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An unpredictable trade war and daunting environmental targets are on the agenda for global airline bosses at an annual summit in India, as the industry addresses concerns that geopolitical uncertainty will dent strong travel demand and raise costs.

The independent board of Ben & Jerry's said the conflict in Gaza is a genocide, escalating a bitter feud between the ice cream maker and its longtime London-based corporate parent Unilever.

There were 2,922 first-time buyer (FTB) approvals valued at almost €1 billion (€965m) in April, according to the latest figures from the Banking and Payments Federation of Ireland's Mortgage Approvals Report

Volkswagen is holding "fair" and "constructive" talks with the US government on tariffs and wants to make further investments in the country, CEO Oliver Blume told German newspaper Sueddeutsche Zeitung.

The boss of British supermarket Asda said he was seeing "green shoots" of recovery after the group slowed the rate of its sales decline in its first quarter, helped by lower prices and better product availability.

More than two-thirds of job applications are rejected due to a lack of relevant skills, according to new research from hiring platform IrishJobs.

The construction of a long-awaited regeneration project at the former St Teresa's Gardens site in Dublin's south inner city, is being officially launched, with the first homes due to be completed by early 2027.

The Data Protection Commission has moved to new headquarters in Dublin which will bring together all of the Commission's Dublin-based staff into one office.

Losses at the Central Bank last year increased six fold to €795m, according to the 2024 Central Bank's annual report which shows that the losses of €795m follow losses of €132m for 2023.

Three swimming instructors who were recruited from the Philippines to teach in Ireland only to have hundreds of euro a week docked off their wages for "training costs" before being let go have won their pay back.

Ryanair Chief Executive Michael O'Leary hit a share-price target today that could earn him over €100m, a payout he told investors earlier this month would be good value compared to the salaries of football stars.

As a founding member and drummer with The Police, Stewart Copeland knows what it takes to make a hit.

Post tax profits at David Hall's Lifeline Ambulance Service last year declined by 83% to €163,880 due to expansion costs.

Bank of Ireland is urging consumers to take extra care when making holiday bookings to avoid accommodation scams that typically increase over summer months.

Germany is considering a 10% tax on large online platforms like Alphabet's Google and Meta's Facebook, its new culture minister told magazine Stern, in a move likely to heighten trade tensions with the Trump administration.

A review of the culture of Northern Ireland's regional cardiac unit uncovered behaviour which was "shocking and indefensible", health chiefs have said.

US corporate profits fell sharply in the first quarter and could continue to be squeezed this year by higher costs from tariffs that are threatening to undercut the economic expansion.

UK sportswear and fashion group Frasers said that, according to preliminary results, it now controls over 92% of share capital in the struggling Norwegian sporting goods retailer XXL.

A Slovak court ruled today that central bank governor and European Central Bank policymaker Peter Kazimir is guilty of corruption, a judge said.

There has been an 80% increase in incidents of disruptive passenger behaviour reported at Dublin Airport so far this year compared to the entire number of incidents recorded in 2024, according to figures from the Irish Aviation Authority.