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New figures from the Central Statistics Office show the number of women in employment has more than doubled since 1998 to 1,310,600 in the fourth quarter of 2024, a 104.2% increase from the 641,800 reported in the fourth quarter of 1998.

New figures from the Central Statistics Office show that the seasonally adjusted Live Register dipped by 0.1% to 165,500 people over the month to February.

Former Dundalk FC chief operations officer Martin Connolly is now working shifts in a factory after being "very publicly" dismissed from the club last year, a tribunal has heard.

The euro zone economy grew by 0.9% in 2024, revised data showed today, higher than a previous estimate of 0.7%.

Venture capital firms invested €200m in Irish, women-led start-ups last year, according to Pitchbook's 'Europe All In' analysis.

Plans to establish a €650m hydroelectric pumped storage power project located at the former mine site Silvermines in Co Tipperary have taken a major step forward.

Insurance company Royal London Ireland has today reported 29% growth in new business sales to €359m.

Walgreens Boots Alliance will be taken private by Sycamore Partners for $10 billion, the firms have said, closing out nearly a century of trading on public markets for the US pharmacy giant.

US President Donald Trump yesterday signed an executive order to establish a strategic bitcoin reserve, a day before meeting with executives from the cryptocurrency industry at the White House.

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.