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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.

Oil prices fell about 1% today, as shifting US tariff policies fuelled uncertainty, prompting traders to weigh the potential impact of the US-China trade war on economic growth and energy demand.

Employers forcing workers back to the office when they no longer have a desk (or office) are making some obvious and less obvious mistakes

UK business supplies distributor Bunzl today cut its 2025 forecast and paused its share buyback programme, citing pressure on its North American business, sending its shares down 25.7% to a near four-year low.

ASML, the world's biggest supplier of computer chip-making equipment, said today that tariffs were increasing uncertainty around its outlook for 2025 and 2026, but stood by its annual guidance as the race for AI rages on.

Britain's Financial Reporting Council has opened an investigation into EY over its audit of Post Office Limited, it said today, amid the lingering fallout from one of the country's worst miscarriages of justice.

Overall gas demand in March rose by 13% compared to February, and by 4% compared to the same month last year, new figures from Gas Networks Ireland show today.

Heineken has today reported a 0.9% increase in first-quarter organic net revenues, just exceeding analysts' expectations for a slight decline even as tariff uncertainty bites.