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Irish healthcare provider Vida Care has closed a €1m funding round, as it aims to open ten health screening and testing clinics around the country.

Dublin-based medical technology company Fire1 has raised $120m in new financing.

Meta Platforms has elected three new directors to its board, including Dana White, CEO of Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) and close friend of president-elect Donald Trump.

US President Joe Biden will ban new offshore oil and gas development along most US coastlines, a decision President-elect Donald Trump, who has vowed to boost domestic energy production, may find difficult to reverse.

Nvidia has taken the wraps off new products such as artificial intelligence to better train robots and cars, souped-up gaming chips and its first desktop computer, as it expounded upon its potential to expand its business.

Clothing retailer Next edged up its annual profit outlook for the fourth time in six months after a strong Christmas but warned of a slowdown in its home market in its new financial year as tax rises bite.

Some work on Dublin City Council's affordable housing project on the Oscar Traynor Road in Coolock has been paused after a number of defects were identified at the site and due to the failure to comply with building regulations.

The top concern for the future among workers is the unethical use of artificial intelligence for things such as discrimination or privacy breaches, according to new research.

As government formation talks continue, politicians have received the latest insight into the health of the economy. On the face of it, there is little to worry about, but beneath the surface it is a very different story.

The US Federal Reserve's top banking regulator has announced his early resignation, avoiding a confrontation with President-elect Donald Trump who can now pick his replacement.

Corporation tax increased by 18% last year to €28bn, according to the latest Exchequer Returns from the Department of Finance.

New figures show that electricity from renewable sources provided almost half of total demand in December.

Nippon Steel and US Steel filed suit today over President Joe Biden's decision to block the Japanese giant's proposed acquisition of its American rival, accusing his administration of "illegal interference" in the huge transaction.

Dublin-based aircraft lessor AerCap said that during 2024 it signed a total of 496 lease agreements, completed 150 purchases and 166 sale transactions.

A Revenue review of a glaring pension loophole found some businesses were transferring over €500,000 per year into funds for the owner, their spouse, their children, or parents.

Last year was one of the quietest on record for the London Stock Exchange, which saw the largest outflow of companies since the global financial crisis, stark new analysis shows.

Pharmaceutical firm MSD has agreed a deal to buy the WuXi Vaccines manufacturing facility in Dundalk, Co Louth as part of its long-term plans in Ireland.

Investor morale in the euro zone fell in January to its lowest in more than a year, a survey showed today, with Germany remaining a continued drag on the bloc.

The euro zone economy ended 2024 in a fragile state, according a survey which showed overall activity contracted for a second month in a row December as a modest recovery in the services industry failed to offset a deeper downturn in manufacturing.

The euro zone labour market's exceptional resilience is unlikely to last as the one-off factors driving its strength are waning, although there is also no dramatic weakening on the horizon, European Central Bank research showed today.