RTE Business

Consumer sentiment has rebounded markedly, new research has found.

Plumbers, fitters, welders and apprentices who are member of the Unite trade union are picketing a number of construction sites around the country again today.

There is little surprise that the European Central Bank has moved to cut rates by a further 0.25%.

Tesco was not entitled to terminate some employees' contracts and offer to rehire them on less favourable terms, the United Kingdom's Supreme Court ruled today.

The aviation regulator has proposed limiting passenger seat capacity at Dublin Airport over next summer because of the passenger cap at the airport.

Two 'high-flying' couples from the US spent €200,000 on a two week holiday here and in the UK last year in a break that contributed to profits surging to €600,153 at luxury holiday firm, Adams & Butler.

Public contracts used to engage construction consultants and archaeologists working on projects under the National Development Plant are to have fee indexation introduced to them.

Planning consultants for Dublin airport operator, daa, have hit out at Fingal County Council over its refusal to approve plans for a 950 space staff car park for the airport.

The Agri-Food Regulator has written to the agriculture minister seeking additional powers to allow it to compel businesses in the agri-food supply to chain to provide price and market information to it.

Interest rate cuts from major central banks are well underway, with the European Central Bank today delivering its second quarter-point cutof the year.

ICS Mortgages said today it will reduce its variable rate mortgage products from October 1.

The majority of consumers consider reducing product size to be a dishonest practice and much more unfair than a price increase

The standardised average rent has increased by 8.1% for new tenancies nationally and by 5.9% for existing tenancies between Q1 2023 and Q1 2024.

New figures from the Central Statistics Office show that the annual rate of inflation eased to 1.7% in August from an annual rate of 2.2% in July.

The National Treasury Management Agency has completed an auction of €1 billion of benchmark Irish Government bonds, which are due to mature in 2031 and 2034.

British public debt is likely to soar to triple its current level over the next 50 years if future governments do not take action, due to pressures from an ageing population, climate change and security risks, a watchdog gas warned today.

Pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly has announced a further €927 million investment at its facility at Raheen in Limerick, creating a further 150 jobs there.

The media regulator Coimisiún na Meán has opened a review of online platforms amid concerns that people are having difficulty reporting illegal content.

The media regulator Coimisiún na Meán has opened a review of online platforms amid concerns that people are having difficulty reporting illegal content.

The group chief executive of Ryanair has said the airline expects fares to be lower for the remainder of this year.