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Alphabet shares jumped 4% today, rising for a second straight day, as investors cheered the Google parent's artificial intelligence updates including the rolling out of "AI Mode" to all its US users.

Arrabawn Tipperary Co-Operative Society has announced dairy processing executive Eamon O'Sullivan as its new CEO.

Directors at Michael Cotter's Park Developments have blamed industry wide challenges of a lack of zoned land, planning delays and lack of investment in public infrastructure for revenues plummeting by €119.3m last year.

The Workplace Relations Commission has thrown out multiple employment rights claims by a worker at a community probation service because she turned up half an hour late for her hearing before an adjudication officer last month.

US company Liberty Mutual Insurance said it has entered a consultation period with 112 employees across the island of Ireland which may result in redundancies.

Staff at the Rupert Murdoch-owned Dublin-headquartered social media intelligence and online news agency, Storyful have shared bonus payments of €1.07m over the past two years.

China's Lenovo, the world's largest personal computer manufacturer, said fourth-quarter profit plunged 64% - a result that was far worse than expected and one that sent its shares sharply lower.

Tesco has today announced changes to its management team in Ireland.

Euro zone inflation is nearly defeated and trade tensions could weigh on price in the short term, even if a trade way may be inflationary further out, ECB policymakers argued last month, according to the accounts of their April 16-17 meeting.

The Republican-led US House of Representatives has voted to approve President Donald Trump's sprawling tax relief and spending cuts mega-bill that critics warn would decimate health care while ballooning the debt.

The estimated number of people in employment in the first quarter of 2025 stood at just under 2.8 million, up 3.3% compared with a year ago.

Financial technology company Fidelity National Information Services has announced plans to create 100 jobs in Dublin over the next two years.

Euro zone business activity unexpectedly slipped back into contraction this month as the bloc's dominant services industry suffered a deeper downturn in demand, although manufacturing showed further signs of stabilisation, a survey showed.

Home building Gleveagh Properties said today that progress in its Homebuilding segment is aligning firmly with expectations with 1,100 units are either sold, signed or reserved for 2025.

A new report on the aviation industry here has warned that political inertia amid growing international competition jeopardises Ireland's position as a world-leading hub in aviation.

European discount retailer Pepco Group will not receive major proceeds from any buyer of its struggling Poundland chain in Britain, its boss said today.

Swiss food giant Nestle is refocusing on the group's core business after straying into segments like health supplements that "weakened the fabric of the organisation," CEO Laurent Freixe was quoted as saying in the Financial Times today.

Bank of Ireland Group is aiming to support the construction of 30,000 homes across Ireland through debt and equity finance as it increases its target for the funding of home building.

Irish-headquartered aircraft lessor SMBC Aviation Capital said today it has booked a further $654m in proceeds from insurance settlements over the past year related to jets stranded in Russia following Western sanctions.

Britain's government kicked off the 2025/26 financial year in April by again borrowing more than expected, suggesting no let-up in the pressure on the public finances and finance minister Rachel Reeves ahead of a major review of spending.