Gold made its biggest jump since the 1979 oil crisis in 2025 - with prices doubling in the last two years - a performance which might previously have meant forecasts…
Updated / Monday, 29 Dec 2025 11:20 Stock markets are closely monitoring tech giants Apple, Microsoft, Google, Amazon and Nvidia, and startups like OpenAI, amid fears of a speculative bubble…
Updated / Monday, 29 Dec 2025 11:19 Repak is encouraging people to consider which bin packaging waste from Christmas should go in Approximately 102,000 tonnes of packaging waste will be…
Four retailers - SuperValu, Centra, ALDI Ireland Lidl Ireland - have announced a cut in the price of their own brand butter ranges. Musgrave, which owns SuperValu and Centra, said…
Sol HydeNearly 200,000 people under the age of 35, including Sol Hyde (pictured), moved abroad in the year to JuneWith rising rents, a tough job market and pay cheques stretched…
Liv McMahonTechnology reporterMany in the UK who unwrapped a new drone this Christmas may face a rude awakening next week, when they will have to take a theory test before…
Rachel ClunBusiness reporterAn evening surge in shoppers keen on Boxing Day bargains drove a decade-high increase in footfall for the annual sales, figures suggest.It was up by 4.4% across all…
Geoff PerlmanAs self-driving cars get closer to reality, Tesla is striving to remain a big player. But is it sacrificing safety to stay in the game?For the past few weeks,…
House builders in Northern Ireland are facing a "very bleak" future, with the region's crumbling wastewater network forcing some to relocate and others to plan winding up, an industry body…
Bulgaria will become the 21st country to adopt the euro, but some believe the move could bring higher prices and add to instability in the European Union's poorest country. A…
It's one of those classic cases of a company creating a whole new market with their product - only for it to get swallowed up by the competitors and copycats…
Natalie Bellin Bransholme, HullBBCKirsty Armstrong visited the shop on its opening dayFamilies living on a council estate say a new "social supermarket" will help them make ends meet. The shop…