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Euro zone inflation eased below the European Central Bank's target last month, data showed today, underpinning expectations for another interest rate cut this week, even as global trade tensions fuel longer-term price pressures.

Bank of Ireland is to reduce the interest rate on its 12 and 18-month fixed-term deposits by 0.25% from this Thursday.

Pre-tax profits at the Cork-based food firm that operates the Cully & Sully brand increased by 5% to €3.07m last year.

China's factory activity in May shrank for the first time in eight months, a private-sector survey showed today, indicating US tariffs are now starting to directly hurt the manufacturing superpower.

The country's manufacturing sector grew at a solid pace in May as strong domestic demand offset a second successive monthly decline in export orders due to subdued sales into the US and Britain, a new survey showed today.

The OECD has slashed its annual global growth forecast today, warning that US President Donald Trump's tariffs blitz will stifle the world economy - hitting the US especially hard.

Pizza maker Crust & Crumb is to double the size of its production facility at Ballyconnell in Co Cavan.

Airbus delivered around 51 airplanes in May, industry sources said, down 4% from the same month last year.

Scandinavian property companies Pandox and Eiendomsspar have jointly proposed to buy Ireland's largest hotel group Dalata Hotel Group for €1.3 billion, they said today.

Business group Ibec has warned that Ireland's current public investment model for research and innovation does not match the country's ambition to become a European Innovation Leader.

Cybersecurity remains the top investment priority for Irish tech leaders who are facing increasing budget constraints, geopolitical tensions and continued technological change.

Dublin has been confirmed as a finalist among a pool of four cities to host the Rotary International Convention in 2029 or 2031.

China has said it "firmly rejects" US claims that it had violated a sweeping tariffs deal, as tensions between the two economic superpowers showed signs of ratcheting back up.

Revenues at the Irish web services arm of online giant, Amazon soared by €1bn or 16.5% to €7.09bn last year.

In a week when the minister responsible for housing admitted that meeting the Government's own target for the delivery of new housing this year would be "extremely challenging", RTÉ's Economics and Public Affairs Editor David Murphy examines three key issues that must be addressed.

Hotelier and well known businessman Christy Maye has died.

US President Donald Trump has said he planned to increase tariffs on imported steel and aluminium to 50% from 25%, ratcheting up pressure on global steel producers and deepening his trade war.

Staying on the right side of an airline's baggage policy can take work and planning, but failing to do so might end up costing you more than the price of the flight itself, writes Adam Maguire.

US President Donald Trump signalled renewed trade tensions with China, arguing that China had "violated" a deal to de-escalate tariffs, at a time when both sides appeared deadlocked in negotiations.

The Irish Aviation Authority (IAA) last year obtained €1.197m in compensation for airline passengers in respect of 1,726 complaints upheld against airlines.