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The price of Donald Trump's new cryptocurrency called $TRUMP soared yesterday, with the amount held by the US president-elect and his associates now valued at more than $38 billion.

Banco Santander is reviewing its presence in Britain, a person familiar with the matter said, two decades after its acquisition of Abbey National made it a major player on the country's high streets.

Lufthansa has finalised its acquisition of a 41% stake in Italian state-owned airline ITA after European antitrust remedies were put in place, in a deal designed to boost the carrier's presence in the lucrative southern European market.

The organisers of the annual snowbound gathering in Davos say this year's event comes at a "highly consequential moment for the world", an understatement if ever there was one, writes Europe Editor Tony Connelly.

The technology world has embraced Donald Trump, with many CEOs seeing opportunities in his 'America First', anti-regulation policies, reports Work and Technology Correspondent Brian O'Donovan.

Venture Capital investment in Ireland remained stable last year; it picked up in the final quarter despite the challenging funding environment, and there are signs of confidence returing in 2025.

Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has proposed to tighten restrictions on who can purchase housing in the country, as part of his drive to ease an affordable-homes crisis.

From Mayo to Australia - an Irish-made solar emergency defibrillator unit has been unveiled this weekend in rural northwest Australia.

A long-awaited public inquiry into a hugely controversial plan for a large underground goldmine in Co Tyrone began to unravel shortly after a brown envelope was left on the top table shortly before it began.

Michael Lowry's role in recent government formation talks has raised criticism and questions about his past, specifically findings about him in the 2011 Moriarty Tribunal. Our Economics and Public Affairs Correspondent David Murphy explores those questions that just won't go away.

TikTok stopped working in the US late last night and disappeared from Apple and Google app stores ahead of a law that takes effect today, requiring the shutdown of the app used by 170 million Americans.

Celebrating its fiftieth anniversary, Ireland's major craft and design artists will be showing off their wares for their annual trade exhibition called 'Showcase' at the RDS in Dublin from tomorrow.

It may seem like a distant dream for most, but retiring in your 30s or 40s is viewed as a realistic goal for those following the FIRE movement.

The new draft programme for government includes plans to cut the VAT rate to 9% for food services, entertainment and hairdressing in the next budget.

TikTok warned it will go dark in the United States unless President Joe Biden's administration provides assurances to companies like Apple and Google that it will not face enforcement actions when a ban takes effect.

New Pollstar figures show that Coldplay's Croke Park concerts ranked 3rd in the 'Top 300 worldwide concert grosses', with U2's two string of shows at the Sphere in Las Vegas taking the top two places with a combined box office of $134.72m.

IFA President Francie Gorman says analysis on the proposed Mercosur trade deal backs up the concerns raised by beef farmers here and across Europe.

Carlsberg has today announced the completion of its acquisition of Irish soft drinks maker Britvic Ireland, following its purchase of parent company Britvic PLC.

The US Supreme Court ruled against TikTok in its challenge to a federal law that would have required the popular short-video app to be sold by its Chinese parent company ByteDance or banned in the United States on 19 January

Pre-tax profits at Circle K Ireland Energy last year almost halved to €6.9 million.