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Staff at South Dublin County Council, who are members of the Fórsa trade union, have paused planned industrial action which was due to begin on Monday.

Taoiseach Micheál Martin has led the tributes to the late businessman and sportsman Pat (PJ) Dineen, who chaired Irish Steel, Bord na Móna and Bord Gáis, as well as playing cricket for Ireland on over 20 occasions.

A manager at a workwear and safety supplier dismissed after complaining about taking a fall on a damaged floor in its warehouse has won €10,000 for health and safety-related penalisation.

US motorists have traded in a record number of Tesla electric vehicles this month, data showed, amid a wave of protests against CEO Elon Musk's work as an adviser to US President Donald Trump.

Heathrow is warning of days of disruption ahead, after a fire at an electricial substation that supplies it with power, closed the airport today.

Dublin based aviation analytics solutions company Aerlytix has secured a grant of €455,000 through Enterprise Ireland's Research, Development & Innovation (RD&I) fund.

It is close to impossible to predict what US tariffs will mean for the Irish economy.

Russia's central bank kept its key rate at 21% today, locking in two-decade-high borrowing costs as it battles rampant inflation.

New figures from the Central Statistics Office show that wholesale electricity prices dropped by 15.9% in February from January, but were 66.5% higher than February of last year.

Industrial action by a "strong cohort" of adjudication officers at the Workplace Relations Commission is on the table after many of them were told to speed up their decision-making or face having their caseloads halved.

British pub group JD Wetherspoon has today reported a surge in its adjusted pre-tax profit for the first-half of its fiscal year, supported by sustained demand for food and drinks amid rising disposable incomes among younger consumers.

The latest AA Ireland Fuel Survey shows that petrol and diesel prices remained steady for March, following recent increases in previous months.

At least half of housing commencements in 2024 were due to uncertainty over the extension of the development levy waiver or water connection charge refund, according to the latest Housing Market Monitor for the fourth quarter of 2024, published today by Banking & Payments Federation Ireland.

Japanese inflation eased in February, government data showed today, with prices excluding fresh food rising by 3% year-on-year in the world's fourth-largest economy.

Efforts are under way to re-route passengers who were due to travel to London Heathrow from Irish airports today, after the London airport was forced to close for the day due to a power outage from a nearby fire.

Inditex-owned fast-fashion retailer Zara has opened what it dubbed a new-style Asia flagship store in the eastern Chinese city of Nanjing as part of its global push to cut underperforming shops and double down on larger retail formats.

Britain's statistics office, which is under fire for its unreliable labour market data, said it had paused publication of its factory gate inflation figures and similar data for the services sector after finding a methodology problem.

Britain's competition regulator fined four sports broadcast and production companies about £4m today for sharing sensitive information about fees for freelance camera operators and sound technicians.

Britain borrowed more than expected last month, according to official figures published today that showed the scale of the challenge facing finance minister Rachel Reeves who is expected to announce cuts to her spending plans next week.

A new survey has found nearly half of Irish people feel financially unprepared for the future, while 42% of young adults do not have a pension.