RTE Business

Red tape, input costs and the weather rank highest in the challenges facing Irish farmers, according to the latest report from farming, food and agribusiness specialist professional services firm Ifac.

Premier Inn owner Whitbread has today reported a modest increase in total accommodation sales in the UK for a six-week period, and reaffirmed its full-year 2025 forecast, supported by strong sales in Germany.

European discounter Pepco Group said the performance of its struggling Poundland business in Britain deteriorated in the Christmas quarter, with underlying revenue falling 7.3%.

A Co Louth bookshop owner has said the Government's introduction of free schoolbooks has been a "death knell" for independent bookshops across Ireland.

Richemont, the owner of Cartier jewellery, said today it had beaten market expectations for third-quarter sales, in a positive sign for the high-end of the luxury sector over the all-important Christmas season.

Britain's economic output struggled to grow in November after finance minister Rachel Reeves announced big tax increases for businesses, official data showed today.

Mobile payments used to be regarded as less 'painful' than using cash, but that might be changing

Donald Trump's second presidential term promises a return to tariffs as he pressures partners and rivals to tackle everything from migration to drug trafficking, while protecting US industries - in moves that could trigger new trade wars.

Sailings into and out of Holyhead Port have resumed this morning, after a temporary closure due to damage caused by Storm Darragh in early December.

Sailings into and out of Holyhead Port have resumed this morning, after a temporary closure due to damage caused by Storm Darragh in early December.

Infrastructure consulting firm, AECOM, proposes Programmatic Thinking as an approach to support higher volume and faster delivery of construction projects.

Almost half of adults in Ireland rarely, if ever, review their savings goals, new research shows.

Professional services firm DHKN has merged with Moore Ireland to create one of the biggest accounting firms in the mid-market sector here.

Galway headquarterd engineering company Glanua has acquired UK-based Marches Biogas, an engineering and services firm that specialises in anaerobic digestion and biogas production.

Families on low incomes in Ireland have been less able to convert household income into an adequate standard of living compared with those in Northern Ireland, according to new research by the ESRI.

Wind and solar farms have saved Irish consumers a total of €840 million since the year 2000, according to new research for Wind Energy Ireland.

Almost three-quarters of office workers believe their employer holds staff personally responsible, either through disciplinary action or unfavourable treatment, for cybersecurity incidents, according to a new survey.

Wind and solar farms have saved Irish consumers a total of €840 million since the year 2000, according to new research for Wind Energy Ireland, published today.

Almost three-quarters of office workers believe their employer holds staff personally responsible, either through disciplinary action or unfavourable treatment, for cybersecurity incidents - a survey has said.

Like any Programme for Government today's document provides the incoming Cabinet with plenty of wriggle room in the event they can't live up to their promises.