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Bayer has been ordered by a jury in the US state of Georgia to pay about $2.1 billion to a plaintiff who claimed the company's Roundup weed killer caused his cancer, the plaintiff's law firms has said.

A new €1.6 million fund has been launched to tackle disparities in opportunity and access to employment for marginalised young adults.

Irish Medtech, the Ibec group representing the medical technology sector, has released its latest manufacturing report, calling for greater investment in advanced manufacturing and digital technologies.

Minister for Housing James Browne has said the financial market for building apartments in Dublin is broken and the tax regime needs to be examined to stimulate development.

A group of long-term food traders in west Cork are pondering their future after being told they must pack up and leave.

The Minister for Finance has said tens of thousands of jobs in Ireland could be at risk if US trade tariffs are introduced in early April.

"It's never too young to start" - that's the advice from the CEO of the Irish League of Credit Unions David Malone when it comes to learning about the value of money.

Ireland's wealth has always been tied up in the sea. From Roman coins brought here by traders from Britain, to the Vikings who sailed up Irish rivers and began to mint the first silver pennies, to the undersea cables which pour data in and out of the country today.

Staff at South Dublin County Council, who are members of the Fórsa trade union, have paused planned industrial action which was due to begin on Monday.

Taoiseach Micheál Martin has led the tributes to the late businessman and sportsman Pat (PJ) Dineen, who chaired Irish Steel, Bord na Móna and Bord Gáis, as well as playing cricket for Ireland on over 20 occasions.

A manager at a workwear and safety supplier dismissed after complaining about taking a fall on a damaged floor in its warehouse has won €10,000 for health and safety-related penalisation.

US motorists have traded in a record number of Tesla electric vehicles this month, data showed, amid a wave of protests against CEO Elon Musk's work as an adviser to US President Donald Trump.

Heathrow is warning of days of disruption ahead, after a fire at an electricial substation that supplies it with power, closed the airport today.

Dublin based aviation analytics solutions company Aerlytix has secured a grant of €455,000 through Enterprise Ireland's Research, Development & Innovation (RD&I) fund.

It is close to impossible to predict what US tariffs will mean for the Irish economy.

Russia's central bank kept its key rate at 21% today, locking in two-decade-high borrowing costs as it battles rampant inflation.

New figures from the Central Statistics Office show that wholesale electricity prices dropped by 15.9% in February from January, but were 66.5% higher than February of last year.

Industrial action by a "strong cohort" of adjudication officers at the Workplace Relations Commission is on the table after many of them were told to speed up their decision-making or face having their caseloads halved.

British pub group JD Wetherspoon has today reported a surge in its adjusted pre-tax profit for the first-half of its fiscal year, supported by sustained demand for food and drinks amid rising disposable incomes among younger consumers.

The latest AA Ireland Fuel Survey shows that petrol and diesel prices remained steady for March, following recent increases in previous months.