JD Sports has agreed to reissue nearly €250,000 in unspent gift card credit to Irish consumers, after the company had sold gift cards to them with incorrect expiry dates. This…
Pubs are a big thing in the news here. The UK government has decreed that the boozers can stay open until 5am tomorrow morning, so England fans can watch their…
The Deposit Return Scheme (DRS) has reported some impressive figures this week. Since its launch in 2024, more than 3 billion bottles and cans have been returned. It's highest single…
Politics has certain universal traits. You campaign in poetry, and govern in prose. You occasionally over-promise and sometimes under-deliver. And, if a situation is causing more short-term problems than it's…
The late Martin Naughton occupied a space in Irish society at the intersection between business and philanthropy. He was also a trailblazer advocating for closer cross-border trade, believing better commercial…
Irish businessman and philanthropist Martin Naughton, who founded the Glen Dimplex Group, has died aged 87. In a statement, his family said that he took ill while travelling in the…
When Jimmy Carter was elected US president in 1976, he put his family peanut farm into a blind trust before he took office to avoid potential conflicts of interest and…
A 'hundred-year flood' is the uncharacteristically dramatic phrase Apple CEO Tim Cook used to justify the price rises the company announced on most of its prices last week. That being…
Updated / Friday, 3 Jul 2026 11:58 Getty Consumption and sales of alcohol in stores were briefly banned in Paris during the recent heatwave Extreme heat in Europe is testing…
EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has said the investigation into Aughinish Alumina is "for Ireland to lead", adding that the Government will set any timeframes. The Limerick plant…
The former CEO of Inland Fisheries Ireland has denied "pestering" its former human resources director for assurances on his future tenure at the agency to the point he asked her…
Analysis: Until switching banks is as easy as switching mobile network, most of us will stay in the same financial relationship we began in college This article is now available…