A migrant chef with no English was put to work for around €25 a day at a Chinese takeaway while working up to 73 hours a week to pay off…
Michael RaceBusiness reporter, BBC NewsGetty ImagesThe trade war between the world's two biggest economies has escalated after China hit back against the introduction of tariffs by the US with measures…
New figures from the Central Statistics Office show that Dublin continued to have the highest disposable income per person nationally at €32,393 in 2023. It was followed by Cork at…
Tom GerkenTechnology reporterGetty ImagesAustralia has banned DeepSeek from all government devices and systems over what it says is the security risk the Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) startup poses.DeepSeek stunned the…
A journalist with an "extraordinary sense of entitlement and a huge sense of self-importance" is already "well compensated" for his on-air work, a tribunal has decided. A Workplace Relations Commission…
China has announced retaliatory tariffs against the US after President Donald Trump imposed a 10% tax on all Chinese imports.The counter-measures include a 15% tax on coal and liquefied natural…
Ireland will need to build 93,000 homes a year meet demand between now and 2031, according to a new report by stockbroker Davy. The estimate is significantly higher than housebuilding…
Sean McManusTechnology ReporterGetty ImagesMany staff are said to be using unapproved AI at work"It's easier to get forgiveness than permission," says John, a software engineer at a financial services technology…
Fáilte Ireland drove over 1.2 million referrals from its website and social media channels to the booking engines and websites of Irish tourism businesses last year. The tourism body hopes…
Lucy HookerBBC Business reporterUS President Donald Trump has taken the first step towards setting up a sovereign wealth fund for the United States, and suggested that it could end up…
Euro zone business activity returned to growth at the start of the year after two months of contraction as demand stabilised, a survey showed today. HCOB's final composite Purchasing Managers'…
Vishala Sri-Pathma & Oliver SmithBusiness reporters, BBC NewsThe government has defended its negotiations with AstraZeneca, after the pharmaceutical giant ditched a planned £450m investment last week, blaming a shortfall in…