Bank of Ireland and AIB have announced details of their voluntary redundancy schemes, which could see up to 3,500 workers leave the banks.
Facebook has launched on the Nasdaq stock exchange in what is the biggest ever company flotation.
The British Prime Minister David Cameron has called on eurozone countries to take decisive action to stem the debt crisis and said that he would not accept a Europe-wide financial transaction tax
Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform Brendan Howlin has said that half of the total money raised by the sale of State assets will be used directly for job creation.
US multinational Merit Medical is to expand its operations in Galway with the creation of 200 jobs.
The head of the International Monetary Fund Christine Lagarde has warned of "extremely expensive" consequences if Greece leaves the eurozone.
Ratings agency Moody's has cut the ratings of 16 Spanish banks by between one and three notches.
The Rehab Group, which provides support services and job opportunity for disabled people, has announced that it plans to recruit 750 staff in its operations over the next three years.
Greece will hold new elections after politicians failed to form a government, nine days following an inconclusive vote.
The head of the eurozone finance ministers, Jean-Claude Juncker, has dismissed suggestions that Greece may be forced out of the euro as "nonsense and propaganda".
The Department of Agriculture rehired 59 veterinary inspectors after they retired earlier this year.
The union representing senior civil servants has described Government proposals to address performance management as "totally unworkable."
Greece's politicians have failed to agree a new government, sending the country hurtling towards a new vote.
Half of the two thousand properties that had been put forward by NAMA to be considered for social housing have been deemed unsuitable or have been withdrawn.
RTÉ's Economics Correspondent Sean Whelan analyses Central Bank figures on euro zone mortgage rates