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Revenue could save €1.7m a year moving workers off laptops

Tue, 09/17/2024 - 17:09
Revenue’s IT team also said the use of so-called ‘thin client’ computers in the homes of staff would avoid any potential embarrassment from 'lost or stolen laptops'

Elon Musk's 'X' to appeal record WRC award

Tue, 09/17/2024 - 15:08
Workplace Relations Commission awarded former employee over €550,000 for unfair dismissal over his failure to respond to an email from Elon Musk

Hawk-Eye profits surge to €24m on new global contracts

Tue, 09/17/2024 - 14:58
Hawk-Eye score detection technology has become an integral part of the big GAA match occasions at Croke Park over the last number of years

Instagram launches parental control for under-16 accounts by default

Tue, 09/17/2024 - 13:00
Alongside the protections, parents will also have the option to see who their teenagers have been messaging in the past seven days

ESB reports 34% fall in profit as energy markets normalise 

Tue, 09/17/2024 - 07:33
ESB Group has reported a fall in operating profit in the first six months of the year as the global energy markets normalised after a period of ...

Commercial vacancies hit record high of 14.4%

Tue, 09/17/2024 - 00:14
Vacancy rates went up in 14 out of 26 counties, according to data management company GeoDirectory

Wage demands may increase amid rising workloads – PwC survey

Tue, 09/17/2024 - 00:05
The PwC survey found that over half of 1,000 Irish respondents in a global survey plan to ask for a pay increase in 2025

Eurozone yields slip as markets increase bets on Fed rate cut

Mon, 09/16/2024 - 17:49
Money markets fully priced 25 basis points of rate cut from the US central bank and a nearly 60% chance of a 50 bps move, from around 50% late last week, according to the CME FedWatch tool

Losses narrow at Flipdish to €11.1m

Mon, 09/16/2024 - 17:39
The narrowing of losses at Flipdish Ltd coincided with the firm reducing its workforce by 40% as the company moved to stem continuing losses.

Grocery prices continue to rise faster than overall inflation 

Mon, 09/16/2024 - 16:45
Dunnes Stores held the largest share of consumer spend during September after losing it to Tesco last month

Ireland's €14bn windfall from Apple unlikely to cause overheating of economy, Fitch Ratings says

Mon, 09/16/2024 - 16:17
Ratings agency said Ireland's fiscal framework is 'designed to cope with volatile corporate tax revenues,' allowing it to absorb inflows and prevent overheating

EU's top tech enforcer Thierry Breton resigns and criticises EU Commission president 

Mon, 09/16/2024 - 14:07
Thierry Breton, the influential EU Commissioner in charge of the internal market, has resigned from the bloc’s executive arm, saying that France was ...

US cybersecurity firm Proofpoint opens European headquarters in Cork

Mon, 09/16/2024 - 14:00
New office aims to employ more than 250 employees by 2025, with its Cork site being hailed as critical to the firm's international growth

Irish goods exports up 17% in July driven by trade with US

Mon, 09/16/2024 - 13:37
Irish exports to Britain was the only region that recorded a decline — dropping 28% to €1.29bn

Shipmaker Harland & Wolff prepares to enter administration

Mon, 09/16/2024 - 12:02
Blow to UK shipbuilding hopes as Harland & Wolff declares itself insolvent

David McNamara: The ECB walks an interest rate tightrope between growth and inflation

Mon, 09/16/2024 - 11:59
The market spotlight will be focused on the US Federal Reserve this week, as it is widely expected to cut rates for the first time this cycle

Broadband sector demands Vat cut in budget

Mon, 09/16/2024 - 00:00
Telecommunications Industry Ireland said the rate reduction will help achieve the National Connectivity Strategy of promoting fibre and 5G

Retail sector demands piece of Apple tax pie

Mon, 09/16/2024 - 00:00
Support package for the sector could mean the difference between 'survival and liquidation' for many businesses

Jim Power: Latest omens for tourism sector are concerning

Sun, 09/15/2024 - 20:48
The latest Fáilte Ireland Tourism Barometer, which showed that 53% of businesses are reporting fewer customers than last summer, probably did not get the attention it deserves.

John Whelan: Mario Draghi's agonising EU decline may drag down Ireland

Sun, 09/15/2024 - 19:09
“The EU is weak in the emerging technologies that will drive future growth,” warned former European Central Bank president Mario Draghi.

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