman to hold the position vacated by Paul Kelly earlier this year
Intel warns senior Government figures that high energy costs could threaten Ireland’s competitiveness
Taoiseach among Ministers lobbied by tech giant that employs almost 5,000 people in Ireland
Moves to revive referendum on joining EU patent court as business groups contacted on timing
Vote was deferred last year after defeat of proposed family and care constitutional amendments
A promising start for Jim O’Callaghan, not so for James Browne: How has the Cabinet performed in its first six months?
Jim O’Callaghan and Peter Burke have made promising starts, James Browne has a lot of catching up to do
EU-US tariffs deal at 15% preferable to ‘ruinous’ trade war, says Taoiseach
Both sides are to continue negotiations on the detail, including possible tariff exemptions for several sectors
EU-US trade deal: Ireland ‘no doubt’ in challenging position over tariffs, says Minister
Accord sees EU accepting 15% import taxes on most of its trade with US
In Ozempic’s home town they fear two things: a new set of tariffs, and a company in Kinsale
Pharmaceutical giants in Europe brace themselves for a tariffs fight that is likely still to come
Taoiseach to ‘delve into’ Amazon’s scrapping of Dublin plant over failure to secure power supply
Tech giant’s decision has closed off prospect of more than 500 jobs being created
Amazon scraps Dublin plant and hundreds of jobs over failure to secure power supply
Tech giant’s decision highlights extent of limitations on State electricity network
‘Economic vandalism’: Unions condemn plan to cut VAT for hospitality sector
Ictu says sector is growing not struggling after Peter Burke earlier said cut was aimed at keeping it ‘sustainable’
New consultation on work permit system announced
Last year about 40,000 permits were granted to workers from outside the EEA
State agencies to implement new rules aiming to enhance transparency in political ads
Introduction of alcohol warning labels to be deferred for two years, Ministers to hear
Warning labels on alcohol an idea from ‘different time’, Minister warned Cabinet colleague
Minister for Enterprise asked Minister for Health to pause plans for alcohol health warnings due to global economic uncertainty
German drug-maker Aenova to create 10 jobs with expansion of Kerry facility
Company, which trades as Temmler Ireland here, said move would enable it to develop ‘innovative drug delivery systems’
Health labelling on alcoholic drinks set to be deferred until 2029
Decision on long-planned move, which was due to come into force in 2026, will be made next week
Crackdown on short-term lets: property owners and politicians push back
Concerns raised by holiday home owners and politicians over plans aimed at freeing up housing for long-term rental market
The cost of living in Ireland is nuts. Even nuttier are the reasons supposed to explain it
If you’re not bamboozled by the rising cost of insurance as claims fall, you must be an actuary
Seized criminal assets to be disposed of more quickly under new measures
Under new Bill, assets seized by Criminal Assets Bureau can be disposed of after two years instead of five
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