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PTSB has made a number of changes to its Executive Management Team with Ger Mitchell appointed as the bank's new Chief Customer & People Officer, Patrick Farrell as its Chief Retail Banking Officer and Leontia Fannin as its Chief Sustainability and Corporate Affairs Officer.

British homebuilders' shares rallied today as investors cheered Keir Starmer's Labour Party's comprehensive win in a national election and his plans for the housebuilding sector.

Corre Energy has formed a joint venture with Dutch company SemperPower to deliver one of Europe's biggest battery storage facilities at its Zuidwending site (ZW1) in the Netherlands.

Oil prices dipped today but were on track for a fourth week of gains in a row and were near their highest levels since late April on hopes of strong summer fuel demand and some supply concerns.

Environmental authorities in the German state of Brandenburg, where Tesla has its gigafactory, have approved the US electric vehicle maker's application to expand its Gruenheide plant,

Stock market flotation activity surged across Europe, the Middle East, India, and Africa as well as the Americas in the first half of 2024, a new survey shows today.

It joins 'quiet quitting' as another pinch point between employers and employees over the future of the workplace

Samsung Electronics has today estimated a more than 15-fold rise in its second-quarter operating profit, as rebounding semiconductor prices driven by the artificial intelligence boom lifted earnings from a low base a year ago.

The pound held firm and British shares were set to rise today after the Labour Party surged to a comprehensive win in a parliamentary election, affording investors some certainty after years of market volatility.

The Governor of the Central Bank has urged the Government to stick to its own rule limiting the overall annual increase in spending to 5% in the upcoming budget.

A High Court dispute between the body that administers the performing rights of copyrighted music in Ireland and the organisers of the Forest Fest music and arts festival due to take place in Co Laois later this month has been resolved.

Taxi fares look set to increase by approximately 9% later this year after the National Transport Authority recommended a hike to reflect the cost of operating a cab.

Google Ireland Ltd's planned new data centre for south Dublin will indirectly contribute 224,250 tonnes of CO2 emissions per annum without any mitigation measures.

Drogheda TDs have been meeting with the Minister for Enterprise today to discuss up to 200 job losses at a medical devices factory in the town.

The media regulator, Coimisiún na Meán, has published new a new draft code and rules for video-on-demand services. It includes measures to protect children from accessing inappropriate sexual or violent content.

Rental company Itzig Sarl has been ordered by the Workplace Relations Commission to pay €2,000 in compensation to a former worker who complained she was owed money for her work as a showing agent.

Farming, food and agribusiness specialist professional services firm Ifac has appointed Karol Kissane as its new senior economist.

Irish small and medium-sized enterprises that sell online appear are seeing a growth period, with 96% seeing an increase in online sales over the past 12 months, a new survey shows.

Regional Independent Group TD Matt Shanahan has said in his view Waterford is being played by the Government after what he described as ongoing delays to the proposed Waterford Airport runway extension.

Some European Central Bank policymakers felt uneasy about recent inflation developments when they cut interest rates last month and feared that any further delay in reaching the target would be costly, the accounts of their June 5-6 meeting showed today.