Analysis: One of the main factors driving the demand for micro-retirement breaks is the employee's desire to achieve a better work-life balance This article is now available above as a…
Ten years ago Ireland's growth was described as "Leprechaun Economics" by Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman after the State's Gross Domestic Product grew by an astonishing 26% in 2015. The…
Dearbail JordanBusiness reporter, BBC NewsThe European Central Bank (ECB) has cut its key interest rate for the eighth time in just over a year as it warned about continuing pressure…
Tom GerkenTechnology reporterPeter GillibrandNewsbeat reporterWatch: Fans queue overnight for the launch of the Nintendo Switch 2The Nintendo Switch 2 has been released worldwide, with stores opening at midnight so fans…
The UK's statistics agency has said the headline inflation rate for April was too high after it discovered it had been given incorrect road tax data by the Department for…
Adam HancockBusiness reporter, BBC NewsA lawyer for 16 families of the victims of a fatal Boeing 737 Max crash, has told the BBC that a deal between the aviation giant…
Sam GruetBusiness reporterReporting fromTorontoGetty ImagesAirlines in the US alone made $7.27bn from check-in luggage fees last yearWith Air Canada and Southwest the latest airlines to charge passengers for check-in luggage,…
Northumbrian Water has agreed to pay out £15.7m after failures in the maintenance and operations of its sewage and water network.Water sector regulator Ofwat said the firm would pay out…
Faarea MasudBusiness reporter, BBC NewsGetty ImagesScammers stole £47m from the online accounts of 100,000 people after posing as taxpayers, HMRC has revealed.The tax authority said it is writing to those…
Waste collection services by Bord na Móna Recycling could be disrupted later this month after SIPTU members at the company served notice of strike action in a dispute over the…
Budget carrier Wizz Air's grounded planes that are awaiting engine repairs took their toll on annual profits today, sending the shares down 23%. Wizz Air had 37 aircraft grounded as…
Around 120,000 passengers per day are expected to travel through Dublin Airport this summer. Operator daa said that it predicts it will be a record-breaking summer for the airport with…