So why has the Bank of England cut rates when inflation is well above its target of 2% and seems set to remain there? This vexed question is why the…
Paul Seddon & Jennifer McKiernanPolitical reporterGordon Brown has called on Chancellor Rachel Reeves to hike gambling taxes so she can lift benefit restrictions at her autumn Budget.The former Labour prime…
Liv McMahon & Shiona McCallumTechnology reportersGetty ImagesThe manufacture of the tiny tech that powers billions of devices is under a microscope.US President Donald Trump has said he plans to introduce…
Osmond ChiaBusiness reporter, BBC NewsReporting fromSingaporeGetty ImagesUS President Donald Trump's sweeping new tariffs on more than 90 countries around the world have come into effect.Moments before his deadline passed for…
Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds is set for a showdown with the Chinese owners of British Steel after the government claimed they demanded hundreds of millions in taxpayer money for the…
Malia CartyBBC News, NottinghamKeith WilliamsKeith Williams worked for 21 years before losing his last job in 2022"If it wasn't for food banks, I'd struggle to get any sort of food.…
An investigation by the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) into the grocery retailer sector found there is no evidence indicating any issues regarding competition among retailers in terms of…
Updated / Thursday, 7 Aug 2025 16:07 Cable laying vessel, Calypso, docked at the Port of Cork ahead of the cable laying campaign for the Celtic Interconnector project A landmark…
Tánaiste Simon Harris has said the introduction of the new US tariff on EU goods provides "some degree of certainty" to businesses. Levies on more than 90 countries around the…
An Irish drinks producer has said that distributors in the US will likely hike prices on products impacted by the Trump administration's tariffs on imported goods. The chief executive of…
US President Donald Trump has demanded the immediate resignation of Intel's new CEO, Lip-Bu Tan, calling him "highly conflicted" due to his ties to Chinese firms and raising doubts about…
A beauty salon has been ordered to pay a Traveller woman and her daughters €500 each in compensation for discrimination after insisting they pay cash up front for their beauty…