Negative equity fears ease, delivery issue for business, whiskey returns to Connacht

The number of homes in negative equity has fallen by three-quarters from its post-crash low but almost one in 10 homeowners are still affected, according to Central Bank data. Eoin Burke-Kennedy has the details.

As the Christmas shopping frenzy continues, the European Union is promising action onparcel delivery as a study by Eurostat shows that fewer than half of business selling only are entertaining orders from other EU states. And only a quarter are doing business online with customers outside the EU, reports Charlie Taylor.

Charlie also reports on the first whiskey to be produced in Connacht in over 100 years, which comes of age this week at Drumshanbo's Shed Distillery in Leitrim.

An Irish technology startup has signed a deal that will see it power racing information screens for punters at 55 British racecourses from next July, writes Barry O'Halloran.

Nearly 60,000 people now working in IT, up 56% in five years

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Warm autumn cools sales growth at Zara owner Inditex

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Tech firm to create 150 jobs at new Dublin headquarters

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Time’s ‘Silence Breakers’ moment only a start for media culture change

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Brexit is a nightmare, as anyone who reads Chris Johns will know but this week he argues that the potential for a bond bubble could have an even bigger impact on our lives, affecting everything from mortgage rates to pensions and stock market sentiments to latitude for Central bank policy.

And Francess McDonnell takes a look at a low level surge in interest in exploring for gold in Northern Ireland with several new players having recently secured licences to the concern of objectors.