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Revenue extends LPT filing deadline to 12th November

Revenue has extended the deadline for Local Property Tax filings by three days, to Wednesday 12th November.

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Aer Lingus third quarter profit up €31m on last year

Travelers wait in line at a security checkpoint at George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston, Texas

US airlines scramble to deal with wave of flight cuts

ITV's M&E division, which includes its free-to-air channels and its ITVX streaming platform, is dependent on advertising

ITV in talks with Sky on £1.6 billion broadcasting sale

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IAG's third-quarter profit inline with expectations

A drone shot of Rosslare Europort

New customs control facility opens at Rosslare Europort

Donald Trump welcomes Viktor Orban as he arrives at the White House

Trump urges EU to respect Orban, hails him on migration

Elon Musk jumps on stage with a giant US flag in the background

The first trillionaire? New goal for Elon Musk

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Technology & Innovation

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Take-Two delays 'GTA VI' for second time to November 2026

People are accessing the internet more frequently on a daily basis, new CSO figures show

95% of households now have internet connectivity - CSO

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Fintech company Stripe to sponsor Irish Maths Trust

Visitors at Legrand's booth at an exhibition

Legrand's sales rise on strong data centre demand

The expert group warned that AI has several implications for the education sector

AI jobs doubled in Ireland since 2023 - report

Science and Technology

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Google proposes app store reforms in Epic settlement

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Cyber leaders worried about budgets and burnout - survey

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Work

FSU members in AIB reject new hybrid working principles

Global trends show rising youth unemployment

Rise in youth unemployment 'worrying trend' - ESRI

A viewpoint over O Connell Bridge and Dublin City

Ireland ranked 33rd out of 35 economies in talent tracker

The expert group warned that AI has several implications for the education sector

AI jobs doubled in Ireland since 2023 - report

Science and Technology

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Brendan Ogle drops defamation case against Unite leaders

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New action plan to strengthen collective bargaining

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Meat plant worker gets €20k for maternity discrimination

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US Tariffs

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Daimler Truck posts 40% drop in quarterly profit

A Chinese port with a truck and container in front of a large red crane

China's exports fall for first time in eight months

Germany faces rising financial stability risk - bank

A grew Toyota bZ7 vehicle displayed at a car show

Toyota raises profit outlook, bets it can ride out tariff

Pandora cuts sales growth forecast as Europe slows

Pfizer raises profit forecast for second time in a row

Philips profit boosted by AI tools, tariff mitigation

The conservative-majority Supreme Court could find the tariffs illegal, blocking duties imposed on goods from countries worldwide or judges could open the door to further levies

US president's tariffs to face Supreme Court challenge

Canada cuts lending rate to 2.25%, tariff hit 'evident'

Adidas sales growth slows in North America as tariffs hit

Vans parent VF Corp beats quarterly estimates on demand

US President Donald Trump is greeted by Japanese Emperor Naruhito at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo, Japan

Trump meets emperor after arriving in Japan

Analysis & Comment

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Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe TD and John McCarthy, Chief Economist in the Department of Finance

Stark reality: future threatened by debt and ageing

Analysis and Comment

Partial view of one of the entrances at the City Park of the COP30,

Hopes COP30 can build on slow climate target progress

Analysis and Comment

Wilbur Ross speaking at UCD

Why damage from US tariffs may not be as bad as feared

Analysis and Comment

General view of a branch of PTSB in Finglas, Dublin

What does the sale of PTSB mean for consumers?

Analysis and Comment

US President Donald Trump, wearing a white shirt, red tie and dark suit, shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping, who is wearing a white shirt, navy tie and navy suit. The background is dark.

What now for China-US trade tensions?

Analysis and Comment

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The Business of Climate

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This view shows the COP30 logotype at Docks Station in Belem, Para state, Brazil

Earth can not sustain intensive fossil fuel use - Lula

Image shows a close-up of water going down the drain in a sink

Watch: Hopes of keeping 1.5C drain away ahead of COP30

Image of an empty Lidl supermarket carpark with a sign saying Net Zero energy

Lidl opens Ireland's first Net Zero Energy supermarket

Offshore wind group Orsted turns to net loss in Q3

Partial view of one of the entrances at the City Park of the COP30,

Hopes COP30 can build on slow climate target progress

Analysis and Comment

A view of the outside of a building

EU countries agree deal on 2040 climate target

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Climate projects too small to secure funding, says report

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Your money

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Personal loans reach record high of €754m in Q3 - BPFI

Bank of Ireland says older customers who have spent years building their savings are being deliberately targeted by fraudsters.

Over 65s targeted by investment scams - Bank of Ireland

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Are you really more likely to get divorced than switch banks?

An image of Paschal Donohoe sitting down at a press conference

Ireland faces falling tax revenues as population ages

Ex-Central Bank boss criticises banks on tracker scandal

It is the single biggest consumer overcharging scandal in the history of the State

Effects of tracker mortgage scandal 'far from over'

Vehicles on a road with a sign overhead for Dublin Port Tunnel toll plaza

Toll hikes for some motorways, Port Tunnel from January

Fuel and home-charging EV costs rise in October

A total of 12,570 mortgages were drawn down between July and September, valued at €3.974 billion, in the third quarter of this year

Mortgage drawdowns hit almost €4 billion in Q3 - BPFI

AIB's Managing Director of Retail Banking Geraldine Casey said the rate cuts announced today 'could benefit tens of thousands of customers by saving them money each month'

AIB Group cuts non-green fixed mortgage interest rates

Ibec urges vigilance over reliance on corporation tax

New mortgage product launched by credit unions

Business Brainstorm

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The hospitality crisis: what's happening to Irish restaurants?

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Why do some of us love AI, while others hate it?

A stock omage of a woman inserting a card into an ATM

Are you really more likely to get divorced than switch banks?

Why charging your car is still a massive problem for EV owners

Westlife, dressed in black, posing against a plain backdrop.

What would Westlife do? How to build a business the boyband way

Your Gen Z colleagues have the right idea about work-life balance

Work and careers

What do you get in return for paying the local property tax?

Local Property Tax

US President Donald Trump speaks to Malaysia's prime ministe at Kuala Lumpur International Airport.

Who writes the rules in today's changing world?

People walking on the treelined path in Phoenix park, Dublin on an autumn day with selective focus, and sun shining

All you need to know about bank holidays in Ireland

Three male employees in a glass office building

Are 'quiet redundancies' happening in your workplace?

Work and careers

A one kilogram gold bar and a five hundred gram gold bar at The Vaults Group gold dealers arranged in Barcelona, Spain, on Monday, April 28, 2025. Gold was steady after dropping Tuesday as President Donald Trump eased the impact of some auto tariffs and p

Is gold or bitcoin the better investment?

BNM peat briquette sprayed gold, in the ‘Museum of Broken Things’ – Cavan County Museum, photographed by Marion McGarry 2025

How Bord na Móna peat briquette became an icon of Irish design

Business Watch and Listen

Bank of Ireland says older customers who have spent years building their savings are being deliberately targeted by fraudsters.

Over 65s targeted by investment scams - Bank of Ireland

Central Bank fines Coinbase Europe €21.5m for breaches

Global trends show rising youth unemployment

Rise in youth unemployment 'worrying trend' - ESRI

Data Breach, Cyber security concept, digital data security with open padlock on chip of motherboard. Digitally generated image. 3d render.

Cyber leaders worried about budgets and burnout - survey

Climate projects too small to secure funding, says report

An image of Paschal Donohoe sitting down at a press conference

Ireland faces falling tax revenues as population ages

The nitrates derogation would allow Irish farmers some relief from the strict EU rules aimed at protecting watercourses from agricultural pollution caused by fertiliser and animal waste

Reaching 'endgame' on renewal of EU nitrates derogation

Home rebuild costs up by 7% in past year - SCSI

Quicker Boeing deliveries help Ryanair boost H1 profits

State-controlled PTSB puts itself up for sale

Irish VC activity stable in Q3 - KPMG report

Wilbur Ross looks up at someone at an author event

Buy LNG from US, ex-Commerce Secretary tells Donohoe

Agribusiness

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A curious group of cows look at the people passing by

'More needs to be done' on nitrates, says EU Commissioner

Flock of chicken in farm

What is bird flu and how concerning is the spread?

Free range turkeys gather together on a farm.

Call for intense focus on biosecurity amid bird flu cases

Bronze turkeys on a farm in Termonfeckin, near Drogheda

Bird flu outbreak at second commercial turkey farm

ILIMEX Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Gerry Corrigan

ILIMEX plans to expand into the agri-food sector

The nitrates derogation would allow Irish farmers some relief from the strict EU rules aimed at protecting watercourses from agricultural pollution caused by fertiliser and animal waste

Reaching 'endgame' on renewal of EU nitrates derogation

A herd of Holstein cows grazing on a summer afternoon in Northern Ireland

Farmers concerns raised at nitrates derogation meeting

Profits double at Glenilen Farms as revenues hit €12m

apples on a tree

Louth apple growers bet big on domestic market

Man pictured resting on a fence

New Zealand's Alliance group vote for Dawn Meats deal

Fertiliser maker Yara reports Q3 core profit beat

A brown turkey with a featherless head walking on green grass

'Stressful time' for poultry farmer near Fota park

Startup Nation

Image of a man holding an enterprise award standing beside a woman

O'Sullivan winner of EI's Founder of the Year award

Four women pose in a garden holdig signs to encourage female entrepreneurship

Going for Growth's 18th programme for women entrepreneurs

Meta-Flux co-founders Lee Sherlock (CEO) and Brendan Martin (CTO) at Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute (TBSI) in Dublin, with an 800 MHz NMR spectrometer.

Irish start-up raises €1.8m to develop 'AI biologist'

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Start-Ups success on South Dublin New Frontiers Programme

Two women and a man stand in a field posing with a scientific instrument

Three Start-ups Join ESA BIC Ireland at NovaUCD