RTE Business

Top US and Chinese officials were meeting in London today to try to defuse a high-stakes trade dispute that has widened beyond tit-for-tat tariffs to restrictions over rare earths, threatening to cripple supply chains and slow global growth.

Dublin City Council has given the green light to Fáilte Ireland for its planning application to establish a food hall at the vacant St Andrew's Church on Suffolk Street in Dublin 2.

The seasonally adjusted Live Register total for May 2025 was 165,700 people, down by 4,700 people or 2.8% from April 2025.

Greencoat Renewables has become the first Irish company to list on the Alternative Exchange of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE).

Revenue has announced that approximately 1,800 Residential Zoned Land Tax returns have been filed to date, with liabilities of almost €40 million paid.

Four Irish accountancy students can count themselves the best in the world after finishing first and second in their exams.

EV charging network, EasyGo, has partnered with the Department of Transport to launch a first-of-its-kind national pilot scheme aimed at removing one of the biggest barriers to electric vehicle adoption in Ireland.

Billy Kane, founder and chief executive of Finance Ireland, has been appointed to the board of Banking & Payments Federation Ireland for a two-year tenure.

SYS Financial, a provider of financial planning and employee benefits in Ireland, has announced the launch of its expanded private health insurance advisory service, specifically tailored to meet the needs of businesses amid soaring health insurance premiums.

Telecommunications provider, eir, has announced the launch of its ultra-fast 5 gigabit fibre broadband nationwide, which is said, sets a new benchmark for speed, performance, and connectivity in Irish homes.

China's export growth slowed to a three-month low in May as US tariffs slammed shipments, while factory-gate deflation deepened to its worst level in two years, heaping pressure on the world's second-largest economy on both the domestic and external fronts.

The high cost of living in Ireland is taking a major toll on pension savings, according to 60% of financial advisors surveyed.

Saor Water has been named the overall winner of the 2025 Enterprise Ireland Student Entrepreneur Awards.

Flogas has announced its partnership with Electric Picnic, becoming the festival's official energy partner.

MyWealthManagement Group has unveiled expansion plans aimed at increasing its workforce and scaling its operations over the next five years.

The spat between Donald Trump and Elon Musk is a vivid example of how a massive blowup with your boss can be destructive and dangerous

The dollar slipped against all major currencies on Monday, as exuberance over an upbeat US employment report gave way to caution ahead of pivotal US-China trade talks set to take place in London later in the day.

The Government has little choice about reforming the existing rent caps if it wants to attract badly needed investment back to the market to increase the supply of new homes, but the challenge is that it is very hard to relax them without consequences for tenants, writes David Murphy.

The Health and Safety Authority (HSA) is beginning a two-week national inspection campaign focusing on silica dust exposure in construction.