Irish consumers adopt cautionary stance as housing costs sap investing confidenceHigh rents and rising house prices a top concern for nearly a quarter of survey respondents Mon Apr 07 2025 - 05:00
Credit union mortgages jump more than 40% by value as sector eyes new lending rules Central Bank of Ireland has proposed lifting financial crisis-era limits on credit union lending to €8.6bn from current €2.9bnMon Apr 07 2025 - 05:00
Future of 60,000 Irish jobs at stake after Trump tariff shockSeen & Heard: Millennium Manamanagement to expand Dublin footprint; Confusion over plans for Intel’s Leixlip plant; Trump’s DEI war comes to Ireland; John Collison’s luxury Laois hotelSun Apr 06 2025 - 09:41
Irish food and drink sectors brace for tariff impact with butter and whiskey in the firing line Brands like Kerrygold and Jameson, among the most popular in the US in their respective categories, face uncertain future on US shelvesThu Apr 03 2025 - 17:00
Trump tariffs: European retaliation to US will be ‘negative’ for its economies, warns LagardeECB president was speaking on Newstalk’s the Pat Kenny Show on Wednesday morningWed Apr 02 2025 - 10:58
US tariffs: Irish dairy industry urges EU to avoid dragging sector into trade warUS president Donald Trump is expected to unveil details of new tariffs on European goods on WednesdayWed Apr 02 2025 - 06:00
Web Summit’s Dublin HQ hits the market for €4.5mTech conference company’s tenancy unaffected by sale, says spokesmanMon Mar 31 2025 - 16:51
Irish inflation rises slightly in March ahead of Trump tariffsFood price inflation accelerated in the month, according to latest flash estimateMon Mar 31 2025 - 11:34
Web Summit case: Three angry men finally settle their differences with a likely price tag in the tens of millionsYears of entrenched bitterness threatened to spill over in the High Court before all sides found common ground after judge’s exhortationFri Mar 28 2025 - 06:00
Web Summit shareholders settle acrimonious disputesCounsel for Paddy Cosgrave, David Kelly and Daire Hickey informed the court all matters had been resolved Thu Mar 27 2025 - 11:02
Web Summit case adjourned amid signs of breakthrough Five cases involving three former business partners before the High Court over claims involving tens of millions of euro Wed Mar 26 2025 - 18:46
Web Summit case: Hearing adjourned following ‘positive’ talks between parties after judge urges sides to reach settlement Bitter legal dispute between Paddy Cosgrave, Daire Hickey and another minority shareholder, David Kelly, being heard by Mr Justice Michael Twomey in High Court trialTue Mar 25 2025 - 13:02
Daire Hickey to give evidence in bitter Web Summit legal dispute Hickey wants chief executive Paddy Cosgrave to buy him out of his 7% stake in the tech conference businessTue Mar 25 2025 - 05:45
Paddy Cosgrave’s Web Summit partners ‘cheated’ on him and his firm, court hearsHigh Court civil trial continues in DublinFri Mar 21 2025 - 12:48
Aer Lingus College Football Classic: Why a single game is a major money-spinner for Irish economyCollege game is a proven money-spinner for local economy, largely dwarfing the value added to the economy by other big international sports eventsFri Mar 21 2025 - 05:00
Internal memo suggests Paddy Cosgrave may have been in charge even after resignation, court hearsFounder returned to lead company after departure over social media posts concerning Israel and GazaThu Mar 20 2025 - 19:34
‘No question’ Paddy Cosgrave knew about complaint against former Web Summit director Web Summit chief executive’s suggestion of ‘kompromat’ an ‘invention’, High Court hearsThu Mar 20 2025 - 14:22
Web Summit case: Paddy Cosgrave’s use of complaint against Daire Hickey ‘reprehensible’, court hearsCase continues on Thursday when Michael Cush SC, for Mr Kelly, will give his opening statementsWed Mar 19 2025 - 18:02
Web Summit may be funding part of Paddy Cosgrave’s estimated ‘€7m legal bill’, court toldWeb Summit founder paid bonus of €1m last year on return to helm after resignation in 2023 over Israel social media postsWed Mar 19 2025 - 14:27
Web Summit shareholder David Kelly ‘in cahoots’ with venture capitalist, court hearsWeb Summit chief executive Paddy Cosgrave claims former friend’s actions caused loss of $12.3mTue Mar 18 2025 - 19:26
Web Summit case day one - as it happened: David Kelly proved himself ‘disloyal and faithless’, court told as case beginsHearing of cases involving chief executive Paddy Cosgrave and two minority shareholders expected to take nine weeksTue Mar 18 2025 - 16:34
Web Summit director engaged in ‘active deception’, court hears‘Bitterness animates every aspect’ of legal dispute between shareholders, says barrister for founder Paddy CosgraveTue Mar 18 2025 - 12:38
Court to hear five separate Web Summit actionsCivil trial could potentially last nine weeksTue Mar 18 2025 - 06:00
Bumper cruise season set to make waves at Belfast HarbourPort operator expects to welcome 10 new cruise ships this season, which kicks off at the end of MarchTue Mar 18 2025 - 06:00
Irish company to unveil world-first quantum computing serverEqual1, a spin-out from UCD, has developed a sillicon-based server for use in data centres and high-performance computingMon Mar 17 2025 - 06:00
French billionaire Niel inches closer to full ownership of EirSeen & Heard: McKillen company defaulted on loans; Sláintecare a boon for private firms; Solar 21 gets green light for projectSun Mar 16 2025 - 10:24
AIB raises €500m in new ‘green’ bond issue to finance projects with environmental benefitsIssuance comes two months after the bank raised €700m in perpetual bond saleFri Mar 14 2025 - 08:21
‘Landmark’ year for Glenveagh as it delivers record revenue and completes 2,400 homesHomebuilder buoyed by suburban units, partnershipsThu Mar 13 2025 - 08:01
European shares snap losing streak on Ukraine ceasefire proposalRetailers and sportswear-makers decline after bleak Puma forecastWed Mar 12 2025 - 17:56
Web Summit dispute headed for High Court as mediation breaks downBitter legal row between Paddy Cosgrave and former business partners Daire Hickey and David Kelly could take nine weeks to hearWed Mar 12 2025 - 15:34
House building activity rises despite ‘mixed’ construction trends‘Muted operating environment’ sees building activity shrink again in February, according to AIB surveyTue Mar 11 2025 - 00:00
Ryanair removes restriction on non-EU nationals buying sharesInvestors from outside the European Union will still be barred from voting at shareholder meetings Mon Mar 10 2025 - 13:01
Web Summit founders Paddy Cosgrave, Daire Hickey, David Kelly set for High Court showdownWhat do court documents tell us, and what’s at stake for the three former friends?Fri Mar 07 2025 - 06:00
Talks to secure future of Aer Lingus college football game out to 2034 at ‘advanced stage’Last year’s edition added an estimated €146m to the Irish economy, according to reportFri Mar 07 2025 - 05:00
Defence stocks surge on German spending planIseq index up 2.9% amid big moves for AIB and KingspanWed Mar 05 2025 - 18:50
Salesforce to cut about 50 jobs in Dublin as part of global initiativeMinister for Enterprise Peter Burke received a collective redundancy notification from the software company on February 4thFri Feb 28 2025 - 17:11
Aer Lingus operating profits drop €20m in 2024 amid disruptionIAG-owned carrier blames pilots’ dispute and increased transatlantic competition for declineFri Feb 28 2025 - 07:19
Confusion over Minister’s ‘contradictory’ remarks about Meta Ireland job cutsUnion urges Peter Burke to ‘fully investigate’ tech giant’s cull of ‘low performers’Fri Feb 28 2025 - 06:00
Irish Independent owner reports lower advertising revenuesRevenues at Mediahuis ‘stable’ year-on-year at €1.2 billion, Belgian group reportsThu Feb 27 2025 - 13:43
O’Neill’s sees profits rise by 70% amid fall in materials and packaging costsCompany is best known in Ireland for its association with the GAA but has expanded its reach internationally in recent times.Thu Feb 27 2025 - 06:00
Irish consumers nervous about Trump policy shift as sentiment remains subduedHalf of households fear negative impact of US policies on personal finances, according to credit union surveyThu Feb 27 2025 - 05:00
Meta’s Irish job cuts: Concerns over employment law compliance to be raised with firm by Sinn FéinParty's spokeswoman on employment has written to minister for enterprise about legal questionsWed Feb 26 2025 - 06:00
Belfast Harbour sees slight jump in trade volumes amid record freight traffic Container volumes up 3% after two years of decline that followed Covid boom of 2021Tue Feb 25 2025 - 00:15
Center Parcs ‘trading well’ as £100m expansion in Longford underwayLongford resort secured permission to add almost 200 lodges to the property in late 2023Mon Feb 24 2025 - 17:49
Former Fianna Fáil TD Lisa Chambers joins Declan Kelly’s ConselloOne-time Seanad leader will lead the advisory firm’s public affairs unitMon Feb 24 2025 - 12:43
MKC appoints Brian Harrison as new managing directorHarrison replaces company cofounder Tim Kinsella, who will move into an executive director role after 10 years at the helmMon Feb 24 2025 - 06:00
Watered down EU sustainability rules will be a relief to unprepared Irish companiesOmnibus legislation published this week will reportedly look to water down the new standards to boost Europe’s economyMon Feb 24 2025 - 00:00
Ireland must ramp up incentives for computer chip industry, says IntelSeen & Heard: McKillen and Qatari sheikh’s mediation; Xerotech saftey concerns; Glenveagh set for crunch talks over north Dublin siteSun Feb 23 2025 - 10:15
Meta Ireland staff seek legal advice over latest job cuts at tech giantMark Zuckerberg said the cuts were ‘performance-based’ but some employees have queried the legality of the processSat Feb 22 2025 - 06:00
Revenue opens its most serious form of investigation into collapsed AI company AltadaAltada liquidator has informed creditors that a level 3 investigation by Revenue is under wayFri Feb 21 2025 - 17:29
