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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…

Updated / Thursday, 21 May 2026 13:23 The EU predicts that the Irish economy will stabilise and turn positive in 2027 with growth of 3.4% The Irish economy, as measured…

Rural pubs should be recognised as part of the "social and community fabric", the Dáil has heard, amid calls for targeted measures to be included in the budget to help…

Updated / Thursday, 21 May 2026 14:30 The European Commission said the euro zone economy was expected to grow 0.9% in 2026, down from a previous prediction of 1.2% The…

The number of people who were unemployed increased on an annual basis by 17,600, or just over 14%, to 141,800 in the first three months of the year. This led…