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Last month was the third best July on record for wind generation in Ireland, a new report shows.

There was a marked pickup in venture capital investment in Ireland in the second three months of 2024, according to KPMG.

There are renewed signs of momentum in the construction sector, the latest Purchasing Managers' Index from BNP Paribas Real Estate Ireland indicates.

Airlines and ferry companies that allow someone to board or disembark without proper documentation face higher fines from today.

YouTube's former chief executive and long-time Google executive Susan Wojcicki has died aged 56 after a two-year battle with lung cancer.

Will social media giants face a day of reckoning over their handling of harmful and illegal content as well as misinformation and disinformation, asks Business Editor Will Goodboy.

Ulster Bank has told most of its remaining credit card customers here who had outstanding balances that what they owe is being written off.

The French central bank has said that the nation's economy should get a considerable bump from the Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Wall Street's main indexes swung between gains and losses on the last day of a tumultuous week that rocked the global markets as the low-yielding yen surged and fears of a recession gripped the world's biggest economy.

More than 11,000 people successfully appealed a decision to refuse or only part-grant them a social welfare payment last year.

Britain's competition regulator said today it had launched an inquiry into a partnership between US e-commerce giant Amazon and Anthropic, a US developer of artificial intelligence.

The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission said it will carry out a full investigation into the proposed purchase by Formpress Publishing of D&D Media.

Ryanair has agreed a booking partnership with another online operator.

Rehab has been ordered to pay €2,500 compensation to a former employee with an intellectual disability who was dismissed after she was found trying to steal money from colleagues at work.

More than 11,000 people successfully appealed a decision to refuse or only part-grant them a social welfare payment last year.

Disney plans to spend at least $1 billion every year in the UK, Europe, the Middle East and Africa over the next five years to produce movies and TV shows, a company spokesperson told Reuters today.

Consello Capital, the private equity arm of Consello - which is led by Tipperary born businessman Declan Kelly and which counts American football legend Tom Brady as one of its partners - has made its second acquisition in ten months with a deal for US preventative healthcare company EHE.

Rupert Murdoch's News Corp said it may sell Australian cable TV and streaming unit Foxtel after receiving an approach, a deal that would end its involvement in a high-overhead asset that has struggled to adapt to the Netflix era.

Payroll and HR solutions provider SD Worx Ireland is investing €3m to expand its payroll offering and roll the service out to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Ireland.

Oil prices were steady today and on course for a weekly gain of more than 3% as US jobs data calmed demand concerns and fears of a widening Middle East conflict persisted.