RTE Business

Apple has been given permission to challenge a decision by the Data Protection Commissioner (DPC) to inquire into a data processing complaint by a French digital rights group, after the tech giant argued the validity of the submission should have been evaluated first.

Google's main Irish subsidiary recorded a profit before tax last year of €3.57bn, up 79% on the previous year.

Nurses and midwives staged protests at five hospitals over the exclusion of Clinical Placement Coordinators from a recent pay deal.

Revenues at Sharon Horgan's TV and movie production firm, Merman Television last year increased by 14% to £26.32m or €31.6m due to the global success of hits such as Bad Sisters.

Pre-tax profits at the firm that operates Emerald Park last year slumped by 26% to €4.43m as the Co Meath visitor attraction counted the cost of a wet Irish summer in 2023.

Three workers who said they were left short on wages and severance pay after being let go due to "trading difficulties" at an engineering firm have won pay orders.

Members of the Teachers' Union of Ireland (TUI) in Education and Training Boards (ETBs) have voted overwhelmingly in favour of industrial action, up to and including strike action, in a dispute over changes to their terms and conditions.

Medical laboratory scientists will be balloted for industrial action over the coming weeks in a dispute over staff shortages.

Eliane Heilbronn, mother of the secretive owners of luxury group Chanel, has died aged 99, the company said today.

As Black Friday approaches, Revenue's customs operations are warning online shoppers of the risks of deals that seem too good to be true, where purchasers risk buying counterfeit goods or facing additional charges such as customs duty and VAT.

There has been a sharp rise in the number of extra hours being worked by prison officers with nearly €51m in payments since the start of last year.

Macy's has delayed the publication of its third-quarter results due to an accounting issue tied to delivery expenses and instead posted preliminary results in which its sales missed Wall Street expectations.

66% of clothes sold in Primark/Penneys were made from recycled or more sustainably sourced materials over the last 12 months, according to the retailer's third annual Sustainability and Ethics Progress Report.

Consumers are caught by scams which use urgency triggers, confirmation bias and trust signals to create a false sense of security and scarcity

The firm that operates the Convention Centre Dublin (CCD) last year enjoyed record pre-tax profits of €18.23m.

Insulation and building materials manufacturer Kingspan has announced the acquisition of a 51% stake in Villalba, a manufacturer of insulated metal panels and related products in Santiago in Chile.

Former rugby international Brendan Mullin has been jailed for three years for stealing over €500,000 from Bank of Ireland when he was the chief executive officer of its private bank a decade ago.

Users have been having been issues today with Microsoft services including Exchange Online, Teams and Outlook.

Dublin based fund manager Blacksheep Fund Management has bought the stake in Daft.ie, DoneDeal.ie and Adverts.ie owner Distilled Ltd, which was controlled by European online classifieds group, Adevinta.

German business morale fell more than expected in November in further bad news for a country set to be the worst performer among the Group of Seven (G7) rich democracies this year.