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Emboldened by roaring online success in the US, South Korea's cosmetic startups are expanding their bricks-and-mortar presence in the world's biggest consumer market, confident their mass appeal will offset the hit from tariffs.

Sligo Chamber of Commerce has called on the Government to scrap a plan to redevelop some sections of the N17 and to commit to a full redevelopment of the route between Knock and Collooney, describing it as "unsafe and unfit for purpose".

The ECB has cut interest rates for the eighth time in a year by one-quarter of a percentage point, which brings its rate down from 2.25% to 2%

Deliveroo is teaming up with drone delivery company Manna to launch drone deliveries in Dublin.

The European Central Bank is widely expected to cut interest rates by a quarter of a percentage point later today.

Deliveroo is teaming up with drone delivery company Manna to launch drone deliveries in Dublin.

US President Donald Trump has redoubled his calls for Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell to lower interest rates, noting that payroll processing firm ADP reported that job creation slowed in May.

A new report has found that the all-island cybersecurity sector generated an estimated €3.2 billion and contributed €1.5 billion in gross value added in the most recent financial year.

EU member states have adopted a controversial set of new measures governing the regulation of medicines at European level, following two years of deadlock and "unprecedented" lobbying by the pharma sector, particularly in Ireland.

Biometric fraud like voice spoofing and audio deepfakes are part of broader social engineering attacks by scammers and criminals

Bulgaria has met all criteria to adopt the euro currency from 1 January 2026, the European Central Bank said after assessing progress on a host of indicators from inflation to central bank legislation.

The Commission for Communications Regulation has said more than 7,000 SMS Sender IDs have been pre-registered for its registry designed to cut down on text-message scams.

Billionaire Elon Musk has plunged into the congressional debate over US President Donald Trump's sweeping tax and spending bill, calling it a "disgusting abomination" that will increase the federal deficit.

Shannon Airport is expecting to increase passenger numbers by 100,000 this winter, as a result of a new investment by Ryanair.

As artificial intelligence threatens to upend entire sectors of the economy, American labour unions are scrambling to protect workers, demand corporate transparency, and rally political support - an uphill battle in a rapidly changing world.

Euro zone business activity barely expanded in May as the dominant services industry contracted for the first time since November, weighed down by falling demand that has plagued the bloc for a year, a survey has shown.

EU trade commissioner Maros Sefcovic and U.S. trade representative Jamieson Greer are meeting in Paris today to accelerate the pace of trade talks between the EU and Washington.

Norway's government today said it had sold its remaining shares in Norwegian Air for 892 million crowns (€77.26m), divesting a stake stemming from the airline's pandemic-era restructuring.

Alarm over China's stranglehold on critical minerals has grown as global automakers joined their US counterparts to complain that restrictions by China on exports of rare earth alloys, mixtures and magnets could cause production delays and outages without a quick solution.