Fergal O'Brien

Business Correspondent

New service to assist SMEs with post-Brexit challenges

A new service has been launched to assist Irish small and medium businesses in dealing with post-Brexit red tape and logistical challenges when exporting to Britain.

Business • 12 Mar

a row of white electric cars plugged into charging stations

Used EVs priced 11% below comparable diesels - DoneDeal

Used electric cars are now priced around 11% below comparable diesel vehicles, according to a new report from DoneDeal Cars.

Business • 11 Mar

Sunrise aerial view of Rio de Janeiro from a porthole window of an airplane

Talks on direct flights between Ireland and Brazil

Talks are under way on paving the way for direct flights between Ireland and Brazil.

Business • 10 Mar

Migdo Natal and Orla Stevens hold a solar panel outside the Jabil premises

Fuel supplier firm Certa agrees solar energy projects

Certa has agreed its first two deals under a €50 million plan to invest in solar energy projects over the next five years.

Business • 10 Mar

Tax concept. Tax reduction planning, expenses, accounting, VAT and property taxes. Increasing the interest rate of financial or dividend from mortgage investment from the concept of business growth

Dublin firm tops Tax Defaulters List with €2.2m bill

A Dublin-based manufacturer and installer of air conditioning systems has topped the latest Tax Defaulters List, with a total bill of more than €2.2 million.

Business • 10 Mar

Construction site showing cranes and scaffolding

First construction activity increase in nine months - AIB

The construction sector recorded an increase in activity levels last month for the first time in almost a year, according to the latest Purchasing Managers' Index from AIB.

Business • 10 Mar

Fuel industry rejects price gouging accusations

Representatives of the fuel industry have rejected accusations of price gouging in the sector.

Ireland • 06 Mar

Image of fuel stations in Meath and Dublin

'No question of price gouging' - Fuels for Ireland CEO

There has been a rapid rise in the cost of motor fuel and home heating oil due to the escalating tensions in the Middle East.

Ireland • 05 Mar

Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment Peter Burke, Ambassador of Ukraine to Ireland, Larysa Gerasko and Anna Krys, Chair of the Ukrainian Irish Chamber of Commerce at the launch of the Ukrainian Irish Chamber of Commerce

Ukrainian Irish Chamber of Commerce launched

A new association has been established aimed at strengthening long-term economic cooperation between Ukraine and Ireland.

Business • 03 Mar

Flight board display cancellation of flight to Doha, Qatar

Travel advice for Irish following unrest in Middle East

Thousands of Irish holidaymakers are among the hundreds of thousands of air passengers who have been left stranded due to the unrest in the Middle East.

Business • 03 Mar