The Central Bank's spend on consultants last year totalled €15.98m - almost three times the Central Bank outlay on consultants in 2023. In a written Dáil reply, the Minister for…
Toyota expects fallout from the Iran war to cost it around $4.3 billion this financial year, the world's largest automaker said today, in one of the biggest warnings yet on…
World food prices climbed in April to their highest in more than three years, with vegetable oils particularly elevated due to the Iran war and the effective closure of the…
The National Treasury Management Agency has today announced plans for a syndicated bond transaction in the coming weeks and the cancellation of a scheduled debt auction on May 14. The…
Updated / Friday, 8 May 2026 09:48 Nintendo said it will hike the price of its Switch 2 gaming console by 6% in Europe in September Japanese gaming giant Nintendo…
Oil prices are trading higher, a day after renewed fighting near the Strait of Hormuz raised new questions about the ceasefire between the US and Iran. Brent crude futures were…
1 hour agoOsmond ChiaBusiness reporterAnadolu via Getty ImagesOil prices rose on Friday morning trade in Asia after the US and Iran exchanged fire in the key Strait of Hormuz waterway.The…
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GoogleMorrisons was prosecuted after a routine inspection at its Cwmbran branchA dirty Morrisons bakery has left the supermarket with a £750,000 bill to pay. The chain was fined £737,000 -…
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