When Amelia's fiance died suddenly in his 20s, just months before their wedding, she never imagined the legal and financial turmoil that would follow."I lost him," she says, "and then…
SIPTU has launched workplace consultations in preparation for strike ballots involving tens of thousands of its members across the public service over the coming weeks. The union has accused the…
Trade unions have called on the Government to use its presidency of the European Union to progress an EU directive aimed at ending unpaid traineeships. The European Commission has proposed…
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…