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A closer inspection of the Apple ruling paints a very different picture to the accepted narrative of the state of global tax competition

The owners of the five-star luxury Ashford Castle resort have paid out €3.3m for a 14-unit housing estate in the Co Mayo town of Ballinrobe in order to provide accommodation for staff.

A new report by the National Economic and Social Council has urged the building industry to overcome the stigma associated with new modern methods of house construction to speed up the delivery of homes.

86% of consumers are satisfied with the main financial providers, new research shows.

EU antitrust regulators have launched proceedings to ensure that Apple complies with landmark rules requiring it to open up its closed ecosystem to rivals or risk a possible hefty fine.

The €335,000 project to construct a bike shelter at Leinster House was hit by delays with concerns over the removal of car parking spaces for TDs and Senators as well as challenges over when work was allowed or not.

The main reason for the enormous emphasis on budgets in Ireland is unfortunately political rather than economic

Energy supplier switching rates for July increased to their highest levels in two years, the latest CRU Customer Switching Report for the electricity and gas retail markets shows.

The Bank of England held interest rates at 5% today and voted to run down its stock of British government bonds by another £100 billion over the coming 12 months, weighing on the government's finances.

Booking.com's restrictions against hotels offering lower rates on their websites or on rival sites are unnecessary and could reduce competition, Europe's top court said in a ruling targeting a widely used practice in the industry.

The number of people living and working in the Western Region has increased by 13.3% between 2016 and 2022, a new report from the Western Development Commission shows.

15 participants have been selected from about 200 applications for a new specialist food and agriculture entrepreneurship programme at the UCD School of Biosystems and Food Engineering in partnership with Teagasc.

The euro zone's current account surplus shrunk in July on a lower trade surplus and a drop in primary income, which includes the flow of profits, wages, interest income and dividends into and out of the bloc, European Central Bank data showed today.

Norway's central bank has held its policy interest rate unchanged at a 16-year high of 4.5%, as widely expected, and said it plans to start cutting borrowing costs in the first quarter of next year.

After the reinstatement of excise duty on August 1, fuel prices were expected to continue to rise but the latest figures from AA Ireland show that prices at the pump actually fell in September.

Italy's government views favourably UniCredit's efforts to build a large European banking group through a merger with Germany's Commerzbank as long as the Milanese bank keeps its central functions in Italy, sources close to the matter said.

UK online supermarket Ocado Retail lifted its revenue guidance for its 2023-2024 year after sales jumped 15.5% in its latest quarter, as a focus on value attracted more customers.

Insulation and building materials manufacturer Kingspan has announced a deal to buy IB Roof Systems, a high-performance PVC membrane provider, which is headquartered in Texas.

Boeing has said it will temporarily lay off tens of thousands of employees after about 30,000 machinists went on strike on Friday, halting production of its best-selling 737 MAX and other airplanes.

Clothing retailer Next said today it was on track to make an annual profit of almost £1 billion as it raised its forecast for the second time in two months after better than expected recent trading.