Iseq edges ahead with Ryanair rising 0.4% to €16.15 on back of positive passenger data

Rare black leader of a major US company, he oversaw development of cancer blockbuster Keytruda

Pharmaceuticals firm forecasts earnings in $1.69-$1.74 a share band, up from $1.59-$1.67

Shire shares slide 8% as analysts concerned about ambitious savings target from merger

Shire has been pursuing Illinois-headquartered Baxalta for the past five months

Pharma worker had to give up work due to fibromyalgia health problems

Dublin-based group went public with its approach after the US firm turned it down

Sentences handed down for educators’ roles in standardised test cheating scandal

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Ireland’s women on course for a place in World Cup semi-finals after historic victory

Investigation reveals firm made billions of yuan from bribing doctors and hospitals

DUP accuses Matt Baggott of stonewalling over former officer’s claims

Philip Doyle makes three changes and a positional switch to Irish Women’s team for game against Italy at the Aviva stadium

Ireland hit a brick wall that left any hope of repeating last season’s Triple Crown in ruins.

Job cuts at Pfizer, Baxter and MSD look like a worrying trend but it is too early to call it a crisis