A supply chain involves a small number of stages, from a product being made until it gets to the shops for people to buy.If you take a loaf of bread…
Image caption, The Haunted Bookshop has been running for two years ByMarcus Boothe and Sonia MumtazBristol An independent bookshop says a drop in footfall and cost-of-living pressures mean the business is now…
Episode detailsWorld Service,04 Aug 2026,26 minsAvailable for over a yearHow amid the tents and the rubble Gaza is developing once again as an unlikely tech hub. Even before the 7…
Updated / Wednesday, 5 Aug 2026 00:51 Getty SpaceX's capital expenditure increased to $18 billion (€15.6bn) from $2.83bn a year earlier SpaceX has released its first quarterly earnings report, showing…
Brittany Ferries will cease live animal exports to France from next month, a decision that has raised concern with the Irish Farmers Association (IFA). A spokesperson for the French shipping…
Fórsa has begun a ballot of more than 90,000 members working in the public sector to see if they are willing to take industrial action over pay. The union said…
The number of households in arrears on their electricity bills rose to the highest level on record in April, according to latest figures from the Commission for Regulation of Utilities…
Fórsa union members at Oberstown Children Detention Campus have carried out a six-hour work stoppage. Ireland's largest public service trade union said the industrial action, which commenced at noon today,…
The new external investor in garden centre and outdoor furniture retailer Rathwood has said it is committed to supporting the long-term recovery and future growth of the company. Last Friday,…
The ESB has given its chief executive Paddy Hayes a pay increase of just under €92,000 after receiving Ministerial approval to do so. In a statement, the ESB has confirmed…
Aramco says US-Iran war has cost global market 2.6 billion barrels of oil Updated / Tuesday, 4 Aug 2026 15:31 Amin Nasser, the CEO of Saudi oil giant Aramco The…
Refiner Marathon Petroleum has reported its highest quarterly profit in four years and topped analysts' profit estimates, as prolonged disruptions to crude supplies through the Strait of Hormuz lifted refining…