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There has been a call for specific supports to help drive the digital creative sector in the west. A new report shows there are already over 1,000 companies involved in…

Spotify said it plans to roll out an artificial intelligence tool allowing users to make covers and remixes of songs from Universal Music Group's artists. Shares of the Swedish music…

Updated / Thursday, 21 May 2026 16:51 A Leopard 2 tank on the KNDS company grounds in Munich, Germany. Germany will acquire a 40% stake in Franco-German defence equipment group…

Updated / Thursday, 21 May 2026 16:40 Iran's new body overseeing the Strait of Hormuz said its claimed area of control extends to Emirati waters, drawing a sharp rebuke from…

Ireland 'is the Wild West' for piracy - 'Dancing with the Stars' boss Updated / Thursday, 21 May 2026 16:41 Larry Bass's comments come in the wake of SKY sending…

British finance minister Rachel Reeves has today announced a change to how oil and gas companies' profits are taxed, in order to help fund a package of cost-of-living measures. The…

Farm equipment maker Deere has today beaten second-quarter profit estimates, helped by improved demand for its small agriculture and construction machinery, but kept its full-year profit forecast unchanged. Its construction…

The Dáil Public Accounts Committee has heard that a €50 million write-off by Iarnród Éireann of a failed IT project is an "absolute scandal". The rail company has written down…

Walmart has stuck to its conservative annual sales and profit targets, as rising fuel costs drive value‑seeking shoppers to its low-priced groceries and essentials. US retailers have flagged growing pressure…

The Department of Agriculture was worried about "panic buying" of fertiliser by Irish farmers with the country badly exposed to the fallout from the Middle East conflict. A series of…

Updated / Thursday, 21 May 2026 23:28 (L-R) Jane Deasy, Eithne Walls and Aisling Butler were killed in the 2009 crash A French ⁠appeals court has found Airbus and Air…