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A cancer survivor who was ordered to work full-time in a health service kitchen when the Covid-19 pandemic struck, despite a promise to assign her office work because of chemotherapy-induced nerve damage, has won €5,000 for disability discrimination.

IPUT, the biggest office landlord in Dublin, said today it has secured planning permission to deliver an additional 12 units at its Nexus Logistics Park in Dublin.

Farmers with GPS equipment in their tractors have been warned to secure the devices at night after a spate of thefts since the beginning of the year.

Around €250,000 worth of GPS hardware has been stolen from farms over the past two years, according to data collected by the Irish Farmers' Association.

Marino was a testing ground for a number of housing policies which influenced the city for many years afterwards

The euro zone's current account surplus widened in December on a bigger trade surplus and a lower outflow of primary income, such as profits, dividends, and remittances, data from the European Central Bank showed today.

Gen Z may benefit from Europe's declining birth rate as there will be fewer young people to inherit houses and more for them to inherit

The Tánaiste has questioned why confidentiality agreements were entered into between RTÉ and a number of senior executives who have since left the organisation.

Ryanair expects to be at least seven Boeing deliveries short this summer, CEO Michael O'Leary told Reuters today.

China's central bank has today cut a key benchmark lending rate used to price mortgages, as Beijing seeks to rescue its housing market from a deepening crisis and boost flagging growth in the country's economy.

Britain's antitrust regulator said it would scrutinise the country's infant formula market after prices soared by 25% over the last two years.

European discount retailer Pepco Group said it will exit the Austrian market, saying it does not expect appropriate returns in the country.

Holiday Inn owner IHG said today it expected to return more than $1 billion to shareholders in 2024, after posting better-than-expected annual room revenue and adjusted operating profit that exceeded $1 billion for the first time.

Russian bank VTB has reported a record 2023 profit of 432.2 billion roubles ($4.68 billion), rebounding from a revised, sanctions-induced loss of 667.5 billion the year before.

Ground staff at German airline Lufthansa today walked off the job at major airports in their second strike this month, raising pressure in wage talks due to continue on Wednesday.

Barclays has today reported a 6% fall in annual profit in line with expectations as chief executive CS Venkatakrishnan set out plans including bumper buybacks, an overhaul of its operations, cost cuts and asset sales to improve performance and lift shares.

SIPTU has called for greater action to protect public transport workers from abuse and anti-social behaviour.

Mortgage lending at credit unions was up 15% in the last three months of the year, with the mortgage book now over €500m for the first time.

Polish farmers will step up protests on the border with Ukraine, blocking almost all traffic in what they say is a bid to save their livelihoods but which Kyiv says is damaging its war effort.

Minister for Finance Michael McGrath will travel to Stormont to meet his Northern Ireland Executive counterpart, Dr Caoimhe Archibald, for the first time.