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Ireland's infrastructure is lagging 25% behind that of high-income European economies, according to the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council.

There have been 6,885 data breaches across Government departments over the last ten years.

Former CIÉ employees will stage a protest at Heuston Station in Dublin today calling on the company to increase their pensions.

New research from hiring platform Indeed shows there has been a slight fall in the availability of part-time Christmas jobs compared to last year.

A 73-year-old woman, who falsely claimed her dead father-in-law's pension for over 28 years, has paid an additional €40,000 in compensation.

Beauparc, the parent company of Panda, Greenstar and Irish Packaging Recycling, has announced plans to invest more than €300 million in its facilities over the next four years.

The European Union has decided to increase tariffs on Chinese-built electric vehicles to as much as 45.3% at the end of its highest profile investigation that has divided Europe and prompted retaliation from Beijing.

Pfizer has today reported higher-than-expected third quarter profit due to strong sales of Covid-19 treatment Paxlovid, an important win for chief executive Albert Bourla as he faces down activist investor Starboard.

Apple is expected to report its biggest quarterly revenue jump in two years on Thursday, with iPhone demand faring better than recent years toward the end of the company's annual release cycle, especially in China.

Dublin Business School has been ordered to pay €53,000 after admitting sacking a lecturer for logging into his college email account from Iran was unfair.

The Western Development Commission (WDC) has led a €2 million Series A equity investment round in Ovagen, a biotechnology company based in Ballina, Co Mayo.

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has secured a 15-year contract with the Department of Social Protection to implement and support the country's new pension auto-enrolment system.

Department of Finance officials said it was a good time for a €500m AIB share buyback deal with the state set to get a strong price for their stake.

The Government is establishing a pilot scheme for reimbursing apartment owners who fix Celtic Tiger era defective properties at their own expense.

McDonald's has today posted a steeper-than-expected drop in quarterly global comparable sales, hurt by weaker traffic across its key markets even as it intensified promotions to woo back customers after several years of price hikes.

A preliminary estimate from the Central Statistics Office shows that the country's gross domestic product grew by 2% in the third quarter from the previous three months, but was 1.2% lower than the same quarter last year.

New figures from the Central Statistics Office show that retail sales grew by 0.5% month-on-month in September to stand 0.2% higher than a year earlier.

The transformation of the German car industry could lead to 186,000 jobs losses by 2035, of which roughly a quarter have already occurred, a study commissioned by the VDA auto industry association released today showed.

A survey by EY Ireland reveals over a third of respondents believe the availability of capital will prove to be a potential obstacle to financing activity in the construction of houses.

New 'Tap to Pay on iPhone' services for Irish businesses have been announced by fintechs Stripe, Revolut and Square.