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The EY Entrepreneur Of The Year awards take place. Partner Kevin McLoughlin, centre, says the finalists, spread across 10 sectors, are reflective of the strength and diversity in Irish business. Photograph: Shane O’Neill Photography
The major business events coming up in the week ahead

Monday Results: Hasbro. Indicators: Euro zone consumer confidence flash (Oct); UK business optimism index (Q4), industrial trends orders (Oct); US(...)

Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe: splurged €1.2 billion in new spending and tax cuts in the budget, split on roughly a 2:1 basis in favour of spending. Photograph: Gareth Chaney/Collins
Donohoe dismantles couch to find €1.2bn for budget

The various tax increases announced by Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe in Tuesday’s budget provided some social media users with the usual ammun(...)

Intel wildflower meadow a year after it was sowed with factory in the background
Insect hotels and wildflower meadows: industrial site goes green

The relationship between industrial production and the environment has very rarely been a happy one. So it comes as an agreeable surprise to find tha(...)

Workers entering the Intel facility at Leixlip, Co Kildare. Photograph: Dave Meehan/The Irish Times
Intel granted planning permission for Leixlip site

Global tech giant Intel has been granted planning permission for a manufacturing facility at its Leixlip, Co Kildare, facility. It was confirmed by A(...)

Uprise founder Paul O’Connell established the festival in 2015
Uprise festival to shift main conference from Amsterdam to Dublin

Uprise, a “people first, tech second” festival that began life in Amsterdam before expanding to Dublin, is to relocate its main conference to Ireland.(...)

Investors expect Ryanair and International Consolidated Airlines Group, which owns owner of Aer Lingus and British Airways, to benefit from the failure of Monarch. Photograph: Mary Turner/Reuters
Ryanair shares soar after collapse of UK rival Monarch

Markets gained ground on Tuesday as the dollar weakened slightly against the euro. The Irish Stock Exchange outperformed peers as a number of leading (...)

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in New York . Photographer: Michael Nagle/Bloomberg
Markets lifted by optimism over outlook for US economy

World stock markets climbed on Monday, lifted by optimism over the outlook for corporate earnings and US president Donald Trump’s tax reform plan, wh(...)

Tech Ireland said there are at least 66 companies working in the AI sector, employing almost 2,500 people. Photograph: iStock/Askold Romanov, Mlenny & Tricia Seibold
Thriving AI ecosystem developing in Ireland, figures show

Plans are afoot to establish the first dedicated masters in artificial intelligence (AI) programme in the country as IDA Ireland continues with moves (...)

Jobbio founders John and Stephen Quinn. More than 6,000 companies are signed up to the platform. Photograph: Conor McCabe Photography
Jobbio to double Dublin workforce as it raises extra $10m

Dublin-headquartered hiring marketplace Jobbio has raised an additional $10 million (€8.4 million) and announced plans to double its workforce locally(...)

In What Are You Working For? Philip Boucher Hayes finds people willing to talk about their earnings. Photograph: RTE
Irish people will discuss anything other than what they earn

Irish people would rather talk about virtually anything other than how much they earn. This becomes crystal clear just seconds into Philip Bouche(...)