The Exam Squad: Leaving Certificate students at Dunshaughlin Community College, Dunshaughlin, Co Meath. From left; Linda McCormack, Stuart Bridgett, Catherine Vance, Sarah Keane, Aaron Gilmartin and Albert Wilkinson.Photographer: Dara Mac Dónaill/The Irish Times

Dublin casts a long shadow over Dunshaughlin Community College in Co Meath. Rising property prices during the boom led many of the students’ parents (...)

CONOR POPE It took just two hours for One Direction’s two Croke Park concerts to sell out this morning. Tens of thousands of fans (...)

Google’s decision to shut down its web-based payments system, Google Checkout, is being seen as a “clever” if inevitable move by ecommerce expe(...)

With an item now purchased on eBay every second via tablet or smartphone, the popularity of mobile shopping is obvious. According to Conn(...)

A new eBay facility will be opened by Taoiseach Enda Kenny and PayPal president David Marcus in Dundalk today. Photograph: Cyril Byrne/The Irish Times

Taoiseach Enda Kenny has officially opened Ebay’s new European headquarters in Dundalk. The Co Louth facility will be responsible for customer (...)

EBay shares fell 2.9 per cent to $54.45 in after-hours trading last night. Photograph: Mike Blake/Reuters

EBay gave a disappointing earnings forecast for the second quarter, blaming poor European sales. The e-commerce company forecast a secon(...)

John Hinshaw, HP’s executive vice president of technology and operations

It has been a week of high drama for computer giant HP, book-ended by board resignations – including the departure of chairman Ray Lane – late last(...)

 Jake de Barra with an antique carousel for sale on eBay. Photograph: Cyril Byrne

Your junk may be worth something – but how do you know how much “gold” you have in your attic? TV programmes and a recent Gumtree survey sugges(...)

At PayPal parent eBay’s analyst day today, analysts are likely to seek core details about fees MasterCard, and possibly Visa, plan to ch(...)

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In July 2007, the Harris Report indicated that less than one third of pupils from English-medium schools achieved mastery of the Irish language(...)

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