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People hold a rally outside Carrolls cuisine in Offaly

SIPTU members at Carroll's Cuisine take strike action

SIPTU members employed at Carroll's Cuisine in Tullamore, Co Offaly are taking strike action in a dispute over pay and union recognition.

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Like Father, Like Son: Murdoch family's succession row

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How ETFs are hooking a new generation of investors

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Jacobs set to leave daa but will his exit deal take off?

Comment and Analysis

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Pension auto-enrolment deadline looms for employers

Analysis and Comment

US and Swiss flags on big containers

Switzerland wins tariff rate cut to 15% in US trade deal

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Euro zone economy holds up, trade surplus surges

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PTSB to sell €76m of non-performing loans to Mars Capital

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Technology & Innovation

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OpenAI launches new Irish partnerships

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Google offers EU to change adtech policy, no divestment

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Ubisoft delays H1 results, requests trading suspension

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Apple refused permission to appeal UK ruling on app store

Google said today the EU move risks degrading the quality of search results

Google hit with EU investigation into its spam policy

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Coimisiún na Meán opens investigation into X

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AMD shares up as investors cheer AI-driven growth targets

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Work

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Employment law experts to discuss warning signs for IR

Restaurant bar worker Greece

Why has Greece introduced a 13 hour working day?

Work and careers

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HSE criticised in WRC sexual harassment decision

John King, SIPTU General Secretary Elect speaking at the union's conference

SIPTU warns of industrial unrest due to cost of living

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Remote working a 'mistake', claims Denis O'Brien

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ECJ upholds legality of EU's minimum wage directive

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Working from home vs office: why it doesn't have to be a battle

Work and careers

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Analysis & Comment

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Pension auto-enrolment deadline looms for employers

Analysis and Comment

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Like Father, Like Son: Murdoch family's succession row

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5 takeaways from Government's housing plan

Analysis and Comment

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EU enlargement: No Big Bang, just a challenging trickle

Analysis and Comment

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Bubble Trouble: Is too much being spent on AI?

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Your money

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How ETFs are hooking a new generation of investors

The KPMG survey's respondents cited having less disposable income for the decision

KPMG: Consumers plan to spend less on Christmas shopping

Central Bank warns over increase in AI 'deepfake' scams

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Average rents up 4.3% in year to September - Daft report

5 tips to save money on your electricity bill

Inertia is big challenge of the pension landscape - CIPD

Homeowners refinance to renovate as equity release jumps

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Personal loans reach record high of €754m in Q3 - BPFI

Bank of Ireland says older customers who have spent years building their savings are being deliberately targeted by fraudsters.

Over 65s targeted by investment scams - Bank of Ireland

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Are you really more likely to get divorced than switch banks?

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Ireland faces falling tax revenues as population ages

Ex-Central Bank boss criticises banks on tracker scandal

The Business of Climate

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How a new approach to Irish timber could help deliver homes

Drone footage of floods in Midleton, Co Cork during Storm Babet in October 2023. Photo: RTÉ Prime Time

How extreme weather will affect the insurance and energy sectors

A front loader dumps sand in a pile in a cement factory

Global fossil fuel emissions to hit new record - study

SSE today posted a 28% year-on-year drop in first-half adjusted pretax profit to £521.5m for the six months ended September 30

SSE launches £2 billion equity raise for investment plans

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World oil and gas demand could grow until 2050, IEA says

Padraig Walsh, project manager of the Farm Zero C initiative, at the site near Bandon, Co Cork

Cork farm trialling new techniques to cut emissions

Man in a high-vis jacket and hair net pictured beside a Coca-Cola bottling conveyor belt

Coca-Cola HBC to expand Lisburn plant in €31m investment

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US Tariffs

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US and Swiss flags on big containers

Switzerland wins tariff rate cut to 15% in US trade deal

Euro zone economy holds up, trade surplus surges

Corporation tax makes up quarter of Ireland's tax revenue

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Chinese goods dumping started before tariffs - ECB study

Sony raises profit forecast by 8%, cites lower tariff hit

Daimler Truck posts 40% drop in quarterly profit

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China's exports fall for first time in eight months

Germany faces rising financial stability risk - bank

A grew Toyota bZ7 vehicle displayed at a car show

Toyota raises profit outlook, bets it can ride out tariff

Pandora cuts sales growth forecast as Europe slows

Pfizer raises profit forecast for second time in a row

Philips profit boosted by AI tools, tariff mitigation

Business Brainstorm

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Why so many companies are investing in weather forecasting

A building constructed from timber

How a new approach to Irish timber could help deliver homes

Drone footage of floods in Midleton, Co Cork during Storm Babet in October 2023. Photo: RTÉ Prime Time

How extreme weather will affect the insurance and energy sectors

"The general public's concerns about flooding have increased for many over the last 10 years, and a large majority of people expect the problem to get worse in the coming decades" Photo: RTÉ

Would you buy a house with a 10% chance of flooding every year?

Restaurant bar worker Greece

Why has Greece introduced a 13 hour working day?

Work and careers

Shoe made from waste pineapple plant fibre

Why Ireland could lead in a new multi-trillion euro industry

Futurevillle Waterfront district

What would we need in an Irish city in 2050?

Futureville Ireland

What if your smartwatch could sing your health data to you?

commuters city street

Working from home vs office: why it doesn't have to be a battle

Work and careers

5 tips to save money on your electricity bill

The hospitality crisis: what's happening to Irish restaurants?

Business Watch and Listen

The KPMG survey's respondents cited having less disposable income for the decision

KPMG: Consumers plan to spend less on Christmas shopping

Ryanair booking app on a mobile phone against a photograph of Ryanair planes displayed on a computer screen

Ryanair moves to 100% digital boarding passes

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Average rents up 4.3% in year to September - Daft report

Bord Bia Foodservice Manager Maureen Gahan with a chef and another man launch the Bord Bia Market insights report

Food service sector hits record €10 billion - Bord Bia

Inertia is big challenge of the pension landscape - CIPD

Bank of Ireland says older customers who have spent years building their savings are being deliberately targeted by fraudsters.

Over 65s targeted by investment scams - Bank of Ireland

Central Bank fines Coinbase Europe €21.5m for breaches

Global trends show rising youth unemployment

Rise in youth unemployment 'worrying trend' - ESRI

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Cyber leaders worried about budgets and burnout - survey

Climate projects too small to secure funding, says report

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Ireland faces falling tax revenues as population ages

The nitrates derogation would allow Irish farmers some relief from the strict EU rules aimed at protecting watercourses from agricultural pollution caused by fertiliser and animal waste

Reaching 'endgame' on renewal of EU nitrates derogation

Agribusiness

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New €12.7m research facility opens in Co Wexford

The promise of an EU-UK veterinary agreement was a key element of the EU-UK summit in May

EU gives green light for talks with UK on agri-food

Bencroy Mountain in Co Leitrim

Leitrim farmers leading large-scale wetland restoration

Three men stand on a stage with awards for the World Steak Challenge

Dawn Meats and Lidl wins World's Best Steak award

Padraig Walsh, project manager of the Farm Zero C initiative, at the site near Bandon, Co Cork

Cork farm trialling new techniques to cut emissions

Turkeys in a barn on a poultry farm

Bird flu outbreak confirmed at turkey farm in Monaghan

Housing order for all poultry amid high risk of bird flu

a turkey bird is standing on the street in the rays of the sun

Will bird flu mean there won't be turkeys for Christmas?

A curious group of cows look at the people passing by

'More needs to be done' on nitrates, says EU Commissioner

Flock of chicken in farm

What is bird flu and how concerning is the spread?

Free range turkeys gather together on a farm.

Call for intense focus on biosecurity amid bird flu cases

Bronze turkeys on a farm in Termonfeckin, near Drogheda

Bird flu outbreak at second commercial turkey farm

Startup Nation

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O'Sullivan winner of EI's Founder of the Year award

Four women pose in a garden holdig signs to encourage female entrepreneurship

Going for Growth's 18th programme for women entrepreneurs

Meta-Flux co-founders Lee Sherlock (CEO) and Brendan Martin (CTO) at Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute (TBSI) in Dublin, with an 800 MHz NMR spectrometer.

Irish start-up raises €1.8m to develop 'AI biologist'

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Start-Ups success on South Dublin New Frontiers Programme

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Three Start-ups Join ESA BIC Ireland at NovaUCD