RTE Business

Car insurance premiums - having declined for a number of years - are back on the rise again. There are a number of factors at play but motorists had expected recent changes in the injury awards mechanisms to deliver greater savings.

The sector that recorded the largest decrease in employment in June was accommodation and food services, new data from the Central Statistics Office (CSO) shows.

Too much bureaucracy, the administrative burden, low margins and lowest price awarded over quality are among top concerns discouraging construction firms from taking up public works contracts.

Coach transport operators have expressed serious concerns about what they say are inadequate pick up and drop off facilities for coaches and minibuses going to major events in Dublin.

Estate agents, Lisney, is on course to return to "strong profitability" in its current financial year after two years of losses.

The Celtic Interconnector will be a key physical manifestation of the importance of Ireland's post-Brexit ties with continental Europe

Laya Healthcare is set to hike its premiums by an average of 6.5% for its 700,000 customers from the start of October. It follows a 7% price increase earlier this year.

Fortnite-creator Epic Games has launched its own app store that allows users to bypass the stores run by Apple and Google.

Britain's financial regulator fined audit firm PwC 15 million pounds today for failing to alert the watchdog that London Capital & Finance (LCF) might be involved in fraudulent activity ahead of its costly collapse for taxpayers.

The Department of Foreign Affairs has spent more than €70,000 on VIP airport services for visiting dignitaries travelling to Ireland over the past year.

The Irish unit of WhatsApp last year recorded a pre-tax loss of €7.34m mainly driven by an increase in company estimates of the impact of regulatory administrative fines on the firm.

More than 200 jobs have reportedly been cut at a pharmaceutical packaging plant in Dundalk.

Britain's Revolut has been valued at $45 billion through a secondary share sale to new and existing investors, the financial technology firm said today, making it worth more than some of Europe's biggest banks.

Bayer won a legal victory in its fight to limit liability from claims that its Roundup weed killer causes cancer, as a US appeals court said federal law shields the German company from a lawsuit by a Pennsylvania landscaper.

Deutsche Bank has made a settlement offer with shareholders who had sued Germany's largest bank for underpaying them for the acquisition of Postbank, a lawyer for the plaintiffs said today.

Oil prices were set for a second straight week of gains despite edging lower today, as recent US economic data boosted optimism over demand from the world's top oil consumer.

British retail sales edged up in July, boosted in part by extra sales due to the men's Euros soccer championship, official figures showed today, after an unusually cool and wet June depressed spending and weighed on broader economic growth.

Many workers in the arts and creative sectors in Ireland are leaving the industry due to harmful behaviours they have experienced, a recent report has found.

Insulation and building materials manufacturer Kingspan has reported a record high revenue for the first half of the year, but its trading profit and profit after tax fell.

Fares for passengers using Dublin Airport next summer could be forced higher if the number of airline seats has to be cut for the season in order to comply with the ongoing cap, Ryanair has warned.