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One in 20 buildings in Ireland have difficulty accessing flood insurance and this gap is likely to grow in future, new research from the Central Bank has found.

A hospital spent more than €400,000 on hotel accommodation after taking over a building belonging to a charity during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson and James Robinson won the 2024 Nobel economics prize "for studies of how institutions are formed and affect prosperity", the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said today.

Dublin-based cybersecurity company PlanNet21 Group has been bought by Conscia, a European provider of cybersecurity and networking solutions for mission-critical IT infrastructure in large organisations, for an undisclosed sum.

There are some very interesting trends behind the changes in Irish household spending since 1980

Chinese and European automakers are going head-to-head at the Paris car show, with tensions running high as the EU gears up to impose hefty import tariffs on Chinese-made electric vehicles and the industry struggles with weak demand.

Shares in bookmakers Flutter Entertainment, Entain and Evoke fell sharply today, after a media report that the UK government is considering a £3 billion tax hike for the gambling sector.

Hyundai India will start taking orders for its $3.3 billion initial public offering in Mumbai today, the company said in regulatory filings, a deal that will be the country's largest ever share offering and world's second biggest IPO in 2024.

The European Central Bank looks set to deliver another interest rate cut on Thursday it had little appetite to point to just weeks ago.

British luxury brand Mulberry said today it is working with advisers to evaluate Frasers' sweetened £111m takeover proposal, after its top investor Challice declined to sell shares to the sportswear retailer.

Chinese state-owned carmaker GAC is exploring the manufacture of EVs in Europe to avoid EU tariffs, the general manager of its international business has told Reuters, joining a growing list of Chinese companies planning local production.

Smurfit Westrock has worked with Nestlé to launch a new paper-based tub for its Quality Street sweets this Christmas - the first of its kind to hit supermarket shelves.

China has pledged to "significantly increase" debt to revive its sputtering economy, but left investors guessing on the overall size of the stimulus package, a vital detail to gauge the longevity of its recent stock market rally.

Here are 10 ways to deal with the painful consequences of gaffes at work, like emailing the wrong thing to the wrong person at the wrong time

Irish startups have risen by 7% , but insolvencies are also growing, new data shows.

Revolut is launching a new point of sale terminal in Ireland to enable its business customers here to accept payments in person.

Construction activity contracted slightly in September, the fourth time it has decreased in the last five months.

The annual spend on video streaming services by consumers in Ireland is €1.1 billion, down €200 million since last year, despite the fact that video streaming has grown in popularity.

The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation and Fórsa are to begin balloting healthcare workers for industrial action from today in a dispute over staff shortages.

A new safety campaign will be launched today that will see thousands of construction workers and companies focusing on mitigating critical risks on construction sites, education on safety practices, and heart health.