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The European Central Bank (ECB) is widely expected to cut interest rates by one quarter of a percentage point later.

TikTok has started testing "Footnotes" in the United States, a feature similar to "Community Notes" used by X and Meta, as the short-video platform awaits a deal that will secure its presence in the country.

A Ukrainian trucker who made court history by giving evidence at the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) remotely from an "active battlefield" has won €3,500 for unfair dismissal and other employment rights breaches.

Staff at further education colleges in Northern Ireland have voted for strike action over pay, workload and conditions.

The Bank of Canada today held its key policy rate at 2.75%, its first pause after seven consecutive cuts, and said the uncertainty around US tariffs made it impossible to issue regular economic forecasts.

The World Trade Organization has sharply cut its forecast for global merchandise trade from solid growth to a decline, saying further US tariffs and spillover effects could lead to the heaviest slump since the height of the Covid pandemic.

US retail sales surged in March as households boosted purchases of motor vehicles ahead of tariffs, though concerns about the economic outlook are hurting discretionary spending.

Half of employees are feeling positive about their career prospects over the next six months, a new survey shows.

A major new electricity interconnector linking Ireland and Wales is now up and running and has been officially launched in Co Wexford.

Dublin Airport operator daa expects 460,000 passengers to pass through the airport this Easter bank holiday weekend.

Lyft is buying mobility platform FreeNow from German automotive giants BMW and Mercedes-Benz for €175m to expand into the European lift-hailing market, the US company said today.

PwC shut operations in nine Sub-Saharan African countries last month following a strategic review, the Big Four accounting firm said, in response to a media report that said the company exited over a dozen countries to avoid scandals.

Wavin Ireland has announced plans to open a new logistics centre, customer facility and offices in north county Dublin.

New figures from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union, show that euro area annual inflation fell to 2.2% in March from 2.3% in February.

Residential property prices are up 8% in the 12 months to February 2025, according to the latest figures from the Central Statistics Office.

72% of Irish businesses had not taken steps to mitigate the potential impact of trade tariffs from the US, new research from professional accountancy body ACCA has found.

A casino worker has been awarded over €3,000 after his employer unfairly dismissed him, having decided he aided a gambler who managed to double his winnings because of a slot machine software glitch.

Alphabet's Google is being sued in Britain for potential damages worth about £5 billion alleging the company abused its dominant market position in the online search industry.

Nearly three dozen global pharmaceutical companies, in a letter to the head of the European Commission, demanded help to maintain operations in the EU despite threatened US tariffs on imports, French business newspaper Les Echos has reported.

The AA Ireland Fuel Survey for April shows that fuel prices remained steady during the month, with petrol and diesel remaining consistent for a third consecutive month.