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The Taoiseach will today announce more than €50 million in funding for a range of Shared Island partnership programmes.

A leading children's charity has urged parents not to borrow from moneylenders for Christmas.

The Minister for Finance is expected to be re-elected to the position of Eurogroup President at a meeting in Brussels later today.

The Minister for Finance is expected to be re-elected to the position of Eurogroup President at a meeting in Brussels later today.

Cork City is under new ownership as FORAS members have voted in favour of a takeover by Kildare-based businessman Dermot Usher.

After years of disruption to the hospital system as medical professionals turned their attention to the Covid pandemic, healthcare is returning to some semblance of its previous self. With claims costs rising and inflation impacting, premiums are expected to start rising again.

Dublin Town has forecasted that footfall in the capital this year will be "well ahead" of last year and just below 2019 levels.

The European Union will join the G7 powers in imposing a $60-per-barrel price cap on Russian oil, the Polish ambassador to the EU has said, three days ahead of an EU embargo on imports by sea.

A record €5 billion in corporation tax was collected in November, according to the latest Exchequer returns, the biggest monthly figure ever.

US employers hired more workers than expected in November and raised wages despite mounting worries of a recession, which could complicate the Federal Reserve's intention to start slowing the pace of its interest rate hikes this month.

OPEC+ is likely to stick to its current oil output target when it meets on Sunday, according to OPEC+ sources, although some say a further output cut is not completely off the table given concern about economic growth and demand.

Society of Chartered Surveyors of Ireland President Kevin James said there could be a "significant shortfall in housing" in 2024 and 2025.

The Irish arm of 'fast casual' restaurant chain, Nando's, is on the lookout for new sites for restaurants after reporting sales in excess of pre-pandemic levels earlier this year.

Consumer worries over price increases dominate the Christmas shopping season, according to the latest KPMG Next Gen Retail survey.

Iarnród Éireann and Alstom has signed a contract for 90 additional battery-electric carriages for the rail company's fleet, following a Cabinet decision earlier this week, and final formal funding approval from the National Transport Authority.

New figures from the Central Statistics Office show the seasonally adjusted Live Register in November was 184,700, up 0.5% from October.

The economy grew by 2.3% from July to September of this year when measured by Gross Domestic Product. However, activity in the domestic economy measured by Modified Domestic Demand fell by 1.1%.

French drugmaker Sanofi fell 2.3% on saying that if it bid for Dublin-headquartered biotech company Horizon Therapeutics, it would do so in cash.

Airbus delivered an estimated 66 jets in November, leaving itself a near-record challenge of 137 in December to meet its 2022 goal, though it has not excluded the possibility of trimming the target, industry sources said.

A plan to build the first fibre-optic cable across the Arctic has secured its first investment, the consortium behind the €1.1 billion scheme said on Friday.