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Google.org, the philanthropic arm of Google, has announced €500,000 in grants to help improve access to artificial intelligence (AI) in Ireland.

European Central Bank officials are sticking to plans to cut interest rates multiple times this year, even as higher US inflation delays a pivot to looser policy by the US Federal Reserve and tensions in the Middle East keep oil prices high.

Dublin-based family-owned Milish Bakery has secured a multi-million deal with retailer Marks & Spencer to supply its muffins to 640 M&S stores throughout the UK and Ireland.

If you're in Galway, there's a spend of €586 per person on housing, while Longford spends €447 per head on roads

Taoiseach Simon Harris said today there is capacity to build 60,000 homes a year and there is a need to continue the supply of new homes.

New figures from the Central Statistics Office show that wholesale electricity were 40.3% lower in March of this year compared to the same time last year.

AIB Group is to increase the payment it makes to customers who want to switch to a mortgage with the bank.

Anne-Marie Conibear has been elected president of the Association of Consulting Engineers of Ireland (ACEI), becoming its first female president since the association's foundation in 1938.

Valentia Slate has become the second Irish stone to be awarded the status of "International Union of Geological Sciences Heritage Stone".

There is extensive evidence that workplace rudeness can have adverse effects on your well-being

Prices of homes being sold in Britain are close to their record highs after the biggest annual increase in a year, according to an industry survey that suggested the momentum in the housing market of early 2024 extended into April.

Hornby, which manufactures model railways, said today that its full-year group sales suffered after results in the last quarter were pulled down by Red Sea delivery delays and by an early Easter.

Asda has revealed its underlying earnings swelled by a quarter last year with growth in food and clothing sales.

On April 30, the second phase of Britain's new post-Brexit border controls for food imports from the European Union will begin - three years after Britain left the bloc's single market and eight years after it voted to leave the EU.

National Broadband Ireland said today it has now connected over 75,000 homes, farms and businesses under the National Broadband Plan (NBP) to high-speed fibre broadband.

Almost 2,000 event-based roles are up for grabs following the launch of a nationwide recruitment drive to fill positions at festivals, gigs, football and hurling matches being held across the country over the summer months.

Investors should get a clearer picture this week of whether higher interest rates are still boosting European bank profits or if a year-long share price rally will run out of steam.

Tesla has cut prices in a number of its major markets, including China and Germany, following price cuts in the US, as it grapples with falling sales and an intensifying price war for electric vehicles (EVs), especially against Chinese EVs.

So-called 'green' job postings in Ireland are up over 90% since 2019, new data shows.

A new study of brain activity has found that viewing your own image on video conferencing calls leads to mental fatigue.