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Attracting and retaining the best staff has been cited as the top focus area in the next 12 months in a survey of larger businesses.

The Green Party has published its general election manifesto as campaigning continues this morning, pledging to invest an additional €10 billion to speed up the delivery of major public transport projects if returned to government.

The Criminal Assets Bureau has put Daniel Kinahan's Dublin home up for sale with an asking price of more than €500,000.

Plans have been lodged for a €141m 118 MW solar farm for a 428 acre site within the townlands of Cadamstown, Ballina, Clonuff and Garrisker in Co Kildare.

RTÉ's independent production unit last year paid out €46.3m to help finance international hits such as Hidden Assets, Kin and The Dry.

Perhaps the only thing political parties can agree on in the General Election campaign is that the housing crisis is top of the agenda.

Collapsed cryptocurrency company FTX is suing Binance and its former CEO Changpeng Zhao, alleging that $1.8 billion was "fraudulently transferred" by FTX management to Binance and its executives.

Amazon is developing smart eyeglasses for its delivery drivers to guide them to, around and within buildings, as it tries to smooth the final stretch of an order's journey to a customer's home, five people familiar with the matter said.

Lisbon will this week play host to Europe's biggest annual tech conference, Web Summit, where industry leaders will weigh the pros and cons of Donald Trump's return to the White House.

Northern Ireland hospitality group Galgorm Collection has acquired the Galgorm Castle Estate in Ballymena and Roe Park Resort in Limavady for a combined £28 million.

Nestle's KitKat brand has signed a global sponsorship deal with Formula 1 as new Chief Executive Laurent Freixe seeks to change the way the world's biggest food company markets its core, multi-billion-dollar brands.

Oil prices fell today, after China's stimulus plan disappointed investors seeking fuel demand growth in the world's second biggest oil consumer and as the US dollar edged higher.

Fianna Fáil is pledging to increase the State pension to €350 per week over the lifetime of the next Government if it is returned to office.

New research from An Post shows that - surprisingly - 18-24-year-olds are the highest users of cash with 35% of this age group using cash at least once a day.

New figures from the Central Statistics Office show a 25% decrease in the number of electric cars licensed for the first time in the first 10 months of 2024 when compared with the same time last year.

German automotive and industrial supplier Continental has cut its annual sales guidance for the second time this year, citing weak industrial demand in Europe and North America, but it beat third quarter profit expectations.

Teaching unions have criticised comments made by Ryanair CEO Michael O'Leary about teachers, calling them "insulting" and "very disrespectful".

China's consumer inflation rate slowed in October, official data showed over the weekend, in a sign that demand remains sluggish in the world's second biggest economy.

Tesla's market value closed above the $1 trillion mark in a sharp rally on Friday night, on expectations that CEO Elon Musk's companies will get favourable treatment under President-elect Donald Trump for his extensive support during the poll campaign.

Kerry-based financial services and technology company Fexco has reported higher profits and income for 2023 on the back of a strong performance in transaction volumes in 2023 worldwide.