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Old Cork Airport terminal to be demolished in 2026

Wed, 02/05/2025 - 20:27
Part of a project to accommodate 5m passengers within three years

Martin Claffey appointed 'Irish Examiner' deputy business editor

Wed, 02/05/2025 - 19:55
Previously held roles in the 'Irish Examiner', breakingnews.ie, and 'The Echo'

Fears for Irish jobs as Workday to cut more than 1,700 global positions amid AI shift

Wed, 02/05/2025 - 14:39
The tech company, which employs around 1,900 people in Ireland, said it would cut more than 8% of its global workforce as it moves to further invest in the use of AI 

Value of card transactions rose by 14% to €102bn last year

Wed, 02/05/2025 - 12:34
New Central Bank figures show the annual value of card transactions rose by €12.7bn last year, with the number of card payments also rising by more than 13%

Disposable income highest in Dublin and Cork, CSO figures show

Wed, 02/05/2025 - 11:42
Dublin’s figure was 14% higher than the national average of €28,370 and was also a rise of 1.3% on the capitals’ figure from 2022.

Former head of Enterprise Ireland Leo Clancy appointed as CEO of EI Electronics 

Wed, 02/05/2025 - 11:41
Mr Clancy held the position of Enterprise Ireland chief executive for the past four years

Rising footfall and social media support sees profit at Irish arm of Waterstones up 12%

Wed, 02/05/2025 - 11:20
Bookseller said it benefitted from increased popularity of reading and physical bookshops which was 'supported notably by social media'

Ryanair launches new route from Cork as part of 2025 summer schedule 

Wed, 02/05/2025 - 09:15
The airline will operate 33 routes from Cork this summer including a new route to Fuerteventura

An Post to raise national stamp price by 25c

Wed, 02/05/2025 - 00:05
It is the fifth annual price rise in the national stamp, which stood at €1 in 2020

Dunnes name can replace Margaret Heffernan in man's property case

Tue, 02/04/2025 - 16:47
Man claims his property in Blackrock, Co Dublin, has been interfered with by building work, including by the building of a car park for Dunnes

More than €400m in overpaid tax refunded by Revenue

Tue, 02/04/2025 - 14:56
New figures from the agency show more than 80% of returns filed resulted in an overpayment of tax

Electric vehicle sales in Ireland hit new record in January

Tue, 02/04/2025 - 13:15
Sales rebound following disappointing 2024

Diageo scraps medium-term goals as tariffs cloud outlook

Tue, 02/04/2025 - 12:44
Company said it had withdrawn its guidance for medium-term organic net sales growth of between 5% and 7% due to macroeconomic and geopolitical uncertainty

Cork-headquartered DP Energy secures approval for 430MW wind farm in Australia

Tue, 02/04/2025 - 12:35
Upon completion, the wind farm will produce enough energy to power around 130,000 Queensland households

SSE takes final €300m investment decision on Kerry power station

Tue, 02/04/2025 - 12:20
Enabling works are now underway ahead of full construction commencing later this year with planned completion towards the end of 2027

Europe next in firing line for Trump tariffs after trade wars with US neighbours postponed 

Tue, 02/04/2025 - 12:02
Mr Trump said tariffs on the 27-country bloc will 'definitely happen,' citing the US' long-standing trade deficit with the EU

Strong start to 2025 for Irish factories with increasing output and new orders

Tue, 02/04/2025 - 01:05
Manufacturing conditions improve for the first time in three months

US tariffs on Mexico are paused for a month

Mon, 02/03/2025 - 16:10
Follows phone conversation between Donald Trump and Claudia Sheinbaum

David McNamara: As US innovates and China imitates, Europe (de)regulates

Mon, 02/03/2025 - 16:00
With the EU in the crosshairs for Trump’s next round of tariffs, the European Commission must act with urgency to implement the measures to kick-start the moribund economy

John Whelan: What direction is Europe's Competitive Compass pointing?

Mon, 02/03/2025 - 12:30
The new EU compass could support small companies to grow their market share across Europe, assisted by fewer regulatory burdens and access to a more expansive single finance market

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