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The grocery retail market grew by 2.9% in the 12 weeks to 2 December

December grocery spend set to top €1bn for first time

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Irish households are on course to spend more than €1 billion during the month of December for the first time as competition among grocery retailers intensifies over the Christmas period.

Urbeo will initially have 334 private and social units to offer in Dublin

Property partnership to invest €1bn in rental platform

The Irish Hotels Federation says the economic effects of a disruptive Brexit would be felt directly by tourism

Irish hoteliers concerned about impact of Brexit

The Warehouse will give Google a further 19,500 sq ft of space

Google adds two more Dublin buildings to portfolio

Asos experienced difficulties in 'important trading month of November'

Asos in profit warning as Christmas sales struggle

Irish cream liqueur export sales are up around 8% so far this year

Irish cream liqueur sales on road to recovery

Total Produce bought a 45% stake in Dole Food Company in July

Dole sells salad business to comply with EU ruling

The combined business would have been Britain's second biggest gas supplier

SSE, Npower scrap retail merger plan

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Brexit in focus.

Theresa May vs the world

The trials and humiliations of Theresa May

The Irish Hotels Federation says the economic effects of a disruptive Brexit would be felt directly by tourism

Irish hoteliers concerned about impact of Brexit

May: New referendum would 'break faith with the people'

Survey reveals businesses Brexit concerns

UK would 'flourish' even without Brexit deal, says Hunt

More Brexit in focus

Analysis & Comment.

Boom and bust cycle doomed to repeat itself?

Analysis and Comment

Explainer: The saga of the National Broadband Plan

Analysis and Comment

Why Leo Varadkar's tax giveaway isn't a bonanza

Analysis and Comment

May's 'backstop to the backstop' risks rift with DUP

Analysis and Comment

Facebook's big Ballsbridge bet

Analysis and Comment

Morning Ireland business.

Major marketing drives have helped boost tourism figures - but the Irish Hotels Federation wants more action from the Government

Hotel body wants action on costs as Brexit fears grow

The euro could go reach parity against the pound in a 'No Deal' scenario - or could fall back towards 80p if there's a second referendum

Firms urged to prepare for more currency volatility

Andrew Brownlee, from Solas, said the National Skills Bulletin provides a comprehensive understanding of how the labour market is evolving

Skills shortages identified in labour market - Solas

Engineers Ireland recently did a survey that found that more than 6,000 new jobs will be created in the engineering sector next year

Engineers Ireland signs agreement with UK counterpart

Tony Donohoe, head of Education and Social Policy with Ibec says there is a worldwide talent war for technology skills

Employment permit system under pressure as economy up

Bríd O'Connell, CEO of Guaranteed Irish, pictured wit one of the businesses attending Gifted at the RDA

Business up at this year's Gifted Craft and Design Fair

Is the longest bull run on US markets about to come to an end?

Stocks still fruitful, but 2019 will be volatile - SSgA

AmCham says there must be a focus on pace of implementation in order to continue to attract projects and skilled individuals to the country

'Pace and speed are friends, complacency is the enemy'

Greencore, headed by Patrick Coveney, abandoned its US operations just two years after it invested heavily in an effort to quadruple sales there

US offer 'absolutely compelling'; Greencore chief

Analyst Owen Callen says that Permanent TSB's move should provide more certainty for the borrower

Permanent TSB SPV should provide certainty to borrowers

The report highlights that the biggest squeeze is in Kilkenny, where 41 new rooms are likely to come on stream by 2022 to add to the current supply

Fáilte Ireland highlights need for more hotel rooms

One of the scenarios in the stress tests assumes a 2.4% contraction of the world economy, a rise in UK unemployment to 9.5%, and a one-third drop in British house prices

Results of UK bank stress tests in the spotlight

Technology Headlines.

The announcement was made by Patrick Walsh, Managing Director of Dogpatch Labs and Jane Howard, CEO of Ulster Bank Ireland

Dogpatch Labs expands and renews Ulster Bank tie-up

Facebook said that the bug meant access was granted to a broader set of user images than intended

Facebook bug exposes photos of up to 6.8 million users

Science and Technology

The popularity of messaging apps like Whatsapp have seen SMS and MMS volumes fall by a third in the past three years

Mobile connections rose again in third quarter: ComReg

The new cluster will be driven by Cork Institute of Technology

New cyber-security "cluster" announced

Reports suggest Hitachi will initially take a stake of around 50% in the unit before turning it into a wholly-owned subsidiary

Hitatchi to buy ABB's power grid for $7bn

Vodafone is to conduct tests in Roscommon, Gorey, Clonmel and Dungarvan covering 20,000 premises

Vodafone to trial 5G services in four rural locations

The US IPO values Tencent Music at $21.3 billion

Tencent Music raises nearly $1.1 billion in US IPO

Meng Wanzhou, Huawei's chief financial officer, is wanted by US authorities for violating Iran sanctions

Trump says he may intervene in US Huawei CFO case

Google CEO Sundar Pichai said the company has 'developed and looked at what search could look like' in China but has no plans to relaunch the service there

Google has 'no plans' to relaunch Chinese service

Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou was arrested by Canadian authorities 1 December at the request of the United States

Huawei CFO back in Canada court for bail hearing

The case, brought by Qualcomm, is part of a global patent dispute between the two US companies that includes dozens of lawsuits

China court bans sales of older iPhone models

Carolan Lennon said the company welcomed the agreement

Eir agrees €3m settlement to end High Court action

Your money.

Is the offer as much of a bargain as you think it is?

Black Friday: Six things consumers should watch out for

Fewer than half of all workers have an occupational or private pension to supplement their state pension

6 things you need to know about starting a pension

When we refer to vulture funds, what we're essentially talking about are various forms of private equity firms and pension funds

So, a vulture fund bought your mortgage, what's next?

A credit card can be a high-interest burden or a free loan - it all depends on how you use it

Making your credit card work for you

Each of the six candidates was legally allowed to spend up to €750,000 on their campaign

The financial cost of becoming president

Presidential Election

There was no one big winner from Budget 2019 with everyone making small gains

Budget '19: Winners, losers and mitigating tax changes

An additional 22,000 people took up private health insurance policies last year bringing the total insured to 2.174 million at the end of 2017

Health insurance; no switching, no saving

The maximum saving on the scheme is €495

How to save with the cycle-to-work scheme

Small changes in your banking habits can make a big dent in the fees you pay

Ten clever ways to reduce your bank charges

Two of Netflix's plans allow subscribers to view content on multiple screens at the same time

Does your home need more than one Netflix subscription?

Travel insurance is not just about medical bills

What's on your travel insurance checklist?

Virtually all Irish used car imports are coming from the UK

Buying a car in the UK - is it worth it?

Business features.

Traditionally around this time of year towns like Mullingar in Co Westmeath would be gearing up for the busy Christmas shopping period, but expecting to lose a chunk of custom to bigger locations

Retailers having to innovate to stay competitive

What next if UK MPs reject Brexit deal?

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The ethics of business

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Are Irish boards missing a trick when it comes to ...

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Broker Reports

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Brexit - the view from the Border

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