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Cinema chain operator Cineworld Group wants to close roughly a quarter of its 100 sites in the UK and negotiate rent reductions at another 50 as part of a radical restructuring, Sky News reported today.

German factory orders fell for a fifth consecutive month in May, official data showed today, the latest sign that the recovery in Europe's biggest economy was struggling to gain momentum.

The European Union will impose tariffs of up to 37.6% from tomorrow on imports of electric vehicles made in China, EU officials said today, ratcheting up trade tension with Beijing.

New figures from the Central Statistics Office show a slight increase in the amount of goods transported by road last year.

The latest Bank of Ireland Spending Pulse, which analyses debit and credit card spending, reveals the economic impact of Taylor Swift's three day of concerts in Dublin last weekend.

Naas-based Irish Dog Foods said today it has agreed a trial contract, worth $400,000, with ALDI to supply product to three regions of ALDI's US stores.

Budget 2025 is to be brought forward one week to Tuesday 1 October, Minister for Finance Jack Chambers has said.

Tokyo shares surged to a new record close today, as bullish global investors continue to drive up US tech stocks.

Barclays is selling its German consumer finance business to Austrian bank BAWAG Group for a small premium to net assets, it said today, as the British lender aims to simplify its business.

Eir said it carried over 50 terabytes of data across its event mobile sites last weekend.

Non-alcohol beer continues to grow in popularity, according to new report from Drinks Ireland|Beer, which shows that non-alcoholic beer sales grew by 18% last year.

Homebuilder Glenveagh Properties said today it was on track to deliver its full year earnings per share guidance.

Norwegian Air has today lowered its operating profit forecast for 2024 to between 2.1 billion and 2.6 billion crowns ($199.07m to $246.47m).

Over half of American companies with operations in Ireland expect to increase employee numbers in the next 12 months, but housing remains their biggest barrier to growth.

Tata Consultancy Service (TCS) has been named by the Department of Social Protection as the preferred bidder to manage the pension auto-enrolment system.

Early years educators working in the childcare sector are worried about low pay, staff shortages and stress according to a new survey from SIPTU.

We may still be four months out from the budget. But make no mistake about it, the debate, disputes and wrangling about what should and should be in it, is well under way, writes Will Goodbody.

The Taoiseach has told the banks he wants people to feel the benefits of reduced monthly mortgage repayments as quickly as possible as interest rates begin to fall.

An Irish Rail worker who was fired after he was convicted of moving drugs in a company van has been awarded almost €50,000 for unfair dismissal by the Workplace Relations Commission.

The State took in a total of €44.7 billion in tax in the first six months of the year, up more than 9% on the same period last year, the latest exchequer returns show.