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5 things our Deposit Return Scheme can learn from other countries

Fri, 07/19/2024 - 07:45
From holders on bins to donating your deposit, there are plenty of small ways for us to collect even more bottles and cans

Loci Orthopaedics to create 20 jobs in Galway

Fri, 07/19/2024 - 07:39
Galway based clinical stage orthopaedic medical device company Loci Orthopaedics is to create 20 new jobs, bringing its total team in Ireland to 32 employees.

'Ethical hacking' service launched by Irish IT firm

Fri, 07/19/2024 - 07:33
A new 'ethical hacking' service that imitates the movements of hackers to uncover and exploit cybersecurity weak spots within organisations has been launched by Irish managed IT services company IT.ie.

Increased cooling demand to keep coal plants online - IEA

Fri, 07/19/2024 - 07:26
Global electricity demand is set to grow at its fastest pace in nearly 20 years this year, spurred by increasing demand for air conditioning as temperatures rise, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said in a report today.

All you ever wanted to know about shipping containers

Fri, 07/19/2024 - 07:25
How a simple corrugated box made it possible for us to access global products in a timely, secure and cost-effective manner

Netflix wins subscribers as ad strategy pays off

Fri, 07/19/2024 - 07:18
Netflix said it added eight million new subscribers in the second quarter, as the home of hit shows "The Crown" and "Bridgerton" posted its latest financial earnings that exceeded analyst expectations.

Job vacancies steady in second quarter

Fri, 07/19/2024 - 00:01
The number of job vacancies remained unchanged in the second quarter of 2024, the first time in two years there was no quarterly decline in vacancies.

HSE funds gaming addiction pilot programme

Thu, 07/18/2024 - 18:03
The games industry has seen a meteoric rise and has changed the dynamics of the entertainment industry.

Meta in talks to buy 5% stake in Ray-Ban maker

Thu, 07/18/2024 - 16:49
Meta Platforms is in talks to acquire a stake of about 5% in EssilorLuxottica, its production partner for Ray-Ban smart glasses, the Wall Street Journal reported today, citing people familiar with the matter.

20% of ad complaints in 2023 related to influencers

Thu, 07/18/2024 - 15:22
A fifth of advertising complaints last year related to ads by social media influencers.

Amazon Prime Day boosts US online sales to record $14.2bn

Thu, 07/18/2024 - 14:58
Shoppers spent a record $14.2 billion online across retailers in the US during the 48-hour Amazon Prime Day event, according to a report from Adobe Analytics today.

'Multi-annual' exchequer funds, licence fee to fund RTÉ

Thu, 07/18/2024 - 14:27
RTÉ is set to be funded into the future by a mixture of the existing TV licence fee and a "multi-annual" State payment as part of a long-awaited plan set to go to the Cabinet next Wednesday.

US weekly jobless claims increase more than expected

Thu, 07/18/2024 - 14:26
The number of Americans filing new applications for unemployment benefits rose more than expected last week, but there has been no material shift in the labour market and the data is typically noisy in July because of summer breaks and temporary factory closures.

Agri-food regulator takes legal proceedings against firm

Thu, 07/18/2024 - 14:11
The agri-food regulator has begun legal proceedings against a business in the agri-food supply chain in relation to an alleged breach of an unfair trading practice.

Profit & weight loss: How Ozempic is disrupting business

Thu, 07/18/2024 - 12:49
Ozempic and Wegovy have been shown to have a dramatic impact on users', and their success is up-ending multiple industries too, writes Adam Maguire.

New plan to move more local authority services online

Thu, 07/18/2024 - 12:31
A new strategy aimed at ensuring that every local authority in Ireland will have 90% of its services available online by 2030 has been launched.

Domestic holidays taken last year up 8% to over 1 million

Thu, 07/18/2024 - 12:10
The domestic tourism market grew strongly in 2023 with over 14.3 million trips taken by Irish holidaymakers which generated €3.1 billion for the economy.

Mortgage lender MoCo taking "slow methodical" approach

Thu, 07/18/2024 - 11:58
The chief executive of the Austrian bank Bawag Group, which is rolling out a mortgage offering in Ireland under the MoCo brand, says it is taking a really slow methodical approach to building its operation here.

Domino's Pizza posts quarterly sales miss on muted demand

Thu, 07/18/2024 - 11:53
Domino's Pizza fell short of estimates for quarterly same-store sales today, as inflation worries discouraged US consumers, particularly in the lower-income group, from eating out or ordering in.

Meta to withhold roll out of 'multimodal' AI models in EU

Thu, 07/18/2024 - 11:53
Meta has said it will withhold the roll out of future 'multimodal' artificial intelligence (models in the EU over what it described as the "unpredictable nature" of the European regulatory environment.

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