RTE Business

Healthcare services group Uniphar has reported higher revenues and operating profits for the year to the end of December and said it was making further progress on its financial and strategic objectives.

The commercial property vacancy rate nationally has increased to its highest level since GeoDirectory started tracking the data a decade ago.

The Higher Education Authority (HEA) has told the country's second largest university that it has "serious concerns" about how it is managing a financial deficit of €8.6m.

AIB is now buying renewable energy from a solar farm in Gorey in Co Wexford.

The number of parents reducing their food intake to ensure their children have enough to eat has increased by 12% since last year, according to Barnardos.

Dublin-based managed IT services company IT.ie has announced plans to double its headcount in the next three years with the creation of 30 new jobs.

Minister for Media Catherine Martin will face questions this evening at an Oireachtas committee about her handling of events that led to the resignation of Siún Ní Raghallaigh as chair of the RTÉ Board.

Dawn raids have been carried out by the competition watchdog on a number of businesses in the home alarm industry.

Government minister Charlie McConalogue's former driver has claimed he was let go from the job in a "sham" redundancy process which left him to choose between the prospect of a job in a dole office or ending 40 years' service to the State with a severance package.

The High Court has formally granted microblogging site Tumblr permission to challenge a decision to include it in a list of 10 "video-sharing platforms" to be regulated under a new online safety code.

Renault and China-owned MG launched new electrified cars in Europe at the Geneva car show today as Chinese automakers seek to take more market share from legacy European rivals.

Smartphone makers are packing their latest devices with flashy new artificial intelligence tools such as real-time voice translation and advanced photo editing in efforts to reignite consumer demand.

The maker of 'blockbuster' weight loss and diabetes drug, Ozempic, Novo Nordisk has been requested to lodge revised plans for its large scale Dublin plant arising from local residents' concerns.

British housebuilders need to build more, better quality homes and the government needs to streamline a complex planning system to fix a chronic shortage that drives up prices, the competition regulator said today following a year-long study.

A new estimate suggests that the domestic economy here grew reasonably strongly in December, despite challenging conditions.

Employment levels in firms supported by Government agencies hit a new record high last year, despite the challenging economic backdrop and retrenchment in the tech sector.

The volume of production in building and construction dropped by 0.7% between the third and fourth quarter this year, new data shows.

68% of workers aged between 20 and 69 have some form of pension cover outside of the state pension, new figures from the Central Statistics Office show.

Oil prices fell today, extending losses from the previous session after the dollar rose on market views that higher-than-expected inflation could delay cuts to high US interest rates that have been capping global fuel demand growth.

The World Trade Organization today opened a high-level ministerial meeting in Abu Dhabi with calls for consensus as geopolitical tensions and the looming US election undermine chances of a major breakthrough.