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Two peat extraction firms have been refused permission to appeal a significant finding their activities are no longer exempt development.

People in business who have obtained new roles this week.

A pat on the back for a good deed done is always welcome, even though volunteers are not seeking recognition when they freely give their time to others

Natural gas currently provides over a third of Ireland’s energy requirement and helps to generate over 50% of the country's electricity.

New digital technologies will result in 46,000 fewer jobs being created here in the next five years.

A revolutionary €35m floating data centre is set to be moored on the banks of the River Shannon, in a move which could create 124 jobs.

Sales of Limerick jerseys in the county’s All-Ireland winning run and best-selling Galway jerseys helped sportswear firm O’Neill’s to increase profits and revenues in 2018.

Low-cost, long-haul airline Norwegian, which has cut back its Irish routes to the US in recent months, struggled to fill its aircraft in November as capacity growth far outpaced demand.

British clothing and accessories retailer Ted Baker has posted a slight decline in group revenue for the 16-week period between August and December as lower wholesale sales overshadowed retail sales growth.

A High Court ruling has cast doubt on whether a claim for $141m against the Irish arm of HSBC bank related to the Ponzi scheme run by jailed US fraudster Bernie Madoff can proceed.

The global shares sell-off gathered pace, as fears spread that President Donald Trump's ceasefire in the trade war with China will be shortlived, threatening the prospects for the world economy in 2019.

Betting company shares including those of Paddy Power-Betfair fell on the back of the leading players in the UK market agreeing on a ban on television advertising during live sporting events.

International exploration company Predator Oil and Gas will, next month, accelerate efforts to land partners to help develop gas assets it holds in Irish waters.

China has been linked to a hack on the Marriott hotels giant and its Starwood reservation system — one of the world’s largest-ever data breaches, Reuters said in an exclusive report.

President Donald Trump campaigned on a pledge to slash America’s trade deficit.

Qudos, which filed for liquidation in Denmark on 27 November, had mostly sold motor insurance policies to Irish customers via agents and brokers, but there were a number of property insurance policies.

Chair Seamus Coffey and the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council, the budget watchdog, testified before the Oversight Committee in the Oireachtas earlier this week.

Chris Bush and John Scouler were accused of being aware that income was being wrongly included in the company’s financial records.

The seasonally adjusted live register total decreased by 3,100 last month.

Irish people are now able to shop online without unjustified geoblocking wherever they are in the EU, according to new rules that came into force this week.