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Ryan Tubridy’s new radio show review: Buttery charm, frothy good humour and A-list interviews on Virgin Radio UK debut

Radio review: While the midmorning show represents a fresh start for the former RTÉ presenter, his shtick remains largely the same

Tue Jan 02 2024 - 16:23

Tubridy has landed a new job in the UK but why has Virgin Radio given him one?

Former RTÉ presenter’s scandal-rocked rollercoaster year leaves him ‘desperately excited’ to be at Rupert Murdoch owned station

Thu Nov 16 2023 - 18:37

Virgin Galactic’s first space tourism flight successfully lands back on Earth

Three passengers were flown to the edge of space and experienced zero-gravity

Fri Aug 11 2023 - 06:58

Markets a sea of green as US inflation cools

Latest consumer price data boosts hopes that the Fed could end rate hikes soon

Wed Jul 12 2023 - 18:42

A career trajectory into the business of low Earth orbit satellites

Wild Geese: Strategic moves have landed Dubliner Eileen Treanor a top job in space tech company LeoLabs

Fri May 19 2023 - 05:00

Man who sold ‘dodgy boxes’ to 150 ‘customers’ sentenced to 240 hours of community service

Paul O’Brien (38) avoids custodial sentence for what judge described as a ‘sneaky type of offence - hard to detect’

Thu Apr 27 2023 - 17:11

Richard Branson calls for Irish entrepreneur to help reduce energy emissions in homes

British billionaire also says failure of Virgin Orbit has been ‘very tough’ but holds out hopes venture could be saved

Mon Apr 10 2023 - 10:16

Branson’s rocket-launch company Virgin Orbit files for bankruptcy

Company failed to secure the funding needed to keep operating

Tue Apr 04 2023 - 15:54

Architect David Campion: ‘My biggest pet peeve? Clients who lack ambition’

Anchored in Barbados, the Dubliner has built an international architecture firm that straddles the Atlantic

Sun Feb 19 2023 - 11:00

Comedy dramas Faithless and Obituary receive highest single sums in BAI funding round

Total of €6 million is shared by producers behind 22 television and 36 radio projects

Wed Aug 10 2022 - 17:50

Wallis Bird: Hands – Celebration and spontaneity

Fri May 27 2022 - 05:00

Australia reopens borders to vaccinated visitors after two years

Tourism and hospitality sectors look to rebuild after strong Covid-19 restrictions

Mon Feb 21 2022 - 15:22

RTÉ and Virgin’s Six Nations deal: ‘We put a call into Dee and she was up for it’

First-time sports rights partnership helps rivals ‘make the maths work’, says RTÉ chief

Thu Jan 20 2022 - 05:55

Santander races to retrieve £130m wrongly paid out to customers in Britain

Payments accidentally made on Christmas Day

Thu Dec 30 2021 - 18:35

Turning Datalex around: ‘It’s a privilege to have to clean up somebody else’s mess’

Sean Corkery jumped at the chance to lead the aviation software firm out of trouble

Fri Dec 17 2021 - 12:00

E-learning group Shaw Academy agrees its second rescue deal in three years

Company says it will rebrand after €3.2m examinership deal

Thu Nov 11 2021 - 20:20

AIB appoints ex-Virgin Money chief as chairman

Jim Pettigrew appointed as successor to Richard Pym

Thu Oct 28 2021 - 12:37

Qantas to require all employees to be vaccinated against Covid-19

There are exemptions for those who are unable to be vaccinated based on documented medical reasons

Wed Aug 18 2021 - 07:37

‘It was a ticking timebomb’: Inside the rise and fall of The Jeremy Kyle Show

Two years after the TV show was taken off air, former staffers reflect on a toxic work culture

Mon May 10 2021 - 06:00

Virgin Atlantic boss warns of long-term hit to business travel

Shai Weiss questions whether corporate trips will ever fully recover from pandemic

Tue Apr 13 2021 - 11:31

In marking Prince Philip’s death BBC didn’t so much lose the plot as revert to ancient one

Broadcaster stuck to protocols that harked back to pre-Netflix levels of influence

Mon Apr 12 2021 - 16:06

Australia and New Zealand to allow quarantine-free travel

‘Travel bubble’ between neighbouring countries to open later this month

Tue Apr 06 2021 - 07:10

Will banks penalise us for switching our mortgage several times?

Q&A: Dominic Coyle answers your personal finance questions

Tue Feb 09 2021 - 06:38

Elderly man left distressed by Three’s poor communication

Pricewatch: Reader threatened by debt collectors for bill he was not aware of

Mon Oct 19 2020 - 00:00

Doves: The Universal Want review – Post-Britpop survivors back in demand

After an 11-year hiatus, the trio reconvene with nothing to prove and plenty to say

Fri Sept 11 2020 - 06:20

Virgin Australia to cull a third of its Boeing 737 fleet under Bain ownership

Plan will see fleet grow once demand returns

Wed Sept 09 2020 - 08:33

Three Ireland outstrips European siblings as half-year earnings up 8%

Additional customers offset decline in mobile operator’s average revenue figure per user

Thu Aug 06 2020 - 10:44

Branson says Virgin Atlantic will run out of cash unless rescue plan approved

£1.2bn package includes £450 million of creditor deferrals

Wed Aug 05 2020 - 09:03

Branson’s Virgin Group commits £200m of immediate funding for Virgin Atlantic

Additional shreholder support of £400m also committed

Wed Jul 01 2020 - 11:15

Majority stake in Chill Insurance sold to UK private equity firm

Sources this year valued the insurance business at €100m

Wed Jun 17 2020 - 18:25

Stobart could face competition to retain Aer Lingus regional contract

Other carriers interested in operating regional routes from 2022, IAG chief says

Thu May 07 2020 - 19:16

Virgin Australia falls to virus crisis, appoints administrator to find investor

Airline had sought state aid, but government rejected plea

Tue Apr 21 2020 - 09:05

Governments offer airlines aid as coronavirus drives deeper flight cuts

Australia and Taiwan join countries offering financial aid to ailing aviation sectors

Wed Mar 18 2020 - 12:07

Oil falls for third day as coronavirus travel bans escalate

Outlook for fuel demand darkens as coronavirus triggers epidemic

Wed Mar 18 2020 - 08:27