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The company behind Radio Nova, Classic Hits Radio and Sunshine 106.8 is planning to buy Galway Bay FM.

Sinn Féin's housing spokesperson Eoin Ó Broin said a shortage of planning staff both in councils and in An Bord Pleanála is causing an excessive delay in building houses.

Meta Platforms has struck an agreement with Constellation Energy to keep one of the utility's reactors in Illinois operating for 20 years, in the Big Tech company's first such deal with a nuclear power plant.

IDA Ireland said Ireland was losing ground to other EU countries and the US because of the high cost of energy.

New figures from the Society of the Irish Motor Industry show that while new car registrations overall slowed in May, the number of new electric car registrations increased.

Media company Walt Disney is laying off several hundred employees in film, television and corporate finance, a source familiar with the matter has said.

New figures show that shoppers spent an additional €14m on typical summer fare, including sausages, coleslaw, antipasti, non-alcoholic drinks, mixers, pickles, beer and cider and ice cream, in the four weeks to May 18.

CPAC Modular, a manufacturer of modular buildings, will today break ground on its new €16 million manufacturing facility in Dunshaughlin, Co Meath.

Turkish inflation eased further in May to 35.4%, reaching its lowest level since November 2021, official figures showed today, paving the way for a possible interest rate cut.

Euro zone inflation eased below the European Central Bank's target last month, data showed today, underpinning expectations for another interest rate cut this week, even as global trade tensions fuel longer-term price pressures.

Bank of Ireland is to reduce the interest rate on its 12 and 18-month fixed-term deposits by 0.25% from this Thursday.

Pre-tax profits at the Cork-based food firm that operates the Cully & Sully brand increased by 5% to €3.07m last year.

China's factory activity in May shrank for the first time in eight months, a private-sector survey showed today, indicating US tariffs are now starting to directly hurt the manufacturing superpower.

The country's manufacturing sector grew at a solid pace in May as strong domestic demand offset a second successive monthly decline in export orders due to subdued sales into the US and Britain, a new survey showed today.

The OECD has slashed its annual global growth forecast today, warning that US President Donald Trump's tariffs blitz will stifle the world economy - hitting the US especially hard.

Pizza maker Crust & Crumb is to double the size of its production facility at Ballyconnell in Co Cavan.

Airbus delivered around 51 airplanes in May, industry sources said, down 4% from the same month last year.

Scandinavian property companies Pandox and Eiendomsspar have jointly proposed to buy Ireland's largest hotel group Dalata Hotel Group for €1.3 billion, they said today.

Business group Ibec has warned that Ireland's current public investment model for research and innovation does not match the country's ambition to become a European Innovation Leader.

Cybersecurity remains the top investment priority for Irish tech leaders who are facing increasing budget constraints, geopolitical tensions and continued technological change.