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AIB has introduced a voluntary block feature on debit and credit card transactions which are classified as linked to gambling.

Ryanair is to add an extra 50,000 seats between London and Belfast this Christmas.

More than four out of ten people did not make full use of their full holiday entitlements last year, according to new research on annual leave.

Telegram chief executive Pavel Durov is expected to appear in court today after being arrested by French police at an airport near Paris for alleged offences related to his popular messaging app, sources told AFP.

Despite the introduction of new measures in recent years to assist families coping with the cost of returning to school, the annual bill remains elevated. Many families are going into debt, as calls grow louder for more measures to ensure schools are containing costs as much as possible.

More than 27,000 American tourists are in Dublin to watch the opening fixture of the US college football season.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Friday offered an explicit endorsement of interest rate cuts, saying further cooling in the job market would be unwelcome and expressing confidence that inflation was within reach of the U.S. central bank's 2% target.

The National Transport Authority last year imposed cumulative financial penalties of €17.9m on transport operators, with Dublin Bus accounting for more than half the total.

Pre-tax profits at The Wright Group were almost three times higher last year, as revenues surged at the expanding food and beverage group.

Fast fashion retailer Shein found two cases of child labour at its suppliers last year, it said in its 2023 sustainability report, as it stepped up audits of manufacturers in China to assuage criticisms of its low-cost business model ahead of a planned flotation.

Redundancy costs of €5.8m at the owner of the Avoca brand last year contributed to Aramark recording pre-tax losses of €6.96m.

An AI enterprise involved in the use of synthetic "human-like skin" for testing skincare and health products has been ordered to pay over €3,000 to a former employee who said she was told she would not receive what she was owed because the "company had no funds".

As tens of thousands of students across the country receive their Leaving Cert results, Chartered Accountants Ireland has said reform of the "dated" Accounting syllabus is critical for the sector.

SpaceX's attempt at the first ever private spacewalk next week will be a test of trailblazing equipment, including slim spacesuits and a cabin with no airlock, in one of the riskiest missions yet for Elon Musk's space company.

Irish tech firm CarTrawler has reported revenue of €173.8m for the full year to the end of September 2023, up 5% on the previous year.

It's often assumed that reductions in the number of hours worked must mean a reduction in pay, but this does not have to be the case

Oil prices were little changed today but on track to end the week lower, as weaker US employment data raised concerns over demand, and renewed ceasefire talks in Gaza eased worries about supply disruptions.

UK TV and radio presenter Jermaine Jenas has apologised to the women he was messaging after he was sacked from the BBC.

UK TV and radio presenter Jermaine Jenas says he is "speaking to his lawyers" after being sacked by the BBC amid allegations he sent unsolicited messages to a female colleague.

AstraZeneca has warned it could relocate its vaccine manufacturing site from the UK to the US amid a deadlock with the new UK Labour government over plans to cut state aid, the Financial Times reported.