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Shares in the firm plunged 6.71% on the news

HTC to shed 1,500 jobs to reduce losses

Technology / 03 Jul

Lee Dunn, Google's Head of International Elections Outreach, was addressing the Oireachtas Communications Committee today

Google addresses committee on online political ads

Politics / 27 Jun

Google invests $550m in China's JD.com to give it a less than a 1% stake

Google to invest $550m in Chinese e-commerce giant JD

Business / 18 Jun

Milorad Trkulja argued his reputation was critical to his work as a promoter

Man sues Google for defamation over search results

News Lens / 13 Jun

Jean-Claude Juncker was speaking in Strasbourg

Juncker defends EU plans for new digital tax

Business / 30 May

The development is one of the largest urban regeneration projects to have been undertaken within Dublin city centre in recent years

Entire Bolands Quay development sold to Google

Business / 18 May

The Australia investigations will raise more questions about the way big technology companies collect and use people's data online

Australia probes claim Google harvests data

Business / 15 May

Steps taken in the Eighth Amendment referendum by Google and Facebook

Call for Government to police digital advertising

Eighth Amendment / 10 May

When complete, the expansion will mean Google has reached €1 billion in capital investment in Ireland since 2003

Google to invest €150m in expansion of data centre

Business / 08 May

Alphabet's profit in the first three months of 2018 soared more than 70% from a year to $9.4 billion

Google parent Alphabet profit leaps on ad growth

Business / 24 Apr

Amazon.com maintains the top spot on the annual Harris Poll Reputation Quotient poll for the third year in a row

Apple, Google see reputation of corporate brands fall

Business / 13 Mar

Google only needs to act if it is notified of a 'clearly recognisable violation of individuals' rights', the court ruled

Google 'not obliged' to check for defamation

Business / 27 Feb

The EU executive and consumer protection authorities said the three firms have only partially addressed concerns over their liabilities

Facebook, Google and Twitter told to do more for users

Business / 15 Feb

Unilever calls on the tech industry to improve transparency and consumer trust in an era of fake news and 'toxic' online content

Unilever threatens online ad cuts to clean up internet

Business / 12 Feb

Google has invested €809m in Ireland

New Google building opens in Dublin

Technology / 08 Feb

Google's adjusted quarterly profit of $6.8 billion, or $9.70 per share, missed estimates of $7 billion

Alphabet's Q4 earnings miss profit estimates

Business / 02 Feb

Mr Schmidt's stint as executive chairman is to end at a regularly-scheduled board meeting next month, according to Alphabet

Eric Schmidt stepping down as chair of Alphabet board

Business / 22 Dec 17

Hurricane Ophelia most searched for term this year on Google

Hurricane Ophelia blows in top of 2017 Google charts

Ireland / 13 Dec 17

Like their rivals globally, Australia's traditional media companies have been squeezed by online rivals, as advertising dollars have followed eyeballs to digital distributors such as Google, Facebook and Netflix

Australia to probe Facebook/Google for media disruption

Business / 04 Dec 17

Google says its Irish workforce now stands at 7,000, which includes permanent and contract staff

Google's Irish workforce grows to 7,000

Business / 28 Nov 17

David Cullinane said the PAC had a duty to scrutinise every organisation that is funded by the taxpayer

PAC told TV licence fee system is broken

News / 09 Nov 17

Alphabet, the parent company of Google, said its third quarter revenues soared 24%

Alphabet's mobile ad revenue surges

Business / 27 Oct 17

The conditions of the settlement remain confidential between Ryanair, eDreams and Google

Ryanair, Google and eDreams reach settlement over ads

Business / 19 Oct 17

Google unveils the second generation of its Pixel smartphone along with new voice-enabled home speakers

Google launches new phones, speakers in hardware push

Business / 05 Oct 17

The spread of illegal content on the web has sparked a heated debate in Europe

EU pressures web firms to remove illegal content sooner

Business / 28 Sep 17

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