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LVMH has made a good start to 2025, CEO Bernard Arnault said last night, after the luxury conglomerate posted a slight rise in fourth-quarter sales, though analysts cautioned it may still fall short of heightened market expectations after recent share gains.

An inability to process financial information leaves us open to poor money decisions, increased debt and onerous financial commitments

New figures from Home Building Finance Ireland show it has has grown total loan approvals to €2.7 billion at the end of December 2024, an increase of 61% on the €1.66 billion at the end of 2023.

US President Donald Trump offered most federal workers the option to leave their jobs in exchange for eight months severance, in his most radical move yet to drastically overhaul the government.

DeepSeek has taken the tech world by storm and has become the most downloaded app in countries around the world including here in Ireland.

Students at one of the country's top music colleges will stage a protest tomorrow over a proposed redundancy plan for their lecturers.

A casino croupier who said her manager told her "you have a really nice ass, but this is off the record" when she complained about the level of discrimination and abuse at work has been awarded €7,000 in compensation.

Luxury bellwether LVMH beat expectations today with a 1% rise in fourth-quarter sales as demand for designer fashion and handbags picked up over the Christmas season, adding to hopes the sector has turned a corner.

Royal Caribbean said today that 2025 was shaping up "to be another great year", with a near 23% jump expected in adjusted earnings, as it benefits from record prices and new river cruise itineraries.

French investigators said they had opened a judicial probe into money laundering, tax fraud and other charges at Binance, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange, which said it denied the allegations.

JetBlue Airways forecast higher costs and unit revenue below analysts' expectations for the first quarter today, sending the New York-based carrier's shares down 26% in morning trade.

Technology stocks regained some ground today with chipmaker Nvidia up about 2.5% in early trading, a day after it suffered the biggest one-day market capitalisation loss in history, and traders moved back out of safe-haven currencies into the dollar.

Younger members of Dublin Fire Brigade, who are members of SIPTU, have delivered a letter to the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage accusing the Government of "betrayal" by failing to honour commitments on pension reform.

Audiobooks are an old idea but a coming together of different factors has seen them go from a niche business to a booming one, writes Adam Maguire.

The Irish arm of US tech giant, Google has lodged plans for a large public mural across seven storeys at its European HQ in Dublin that incorporate interactive and virtual elements through Google's own modern technology and AI tools.

Italian bank Mediobanca has today rejected a takeover offer by state-backed rival Monte dei Paschi di Siena, saying a tie-up would be detrimental to its shareholders because it lacked any strategic and financial rationale.

An OPW project to replace an unsafe 70-metre perimeter wall around a government office ended up costing over €490,000.

Over 70% of Dublin's serviced office transactions were concentrated in the Dublin 2 area last year, new data shows.

Greg Dempsey has been appointed as Chief Executive of the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI).

Boeing has today reported an annual loss of $11.83 billion, its largest since 2020, as it grappled with problems at its commercial and defence units and the fallout from a crippling strike by US West Coast factory workers.