Several Irish firms cited the UK as a key source of weakness for goods orders

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Delisting comes just as company is showing real signs of life

Dublin market slides 0.9% to end week

Flows into term savings accounts with agreed maturity of up to two years easing, says Central Bank

Waterland Ireland has invested in five so-called platform companies here since 2019

Passenger revenues rise despite Holyhead disruption after winter storm damage and reduction in sailings on Dover-Calais route

Department of Finance to issue auto-enrolment instructions in early December

Life sciences investment group returned €150m to shareholders earlier this year after Poseida deal as it continues to wind down activity

Hotel group agreed in July to be bought by a Nordic consortium for €1.4bn

New scheme subject to several delays over the years, but is now set to take effect in January

Latest data follow 10.6% annual decline previously reported by statistics agency for first quarter

Iseq All-Share index slips as banks out of sorts

Sales grow at a faster pace than production and running costs and is ‘well positioned for a more focused growth phase’, management says

However, living costs continue to be ‘a painful and persistent difficulty’ for many Irish households