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Quicker Boeing deliveries help Ryanair boost H1 profits

Ryanair will have more capacity and lower fares at Dublin Airport this Christmas due to the suspension of the passenger cap, according to group chief executive Michael O'Leary.

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Ex-Central Bank boss criticises banks on tracker scandal

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New electric car sales up almost 40% so far this year

Ian Coulter on trial over NAMA deal branded 'greedy'

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CCPC writes to traders after 1,000 consumer complaints

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

Farmers concerns raised at nitrates derogation meeting

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Manufacturing growth slows to 10-month low in October

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McGrath to visit China amid boom in 'dangerous' products

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Technology & Innovation

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Nokia sues Warner Bros over video-streaming patents

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OpenAI and Amazon strike $38 billion deal

The news sent shares of IREN up more than 20% in premarket trading on Monday.

Microsoft signs $9.7bn IREN contract for Nvidia chips

A Nvidia chip is seen through a magnifying glass on a green motherboard

Trump says China, others can't have Nvidia top AI chips

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Meta to raise $30 billion in its biggest bond sale

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Amazon shares soar as cloud growth beats expectations

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Apple shares rise on iPhone Christmas sales forecast

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US Tariffs

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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

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney

Canada ready to resume trade talks with US - Carney

a blue Volvo vehicle parked in front of a Volvo showroom

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

Work

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Ex-Astronomy Ireland manager wins employment claim at WRC

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Sanmina to create 150 jobs at Co Cork facility

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

Work and careers

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Verizon staff used supplier account to pay for gifts: WRC

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300 jobs under threat at Fastway parent company

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Firm which let worker go during mat leave must pay €6,000

Amazon box on Sandymount Strand in front of Poolbeg Chimneys in Dublin

150 job cuts at Amazon Ireland, 14,000 to go worldwide

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Analysis & Comment

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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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Ireland hopes for a discount for missing EU climate goals

Analysis and Comment

Netflix now owns the rights to Roald Dahl's work - and has been making the most of that in recent years

Estate of Play: Authors' families are cashing in

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The Business of Climate

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A worker looks at a row of machinery in a hydrogen power plant

Denmark inaugurates rare low-carbon hydrogen plant

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Physical inactivity costing €1.1bn a year in healthcare

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'Don't collect multiples' - climate cost of reusable cups

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World far off track to meet climate goals, says UN

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Ireland hopes for a discount for missing EU climate goals

Analysis and Comment

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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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Your money

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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

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

Business Brainstorm

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

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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

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

Business Watch and Listen

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

300 jobs under threat at Fastway parent company

After eight rate cuts since mid-2024, the ECB is widely expected to hold interest rates steady at 2% for a third consecutive meeting

Fed and ECB rate decisions to be announced this week

Bank of Ireland upgrades Irish economic forecast

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Louth apple growers bet big on domestic market

Wholesale energy prices are down, why not retail prices?

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

Agribusiness

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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

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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

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