Episode detailsWorld Service,17 May 2026,26 minsAvailable for over a yearElectric vehicle sales are soaring in Thailand and Vietnam. What’s behind the boom? And will it help the climate? Thais and…
Updated / Wednesday, 20 May 2026 03:42 The EU agreed to remove import duties on US industrial goods and grant preferential access to US farm and sea produce The European…
Facebook parent company Meta will begin notifying staff who will be affected by plans to cut 8,000 jobs globally, which is around 10% of its workforce. It is not yet…
Talks at the Labour Court aimed at resolving a pay dispute at the National Ambulance Service have concluded for the evening and will resume on Thursday. SIPTU described the discussions…
The Irish National Organisation of the Unemployed (INOU) has held its annual delegate conference at which calls were made for greater supports for unemployed people. A number of motions were…
Nestle and Danone are facing fresh scrutiny over the handling of infant formula contamination after reports published today by French, Belgian and Swiss public media questioned the speed of recalls…
HS2 could cost more than £100 billion and may not open until 2039, Britain's Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander has announced. The Cabinet minister told the Commons she was "angry" about…
Gardaí, regulators and Government departments are to examine "suspicious bets" made on the Polymarket platform, the Tánaiste said. Simon Harris raised "grave concerns" around a "Wild West" of unregulated betting…
There has been a downward trend in the number of judicial reviews lodged against decisions made by the State's planning board, its CEO has told politicians. Members of An Coimisiún…
Iran reopened its stock exchange today after the longest shutdown in its history, caused by the war with the US and Israel, local media reported. "After nearly 80 days ...…
Taxpayers were successful in only 8% of cases that went to hearing contesting Revenue Commissioner rulings at the Tax Appeals Commission (TAC) last year. That is according to the 2025…
Epic Games said today its popular shooter title "Fortnite" has returned to global App Stores, as the videogame maker signaled confidence in a favourable outcome from an ongoing lawsuit against…