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New car sales in the European Union fell 18.3% in August to their lowest in three years, dragged by double-digit losses in major markets Germany, France and Italy, data from Europe's auto industry body showed today.

Online retail giant Amazon said it has invested more than €22 billion in Ireland since 2004, including more than €3 billion in 2023 alone.

The Government is expected to outline on Budget day how the €14 billion Apple tax revenue will be spent.

Elon Musk's X social network said that the restoration of its services in Brazil, where it had been shut down, was "inadvertent and temporary".

Taoiseach Simon Harris will today chair an Online Safety Summit in Government Buildings.

One of the co-founders of Ireland's biggest hospitality chains says he is delighted to be staying involved in the Press Up Hospitality Group.

The US Federal Reserve has cut interest rates by half of a percentage point, kicking off what is expected to be a steady easing of monetary policy.

The US Federal Reserve has cut interest rates by half of a percentage point, kicking off what is expected to be a steady easing of monetary policy with a larger-than-usual reduction in borrowing costs that followed growing unease about the health of the job market.

A Galway based company that makes a device to prevent hair loss and peripheral neuropathy in chemotherapy patients has raised $15m.

A senior official with the International Monetary Fund has said that fiscal councils are "absolutely essential" in ensuring that economic forecasts by governments are reasonable.

The Minister for Finance has insisted that the Government will not repeat the mistakes of the past in the upcoming Budget.

An Oireachtas committee has heard that Ireland's "poor" performance in delivering infrastructure means that there is no quick fix for the housing crisis.

A worker who said she continued to receive a trainee wage, despite working 50 hours a week or more after being promoted to manage an Iceland branch by herself in the final months before the supermarket chain shut, has won €1,900 in compensation.

Google Ireland is contesting South Dublin County Council's planning refusal for the online giant's planned new data data centre for Grange Castle Business Park in south Dublin.

Dublin Airport operator, daa, has said a draft decision from An Bord Pleanála (ABP) regarding the night time use of the second main runway would represent a "backward step".

The Government has announced plans to increase the amount of money high earners can have in their pension pot without facing a significant tax bill.

Dublin City Council has refused planning permission for a seven storey apart-hotel for Dublin's Thomas Street.

Alaska Airlines said today it had completed its $1.9 billion acquisition of Hawaiian Airlines after reaching an agreement with the US Department of Transportation.

Retailer Penneys has completed a €4m renovation of its Wilton Shopping Centre store in Cork, which forms part of its €250m commitment to its Irish stores.

The Finance Minister has ruled out abolishing inheritance tax, saying it would not be fair.