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Plane Hardball: Ryanair China threat is a bluff (for now)

Fri, 05/23/2025 - 15:19
Ryanair's warning that it could ditch Boeing in favour of a Chinese rival is just a bluff... for now, writes Adam Maguire.

New blow for Dublin tourism sector as third hotel refused

Fri, 05/23/2025 - 14:58
Planners have turned down planning permission for the third hotel proposal for the capital in recent weeks.

Global companies rethinking strategies amid tariffs

Fri, 05/23/2025 - 13:43
New research suggests global companies are rethinking their strategy and planned investments, as tariffs and shifting trade policies continue to impact their business.

Tourism Ireland begins sales trip to Asia

Fri, 05/23/2025 - 13:22
Tourism Ireland and eight tourism companies from Ireland are taking part in a sales trip to Asia.

Trump re-escalates trade threats, aiming at EU, Apple

Fri, 05/23/2025 - 12:30
US President Donald Trump has re-escalated his trade threats, targeting both imports from the entire European Union and smartphone giant Apple, sending the global market roiling after weeks of de-escalation had provided some reprieve.

Tata Consultancy Services carries out probe into M&S hack

Fri, 05/23/2025 - 12:08
India's Tata Consultancy Services is conducting an internal investigation to determine whether it was the gateway for a cyberattack on UK's Marks and Spencer that compromised customer data and disrupted the retailer's operations, the Financial Times reported today.

Flute teacher appeals WRC ruling he wasn't whistleblower

Fri, 05/23/2025 - 11:49
A flute teacher who claimed he was penalised for blowing the whistle on an alleged misuse of public funds at a State-backed music school intends to appeal a tribunal ruling that complaints he raised did not amount to a protected disclosure.

ECB confident services inflation will moderate - Lane

Fri, 05/23/2025 - 11:27
The European Central Bank is confident that stubbornly high services inflation will moderate this year, helping it get overall price growth back to the 2% target, ECB chief economist Philip Lane said today.

Rowland to join new Anti-Money Laundering Authority

Fri, 05/23/2025 - 11:20
The Central Bank has confirmed that Derville Rowland, Deputy Governor Consumer and Investor Protection at the bank, will join the newly established Anti-Money Laundering Authority (AMLA).

15% of consumers couldn't cope with a financial emergency

Fri, 05/23/2025 - 09:48
How would your household deal with an unexpected financial emergency costing €1000?

Why rice prices are soaring in Japan

Fri, 05/23/2025 - 09:35
Japanese inflation data released today showed that rice prices last month were a whopping 98% higher than a year earlier.

RedBird Capital-led group agrees deal to buy Telegraph

Fri, 05/23/2025 - 08:42
A transatlantic consortium led by RedBird Capital Partners has struck a deal to buy Britain's Telegraph newspaper, the title reported today, spending £500m to secure control.

OnlyFans owner in talks to sell to investor group

Fri, 05/23/2025 - 08:26
OnlyFans owner Fenix International Ltd is in talks to sell the porn-driven company to an investor group at a valuation of around $8 billion, three sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.

UK energy bills to fall as price cap dips by 7%

Fri, 05/23/2025 - 08:15
Millions of British households will see lower energy bills from July after regulator Ofgem said its domestic price cap would fall 7% to reflect lower wholesale energy prices.

German economy grew twice as fast as initially expected

Fri, 05/23/2025 - 07:44
The German economy grew significantly more in the first quarter than previously estimated due to good economic developments in March, according to a second estimate published today.

UK retail sales jump in April, helped by sunny weather

Fri, 05/23/2025 - 07:37
Sunny weather boosted British retail sales in April and households grew cheerier this month, according to figures published today that suggested consumers might be a bright spot in an otherwise drab outlook for the economy.

Adidas, Puma expected to hike prices after Nike

Fri, 05/23/2025 - 07:34
Adidas and Puma are likely to hike prices for running shoes and sportswear in the US, following Nike's lead, analysts and investors said today, as US tariffs on imports drive costs up for retailers.

Japan's core inflation hits more than two-year high

Fri, 05/23/2025 - 07:17
Japan's core inflation accelerated at its fastest annual pace in more than two years in April, data showed today, raising the odds of another interest rate hike by year-end.

CEOs rethink strategy amid tariff uncertainty - survey

Fri, 05/23/2025 - 07:10
Irish chief executive officers (CEOs) are making strategic shifts in their planning in response to rising geopolitical instability and escalating trade tensions, according to the latest EY CEO Outlook Survey.

Monaghan firm win top prize at National Enterprise Awards

Thu, 05/22/2025 - 21:30
A Co Monaghan-based digital healthcare company has won the top prize at the National Enterprise Awards.

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