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EV drivers in Ireland paying more to charge their cars

Electric vehicle owners in Ireland are paying significantly more than most other European countries to charge their cars at home, according to research from DoneDeal Cars.

Novo Nordisk said that chair Helge Lund and other independent directors would step down at an extraordinary shareholder meeting next month

Novo Nordisk chair, independent directors to exit in row

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ECB's Lane flags dollar risk for banks amid tariff woes

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Ireland officially joins CERN as associate member state

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Ibec urges vigilance over reliance on corporation tax

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Firm that developed Clery's Quarter records €15.27m loss

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'We need to do a lot more' to meet climate targets - SEAI

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Social Finance Foundation reaches €260m lending milestone

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Technology & Innovation

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Half of workers confident in spotting phishing attacks

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Apple closes in on $4 trillion valuation on strong demand

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Social Finance Foundation reaches €260m lending milestone

Photo show An Taoiseach, Micheál Martin (centre); with students from Mount Sackville Secondary School, from left, Amélie Place; Arsha Bhatia; Charlotte Cosgrove; and Rhia Murphy.

Girls in single-sex schools face STEM access gaps

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

New cybersecurity apprenticeship for local government

Image shows a complex electronic circuit board containing an artfiicial intelligence chip

Call for national AI office to be independent of govt

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Internet services cut for hours by Amazon cloud outage

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US Tariffs

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General Motors is betting that strong demand for its pickup trucks and SUVs would help counter a hit from US tariffs

General Motors raises 2025 core profit forecast

ECB's Lane flags dollar risk for banks amid tariff woes

China's Q3 GDP growth slows to one-year low

President Donald Trump speaks to media

Trump says US will increase tariffs on Colombia

Donald Trump unveiled additional levies of 100% on China's US-bound exports a week ago

Trump says 100% tariffs on China not sustainable

IKEA sales fall for second year amid price cuts

Swiss Army Knife maker's new tools to blunt tariff blow

Robot maker ABB shielded from tariffs in 'robust market'

Weak Chinese and US markets weigh on Pernod Ricard sales

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Both exports and imports fall in August - CSO

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Apple's Cook vows to boost investment in China

IMF expects Ireland's GDP to grow by 9.1% this year

Work

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50 new jobs at Saros Consulting as part of €8m investment

The Workplace Relations Commission made the award in a wholly-anonymised decision on foot of a complaint under the Unfair Dismissals Act 1977

WRC - Man fired, stabbed after marrying boss's daughter

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How workplace bullying can affect your personality

Work and careers

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NorDan invests €5m to create 30 new jobs in Athlone

Bank of Ireland adds four more hybrid hubs nationwide

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Almost a third of senior executives in Ireland female

EdTech firm Wriggle Learning to create 90 jobs by 2027

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Analysis & Comment

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Inflation and savings - what you need to know

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App Scrap: Garmin & Strava row worrying fitness fans

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Controversial rent reforms are hurtling down the track

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Digital euro: Benefits and pitfalls of tapping ECB cash

Analysis and Comment

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Is there a supermarket grocery price war coming?

Analysis and Comment

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The Business of Climate

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'Staggering shortfall' in NI energy saving efforts

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'We need to do a lot more' to meet climate targets - SEAI

Image of a group of people picking grapes from vines in a UK field

English winemakers hoping for export boost

Aerial view of five silos as part of a biomethane production plant

€50m Kildare biomethane plant to be connected to network

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Apple announces new European renewable energy projects

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Recycling of appliances urged to conserve raw materials

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Call for clarity on Ireland's data centre policy

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Your money

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Ibec urges vigilance over reliance on corporation tax

New mortgage product launched by credit unions

The total value of fraudulent payments in Ireland increased to €160m in 2024 - up nearly 25% from the previous year - the Central Bank's Payment Fraud Statistics for 2024 show

40% rise in fraudulent payments in Ireland - Central Bank

Inflation and savings - what you need to know

ICS Mortgages said the rate on its housing bridging loans will reduce to 10% from 12% a year from tomorrow

ICS Mortgages cut interest rate, fees for bridging loans

Ifac: Corporation tax more reliant on manufacturing, ICT

Low angle close up colour image depicting a man holding a shopping basked filled with fresh groceries

Is there a supermarket grocery price war coming?

Analysis and Comment

Level Health is backed by insurer Aviva and is led by a number of experienced industry veterans

Level Health promises price freeze until February

A tractor parked beside a marquee at the launch of the National Ploughing Championships.

Ploughing and golf boost September spending - AIB report

Yuno Energy announces price freeze for customers

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Irish banks to launch instant payments across euro zone

Paschal Donohoe

No increase in tax bands in Budget 2026 - Donohoe

Business Brainstorm

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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

How workplace bullying can affect your personality

Work and careers

'As the phenomenon of drone deliveries increases, the concerns of home owners and residents negatively impacted by the rapid rise in the number of flyovers have attracted ever greater media attention'. Photo: Getty Images

Can I stop drone delivery companies flying over my property?

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Should you tell your employer about your chronic illness?

Work and careers

Rear view shot of a female customer looking and choosing fresh bottled milk while standing in front of a display fridge full of diary products in supermarket.

What Lidl's milk price cut tells us about supermarket price wars

AI apps on a mobile phone screen

What could burst the AI bubble?

Artificial Intelligence

'Our research found that female students reported much higher levels of maths anxiety than their male peers'. Photo: Getty Images

Do you have maths anxiety?

Are you pretending to work? The slow demise of the corporate job

Work and careers

Solar panel installation on residential house

How long will it take for my solar panels to pay for themselves?

side view of office booths with empty desks and lamps, one has a computer, no people.

Is 'career catfishing' going on in your workplace?

Work and careers

The city of Granada is plunged into darkness during the power outage that hit Spain nationwide on April 28th last. Photo: Getty Images

Could Ireland experience a power blackout like Spain & Portugal?

A group of tourists outside Wynns Hotel in Abbey Street in Dublin as the Luas tram passes by

What tax, which could bring in €213m, won't be in Budget 2026?

Business Watch and Listen

Tourists are looking to make their travel more sustainable, according to the IHF, which hotels here need to react to

87% of hoteliers plan sustainability investments - survey

The total value of fraudulent payments in Ireland increased to €160m in 2024 - up nearly 25% from the previous year - the Central Bank's Payment Fraud Statistics for 2024 show

40% rise in fraudulent payments in Ireland - Central Bank

Cargo containers are stacked at a Container Port

War, Chinese trade curbs threaten world economy - Donohoe

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'Stressful time' for poultry farmer near Fota park

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1 in 4 Irish women aspire to start their own business

Building activity falls for fifth month in a row - AIB

Call for clarity on Ireland's data centre policy

Bursting of AI bubble poses risk and potential for Europe

The Edge named as co-founder of soil regeneration firm

An Coimisiún Pleanála's cases rose by 12.8% last year

Fiscal Council questions Budget 2026's spending targets

The report's author Conall MacCoille said the 'pace of price rises is merely softening'

Housing asking price growth 'softening', report says

Agribusiness

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New Zealand's Alliance group vote for Dawn Meats deal

Fertiliser maker Yara reports Q3 core profit beat

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'Stressful time' for poultry farmer near Fota park

Public consultation on Carbon Farming Framework launched

EU to pay over €0.5 billion to 110,499 farmers nationwide

Rear view shot of a female customer looking and choosing fresh bottled milk while standing in front of a display fridge full of diary products in supermarket.

What Lidl's milk price cut tells us about supermarket price wars

Farmers have 'nothing to fear' over Mercosur deal - Hogan

Price war could have major impact on milk production, IFA

Farmers along the Shannon Callows say their livelihoods are being destroyed by rising water levels in the area

Farmers' livelihoods 'destroyed' by Shannon flooding

Billy Kane, the founder and chief executive of Finance Ireland

Finance Ireland doubles loan limit for dairy farmers

Low angle close up colour image depicting a man holding a shopping basked filled with fresh groceries

Is there a supermarket grocery price war coming?

Analysis and Comment

The Edge named as co-founder of soil regeneration firm

Budget 2026

Jack Chambers and Paschal Donohoe holding colourful folders outside Government Buildings

Minister for Finance publishes Finance Bill

Spring in Athlone town Saints Peter and Paul church over river view, county Westmeath, Ireland

How could the Living City Initiative impact Athlone?

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Restaurant customers lose out on McTax cut

Jack Chambers and Paschal Donohoe holding colourful folders outside Government Buildings

Budget measures to result in small income losses - ESRI

Fiscal Council questions Budget 2026's spending targets

Peter Burke defended the VAT reduction

Hospitality VAT cut aims to 'inject viability' - Burke

Cad a bhí sa cháinaisnéis don Ghaeilge?

Cad a bhí sa cháinaisnéis don Ghaeilge?

Evara CEO Michael Hynes standing in front of breakfast tables and screen at the KPMG post budget briefing

Lots of tasters for Irish businesses in Budget 2026, KPMG

Financial advisor breaks down Budget 2026

Mary Lou McDonald speaking in the Dáil

As it happened: Opposition attack Govt over Budget 2026

Lack of tax cuts to hit workers in the pocket

Lack of tax cuts to hit workers in the pocket

Picture of Jack Chambers and Paschal Donohoe as they present budget 2025 at Government Buildings

Fuel costs up as some Budget measures come into effect

Startup Nation

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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