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British consumer price inflation slowed by less than expected to a two-and-a-half-year low of 3.2% in annual terms in March, down from a 3.4% increase in February, the Office for National Statistics said today.

An organisation representing small businesses has called for decisive action on the issue of rising business costs from the new Cabinet led by Taoiseach Simon Harris.

Separate pay deals have been agreed at An Post and telecoms company eir.

IKEA Ireland is opening its first ever logistics facility in Ireland today.

Trade union SIPTU has said that a survey of its members highlights the role increasing drug use and racism is playing in the abuse and anti-social behaviour faced by staff on the public transport network.

Trade unions have welcomed the announcement by the Department of Health that the special scheme of paid leave, for workers suffering from long-Covid, has been temporarily extended for three months.

Plans have been lodged with South Dublin Co Council for what will be the country's largest film studio campus, 'Dublin Fields'.

The Governor of the Central Bank has said he expects that "all things equal" the European Central Bank will cut interest rates in June.

LVMH reported a 3% increase in first quarter sales today, marking a slowdown as rising prices prompted more shoppers who aspire to own its handbags and other luxury goods to hold back on splashing out.

Video-sharing platform TikTok has said it is looking into claims made by RTÉ's Prime Time regarding harmful content as a "matter of urgency".

Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council has given the green light to contentious plans for 109 residential "assisted living" units for people aged 65 and over on lands owned by the Society of Sacred Heart order of nuns beside Mount Anville girls schools in Goatstown.

The Government has agreed to defer the date for the referendum on the EU's Unified Patent Court, Minister for Enterprise Peter Burke has confirmed.

Stellantis shareholders have today approved the compensation paid to the carmaker's top management, including a package worth up to €36.5m for CEO Carlos Tavares.

Oil slipped for a second day today as easing concern about supply risks and a rapidly escalating conflict after Iran's weekend attack on Israel offset data showing China's economy grew faster than expected in the first quarter.

The International Monetary Fund has revised downwards its projection for economic growth in Ireland this year.

Irish-founded payments firm Stripe has announced a partnership with URBN, the parent company of Urban Outfitters, Anthropologie Group, Free People, and FP Movement.

A prominent financial adviser has estimated that hundreds of investors in an ill-fated series of funds set up by AIB two decades ago still have not received adequate refunds or compensation from the bank.

Ireland's exports and imports fell in February, according to the latest figures from the Central Statistics Office.

Morgan Stanley's profit rose in the first quarter, lifted by a resurgence in investment banking led by equity underwriting where revenue more than doubled.

Irish factories began producing coin-operated games for international export in the late 1950s and early 1960s