RTE Business

A bill that seeks to abolish age-based sub-minimum pay rates for younger workers will be discussed today by the Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise, Trade and Employment.

An Bord Pleanála has proposed lifting controversial restrictions on night-time flights at Dublin Airport which will extend its normal operating hours by two hours.

A worker who was sacked by Aldi after senior management found out he had been convicted of sexual assault has won €5,000 for unfair dismissal.

Ryanair has seen better momentum in bookings since August and less need to discount prices, group chief executive Michael O'Leary told Reuters today, but added that profit for the year was likely to be slightly down on last year.

Elon Musk's Dublin-based Twitter International UC has lodged an appeal against a ruling that it must pay out an Irish record unfair dismissal award of €550,131 to a former executive.

KnightBridge has acquired Irish ice-cream brand Scrumdiddly's.

Bank of Ireland has warned that fraudsters are targeting farmers with fake machinery sales.

Instagram has announced the roll out of new 'Teen Accounts' which the platform said will include built-in protections for younger users.

Teresa Ribera will have to square up to Big Tech, banks and airlines if confirmed as Europe's new antitrust chief, while juggling calls for looser rules to help create EU champions.

The Revenue Commissioners believed they could save up to €1.7m every year by moving their work-from-home employees away from laptops to a desk-based computer system.

A giveaway budget may be attractive for Government TDs facing an election, but spending decisions must be based on prudence rather than populism

Irish online finance and business services company Kinore.com has announced plans to double its workforce from 75 to 150 over the next 18 months.

New figures from the Central Statistics Office show that almost half a million more passengers used Irish airports in the second quarter of this year compared with the same time last year.

EU Commissioner Mairead McGuinness called today for more traditional Irish food and drink producers to consider applying for the EU quality mark known as "geographical indication".

Spanish bank BBVA has no intention of increasing its offer for smaller rival Sabadell, Chairman Carlos Torres said today.

The Tánaiste has said the cost of living is still high on the agenda for Budget 2025 as people are continuing to feel the pressure due to high inflation.

Credit unions are seeing a record demand for farming loans, up 33% year on year, according to the Cultivate Credit Union's lending review for the first six months of 2024.

Amazon.com will require employees to return to working at company offices five days per week beginning next year, toughening a prior three-day mandate.

Boeing is freezing hiring and weighing temporary furloughs to cut costs as a strike by more than 30,000 workers entered its fourth day yesterday.

European home improvement retailer Kingfisher has raised the bottom end of its profit outlook for the full year, saying that while demand for 'big-ticket' categories has remained weak seasonal category sales trends have improved since early July.