Apple fails to confirm Athenry data centre plans at Varadkar meeting It is understood that during a meeting between Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and chief executive Tim Cook the company did not confirm whether it was proceding with the project.

Taoiseach told Tim Cook of value and importance Government attaches to project

US tax reform targets avoidance by multinationals US President Donald Trump speaks while holding up “Simple, Fair, ‘Postcard’ Tax Filing” cards as US house speaker Paul Ryan, a Republican from Wisconsin (left) and Representative Kevin Brady, a Republican from Texas and chairman of the house ways and means committee, react during a meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington. Photograph: Olivier Douliery / Bloomberg

Tax expert says measures would hurt foreign multinationals with US affiliates and US companies that used ‘inversion’ deals to move their head offices overseas

Jubilation on streets of Athenry but saga could still end in tears The Central Bank’s new Dublin Docklands headquarters. The news that Irish banks are making bigger profits on mortgage lending than those in any other euro zone state will have stuck in the craw of anyone caught up in the tracker scandal. Photograph: Niall Carson/PA Wire

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Brexit may give Stock Exchange its tie-up ‘compelling reason’ Irish Stock Exchange chief executive Deirdre Somers: “Being bought is not a strategy.” Photograph: Alan Betson

Dublin exchange could be defensive bet for London exchange in context of UK’s EU exit

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Galway medtech firm Aerogen reports record revenues Aerogen was founded in 1997 as Cerus Medical by John Power

Overall turnover rises to €47.2m as revenues in core medical devices segment up 26%

iPhone X hits the spot as buyers surge to get new Apple smartphone Customers look at the new iPhone X at an Apple store during its launch at Dubai Mall.

Handset goes on sale worldwide with many eager buyers despite eye-watering cost

Nice iPhone X, shame about the facial recognition feature The new iPhone X: third-party developers could get access to the phone’s sophisticated facial recognition technology. Photograph: Elijah NouvelageAFP/Getty Images

Cantillon: Apple’s new phone is creating a buzz, but its Face ID is raising privacy issues

Connected gadgets and smart TVs vulnerable to data theft, report warns In the UK, the national trading standards body prevented almost £127 million in losses to consumers and businesses over the last year. Photograph: Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire

Consumers urged to remain vigilant as criminals exploit new technology

UK rate rise may yet prove a mistake Governor of the Bank of England Mark Carney: failure to follow through this time would have cemented his reputation as the master of mixed messages. Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/AFP/Getty Images

Mark Carney had painted himself into a corner and a rate rise now could backfire

Kazakhstan opening embassy in Ireland to expand trade and attract investment A sculpture in front of the buildings of sovereign wealth fund Samruk-Kazyna in Astana, Kazakhstan. Photograph: Reuters/Shamil Zhumatov

Former Soviet state wants to transform its capital Astana into a regional financial hub

You’re not going to learn a lot chained to a desk, says Marie O’Connor Marie O’Connor: “If women want to rise to the very top they need to put themselves in a position where they are taking responsibility for entire business units and not just restricting themselves to particular areas.” Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill

One of the first woman partners at an Irish accountancy firm stresses need to network

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Facebook confirms plans to create ‘up to 800 jobs’ in Ireland Facebook founder and chief executive Mark Zuckerberg with Taoiseach Leo Varadkar at the company’s headquarters in Menlo Park, Silicon Valley, California. Facebook has confirmed it plans to create hundreds of new jobs in Ireland next year. Photograph: Facebook

Taoiseach meets social media website’s chief executive Mark Zuckerberg in California

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