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Bristow Ireland, which is taking over the contract to provide search and rescue services for the Irish Coast Guard, has received its Air Operator Certificate from the Irish Aviation Authority.

A distinct local food ecosystem from city to town to village runs contrary to a McDonald's model with its relentless search for uniformity

Microsoft is in talks with CISPE in an attempt to resolve its European Union antitrust complaint about the US software giant's cloud computing licensing practices, the trade group said today.

ESB has officially opened a major battery plant at its Poolbeg site in Dublin, which will store excess renewable energy for discharge when needed.

The IGNITE programme at UCC is accepting new applications for its next start-up incubation programme.

Finnish carrier Finnair has begun weighing passengers with their carry-on luggage as part of a study aimed at better determining the weight of the aircraft before take-off, it said today.

TV technology seems to be constantly advancing, but sorting out the good from the gimmicks can be tricky, writes Adam Maguire.

British house prices rose 2.5% in the year to January, the strongest annual growth rate for a year, according to data from mortgage lender Halifax today which added to tentative signs of momentum in the housing market.

Fuel and forecourt retailer Applegreen will create more than 80 new jobs with an investment of €10m in a new service area at the Clondrinagh Roundabout in Limerick.

Minister of State Jack Chambers has said he believes the personal criticism of Minister for Transport Eamon Ryan by Ryanair CEO Michael O'Leary was "very unfair."

Pentagon Technologies Group has said that 100 jobs will be created at its facility in Dundalk over the next five years.

Chanelle Pharma has been sold by its founder Michael H Burke to Exponent, a European private equity firm, for an undisclosed sum.

Snap has missed Wall Street estimates for quarterly revenue as the Snapchat owner continued to struggle to compete against larger rivals for digital advertising revenue, sending its shares down 30%.

Ryanair has today won its second challenge against a €3.4 billion Dutch bailout for Air France-KLM's Dutch unit after Europe's second top court said EU competition regulators had erred in not taking into account other beneficiaries within the airline group.

Ørsted, the world's biggest offshore wind farm developer, trimmed its investment and capacity targets today and paused dividend payouts as part of a major review.

TotalEnergies has today warned that weakness in refining margins would impact its 2024 results after lower oil prices drove a 31% decline in its adjusted income for the fourth quarter of 2023.

Britain's biggest homebuilder Barratt will buy Redrow in an all-stock deal valuing its smaller rival at about £2.52 billion, they said today, aiming to capitalise on the fledgling recovery in the market.

WeWork founder Adam Neumann is trying to buy back the flexible workspace provider that filed for bankruptcy in November, sources familiar with the matter has said.

State-owned Italian bank Monte dei Paschi di Siena has today posted a profit of €1.23 billion for the three months from October to December, hitting in a single quarter its guidance for the full year.

Business support services company DCC said it continues to expect that the year ending March 2024 will be another year of operating profit growth in line with expectations, as well as continued development activity.