Businesses battled rising raw material costs in December while factory gate price rises hit a 19-month low, squeezing margins

Dublin-headquartered group founded in 2004 runs 76 GP clinics in Ireland and has operations in Germany and the Netherlands

Overall spending increased by €9.4bn, bringing total voted expenditure for coming year to €117bn

Budget airline Ryanair dropped 0.4% to finish the year on €29.55, but just 11.1m shares were traded in the company on Thursday

The year was marked by many ups and down, from a boardroom bust up at airport operator DAA to skyrocketing house prices

Ryanair finished down 0.2% in Dublin as the shrugged off the imposition of a €255.8m fine by Italy’s competition watchdog

Planning permission given for 934 homes on site of former Central Mental Hospital in Dundrum

Proposals form part of efforts to ensure consumer protection framework keeps pace with evolving markets and digital products

Report highlights ‘sustained pressure’ as Ireland moves into 2026, pointing to rising employment costs

Meanwhile, producer prices for food products increased by 3% in the year and 0.1% since October

Niclas Mårtensson says roads around Rosslare Europort are not suitable for heavy goods vehicles transporting goods from exporters

Ferry company also defends decision to axe Rosslare-Cherbourg service earlier the year

The city of Gothenburg has been transformed from a shipbuilding town to a global hub for manufacturing, services and life sciences

Information exchange deal with other OECD countries to tackle tax evasion will disclose details of income coming for foreign property

Rónán Murphy, who has served as chairman since the company floated on the stock exchange in 2017, is to retire