RTE Business

It seems like a long time ago now. But the businesses that were facing financial meltdown when the Government announced the first Covid-19 lockdown in early 2020 will never forget it.

The employment status of workers at RTÉ was back in the spotlight this week as trade unions highlighted concerns around so-called bogus self-employed staff.

Paying off your mortgage early could save you thousands and help you to become debt free at a younger age.

It must feel decidedly uncomfortable being pulled in two directions at once, but that's the situation facing ministers Paschal Donohoe and Michael McGrath as they face growing calls to increase spending.

KBC Bank Ireland will return its banking licence to the Central Bank of Ireland next week, in its last act before exiting the Irish market.

Pope Francis will attend this year's G7 leaders' summit to discuss the challenges posed by Artificial Intelligence.

The Irish arm of a Russian aircraft leasing firm should pay former staff over €30,000 for employment rights breaches after it shut up shop when it was hit by sanctions linked to the invasion of Ukraine the WRC has ruled, despite also acknowledging that the company was unable to pay them redundancy.

The planned 'Dublin Fields' movie studios for a site in south Dublin "will be a world class studio" and occupy the top tier of movie studios globally alongside Pinewood in London and Trilith in the US.

Chinese-founded fast-fashion company Shein will have to comply with tough new EU online content rules after its user numbers soared above a key benchmark, joining a score of other Big Tech companies already subject to the rules, the European Commission has said.

Great news for consumers, businesses and the economy, but not so good for existing Irish banks and non-bank lenders is how the announcement that Spanish lender Bankinter intends to enter the Irish market in a more meaningful way has been interpreted.

Russia's central bank has today held interest rates unchanged after President Vladimir Putin cautioned against cutting borrowing costs prematurely.

US inflation rose moderately in March, but that is unlikely to change financial markets' expectations that the Federal Reserve will hold off cutting interest rates until September.

Copper prices rallied above $10,000 per tonne for the first time in two years today, propelled by soaring global demand and tight supplies.

Shares in Snap jumped nearly 25% in premarket trading today after targeted ads and new features helped the owner of the photo messaging app beat Wall Street expectations for first-quarter revenue and user growth.

A man working for an Irish based investment firm earned more than €24m in 2022, according to data released by the European Banking Authority.

Exxon Mobil has today missed analysts' estimates with a 28% year-on-year drop in first quarter profits as weaker refining margins and lower natural gas prices offset volume gains.

Avant Money has become the latest home lender to announce plans to cut its mortgage interest rates, while it also said it will introduce a new incentive to support people who wish to move their mortgage to it.

LloydsPharmacy's deal to buy McCabes Pharmacy has secured approval from the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC).

The Irish banking market is set to receive a competition boost with news from Spanish lender Bankinter that it intends to use its subsidiary Avant Money as an Irish banking branch.

Euro zone lending continued to stagnate in March and consumers trimmed their inflation expectations as record-high borrowing costs kept putting the brakes on the euro zone's economy, European Central Bank (ECB) reports showed today.