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An audit of an OPW-run scheme to support the arts found €2m left idle in an account, projects where it was unclear whether they had started or finished, and financial transfers made for more than the artwork cost.

The International Monetary Fund has sharply cut its growth forecasts for this year because of the disruption caused by the tariffs on imports introduced by the US.

Cash funds at the media firm owned by TV presenter, podcast host and model, Vogue Williams last year rocketed to €3.75m on the back of her successful podcast double act work with Joanne McNally.

Tesla investors are anxious to know if plans to roll out a cheaper car and a robotaxi service this year are on track, and whether CEO Elon Musk is ready to ditch his role in the Trump administration soon and get back to managing the company more closely.

Minister for Education Helen McEntee has said she wants talks between her department and the ASTI and TUI on Accelerated Senior Cycle Re-development completed by the beginning of May.

The Council of the Economic and Social Research Institute has appointed Professor Martina Lawless as its next director.

Baker Tilly said it will merge with Seattle's Moss Adams in a $7 billion deal that will create the sixth-largest advisory CPA firm in the US.

Plans by the French backed Power Capital Renewable Energy to construct a solar farm on lands close to Dualla village in south Tipperary have been stalled.

A State workplace watchdog has thrown out a worker's claim that the Irish arm of social media giant TikTok has not treated an employee's request for remote working in a lawful manner.

A new survey reveals that hiring activity across key sectors in Ireland showed resilience in the first quarter of this year, despite economic uncertainty.

Euro zone inflation could be a touch higher this year than earlier thought but will then stabilise at the European Central Bank's 2% target, the bank's Survey of Professional Forecasters showed today.

Oil prices climbed today as investors took advantage of the previous day's losses to cover short positions, although concerns persisted over economic headwinds from tariffs and US monetary policy that could dampen fuel demand.

The 30% Club has appointed Elizabeth Sheehan as the new Country Executive for Ireland.

Klaus Schwab, founder of the World Economic Forum, whose annual gathering of business and political leaders in the Swiss mountain resort of Davos became a symbol of globalisation, has resigned as chair of its trustees.

The European Union is determined to enforce its full digital rule book no matter who is in charge of companies such as X, Meta, Apple and Tiktok or where they are based, Commission President Ursula von der Leyen told Politico.

Irish Ferries has partnered with Circle K to transition to Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil fuel on its Dublin Swift service on the Dublin to Holyhead route.

Gold prices soared to a record high, hitting the crucial $3,500 mark today, as concerns over US President Donald Trump's criticism of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell dampened risk sentiment and drove investors towards safe-haven bullion.

Business support services company DCC said today it will sell its healthcare division to HealthCo Investment Ltd for a total enterprise value of £1.05 billion.

DHL Express, a division of Germany's Deutsche Post, has suspended global business-to-consumer shipments worth over $800 to individuals in the US from April 21, as US customs regulatory changes have lengthened clearance.