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Dunnes Stores set to close three grocery shops

Dunnes Stores is set to close three of its grocery shops by the end of this month.

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New home completions in third quarter up 4% on last year

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Primark opens first Middle East store in Kuwait

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Nearly 1 in 4 employers expect to increase hiring in 2026

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Oil rises 5% on fresh US sanctions against Russia

Kerry Group said it was maintaining its constant currency adjusted earnings per share guidance of 7% to 11% growth in the full year

Kerry Group maintains its full year guidance, shares up

Recent company results are easing investor concerns over the toll of US President Donald Trump's import tariffs

Early Q3 earnings reveal businesses adapting to tariffs

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Tesla profit falls short despite record sales

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Technology & Innovation

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Apple loses UK lawsuit over app store commissions

Nokia posts profit beat as AI, cloud demand boost sales

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IBM's slowing cloud growth eclipses upbeat Q3 results

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Tesla profit falls short despite record sales

Meta cutting hundreds of roles in AI unit

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Apple hit with EU antitrust complaint

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Workvivo records €20.7m 'in period of accelerated growth'

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US Tariffs

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Volvo Cars smashes profit forecasts as cost cuts deliver

Recent company results are easing investor concerns over the toll of US President Donald Trump's import tariffs

Early Q3 earnings reveal businesses adapting to tariffs

Hasbro boosts annual forecasts on digital gaming demand

A viewpoint over O Connell Bridge and Dublin City

Economy to grow faster than expected this year - Goodbody

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'

Work

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SIPTU members in Carroll's Cuisine to take strike action

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'Barista' among top job searches in 2025 - Indeed

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Nearly 1 in 4 employers expect to increase hiring in 2026

Merck Life Science plant in Arklow to close

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Most firms not planning to increase in-office days - Ibec

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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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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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Best September on record for Irish wind farms - WEI

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Oxfam teams up with An Post for doorstep donation scheme

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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

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English winemakers hoping for export boost

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€50m Kildare biomethane plant to be connected to network

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Apple announces new European renewable energy projects

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Your money

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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

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

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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

Business Brainstorm

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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

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?

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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?

Business Watch and Listen

A viewpoint over O Connell Bridge and Dublin City

Economy to grow faster than expected this year - Goodbody

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

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

Students with signs gather outside TUS building in Limerick

Technological university students in walkout protest

Ibec urges vigilance over reliance on corporation tax

Jack Chambers and Paschal Donohoe holding colourful folders outside Government Buildings

Minister for Finance publishes Finance Bill

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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

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

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Three Start-ups Join ESA BIC Ireland at NovaUCD