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Bank of Ireland said its customers increased their debit and credit card spending in January, with the pace of household spending growing by 6.1%, up from 4.5% in December.

Holiday Inn owner IHG has today reported 3% growth in its annual room revenue, above market expectations, boosted by a pick-up in demand in the US.

Food technology and ingredients company Kerry Group has reported revenues of €8 billion for 2024 and said it remains well positioned for a strong market outperformance this year.

New figures show that jobs in client companies of Enterprise Ireland, IDA Ireland and Údarás na Gaeltachta, are now at their highest ever level, at over 546,763 jobs, which is a 1.3% increase on 2023 figures.

Australia's central bank cut its key interest rate today for the first time in more than four years, but warned global turmoil could derail further easing.

Mid-contract price hikes may be legal, but the practice has been criticised as being unfair to consumers during a cost of living crisis

Unions representing almost 27,000 disability workers in community and voluntary organisations, who are deemed not covered by the recent public sector pay deal, will be called to imminent talks under a Government plan.

Data centres are going to be required to make public their carbon emissions and use of renewables, under a new draft policy from the regulator responsible for the energy sector.

Data centres are going to be required to make public their carbon emissions and use of renewables, under a new draft policy from the regulator responsible for the energy sector.

Joint liquidators have been appointed to lithium battery maker Xerotech which is based in Baile Chláir in Co Galway.

The retail arm of energy provider, Energia last year swung back into profit to record pre-tax profits of €154.33m despite losing 14,600 customers over the 12 months.

A 200 seater 'Baby Vicar' entertainment venue for Dublin's docklands "will bring light and life to a dark place".

Russia's economy is showing the first signs of cooling, with sales and orders falling in various sectors due to high interest rates and inflation, Economy Minister Maxim Reshetnikov was cited as saying today by the Interfax news agency.

Internal government documents said the welfare system needed a stronger "trigger" to force people who were unemployed to engage with employment services.

Take-up across the Dublin industrial and logistics market hit its lowest level since 2014 between October and December last year.

Aer Lingus is now accepting applications for its 2025 Aircraft Engineer Apprenticeship Programme.

The National Treasury Management Agency said today it would allow stockbroker Davy to return as one of 15 primary dealers in Irish Government bonds.

Germany is particularly vulnerable to US trade tariffs, which could curb growth for years to come and hold back an economy already suffering through two years of contraction in a row, Bundesbank President Joachim Nagel said today.

Dublin-based investment fund Erisbeg has bought a majority stake in CHM Group, an Irish traffic management solutions provider.

Exports of goods from Ireland to the US surged by 34% last year, driven by a significant rise in pharmaceuticals, the latest figures from the Central Statistics Office show.