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Bayer has told US politicians it could stop selling the popular Roundup weedkiller unless they can strengthen legal protection against product liability litigation, according to a financial analyst and a person close to the matter.

January saw the first year-on-year decline in first-time buyer approval volumes since June 2024, new figures from Banking & Payments Federation Ireland show today.

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FBD Holdings said today that January's Storm Éowyn is set to be the single biggest storm event in the company's history.

SpaceX's massive Starship spacecraft exploded in space yesterday minutes after lifting off from Texas, prompting the FAA to halt air traffic in parts of Florida, in the second straight failure this year for Elon Musk's Mars rocket programme.

China's exports grew slower than expected in the first two months of the year, official data showed today, as a deepening trade war with the US piles on economic malaise.

The Government has outlined the steps it intends to take to secure a renewal of the nitrates derogation for Irish farmers for next year.

Nua Healthcare has announced the creation of 300 jobs in Gormanston, Co Meath, with the launch of its latest mental health service.

Over 60 jobs are being created with the opening of a fully automated steel fabrication facility in Co Laois.

Talks aimed at resolving the long-running pay dispute in the community and voluntary sector will resume today at the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC).

Shauna Doyle used to be a beauty therapist but now she has a very different job, working for her family business laying tarmac.

The news that the European Central Bank has cut interest rates for the sixth time in the past 12 months is a positive development for Irish consumers and businesses.

US President Donald Trump has said he is pausing some of the sweeping new tariffs on Mexican imports, amid continued trade tensions with Canada and sustained blowback from global markets on his policies.

Apple convinced a New York federal court today to dismiss a copyright lawsuit brought by tech journalist Dan Ackerman, who accused the tech giant of ripping off his book about the landmark video game "Tetris" for a movie on the same subject.

A Department of Foreign Affairs porter who was one of two civil servants sacked in the wake of a data breach and the discovery of an unauthorised computer in the basement of the Passport Office in Dublin in 2022 has lost a challenge to his dismissal.

Skillnet Ireland has named Mark Jordan as CEO.

Volkswagen will focus the sales strategy for its €20,000 electric car coming out in 2027 on Europe, its brand chief said, adding the carmaker needed until then to bring down battery costs to sell it at that price.

Penneys, which operates as Primark outside of the Republic of Ireland, has today opened its first-ever standalone Primark Home store, located on Donegall Place in Belfast.

The Grand Hotel in Malahide in Co Dublin has officially become the seventh property within the FBD Hotels & Resorts (FBDH&R) portfolio.

ICS Mortgages has announced a further reduction in its variable mortgage rates - its seventh successive rate cut since July last year.