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The number of refugees from Ukraine living in Ireland is up 16% on the same period last year, according to the Central Statistics Office.

The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission said it has opened an investigation into suspected breaches of competition law by Dublin Port Company.

There were 666 new social and cost rental homes delivered by the country's largest approved housing body last year, according to its annual report.

The President of the Eurogroup and Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform Paschal Donohoe and Finance Minister Jack Chambers are in Washington today for the annual neetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank Group.

Tokyo Metro's shares shot up 45% in their market debut today after Japan's largest initial public offering in six years bagged it $2.3 billion with the lure of sizeable dividends.

Drugs and diagnostic company Roche said its third-quarter sales gained a currency-adjusted 9%, beating market expectations, on higher prescriptions of once-monthly haemophilia shot Hemlibra and recently launched eye drug Vabysmo.

French cosmetics giant L'Oreal has reported a rise in third quarter sales that missed expectations after low consumer confidence in China sapped demand for beauty products.

European Central Bank policymakers have begun to debate whether interest rates need to be lowered enough to start stimulating the economy, ending years of economic restriction, conversations this week with half a dozen sources indicate.

Lloyds Banking Group has today reported third quarter profits that exceeded expectations, and reaffirmed its performance guidance for 2024, citing increasing financial confidence among its customers.

Dutch brewer Heineken's third-quarter sales figures has beaten forecasts, buoyed by higher priced and non-alcoholic beers, but full-year guidance was left unchanged.

Bankrupt Tupperware Brands has agreed to sell its business to a group of lenders for $23.5m in cash and over $63m in debt relief, canceling its plans for an open-market auction of its assets.

There has been a fall in job vacancies according to two separate reports out today.

Deutsche Bank bounced back to profit in the third quarter, as it reduced reserves set aside for investor lawsuits over its Postbank division while its global investment bank fired on all cylinders.

Starbucks has suspended its forecast for the next fiscal year as new CEO Brian Niccol looks to turn around the coffee giant struggling with falling demand for its pricey drinks.

The Climate Change Advisory Council has said that although greenhouse gas emissions fell in most sectors last year, the rate of progress is not enough to meet national and EU climate obligations.

A group of trade unions has launched new research exploring 'union-busting' activities by employers in Ireland.

The State's fiscal watchdog is warning of "significant risks" arising from new EU rules on government spending and the Exchequer's growing reliance on multinational tax revenues.

The Climate Change Advisory Council has said that although greenhouse gas emissions fell in most sectors last year, the rate of progress is not enough to meet national and EU climate obligations.

Consumers are being warned of a new 'direct debit' scam which is falsely leading people to believe their bank account has been hacked.

Around one in every ten apartment developments does not have a sinking fund in place to deal with maintenance and repairs to common areas.