'Concern' as school holiday food vouchers endRuth BradleySomerset political reporterBBCHead teacher Matt Vella says nearly 40% of his pupils are eligible for free school mealsA head teacher says he is…
Richard WheelerPolitical reporterEPA/ShutterstockSir Keir Starmer has said a planned fuel duty rise from September will be kept under review as the Middle East conflict continues.The tax rate on petrol and…
Natalie ShermanBusiness reporterBloomberg via Getty ImagesInflation in the US was stable in February, ahead of the shock to energy prices triggered by the US and Israel war in Iran. Consumer…
Steven McKenzie,Highlands and Islands reporterandCameron Buttle,LauderBBCDavid Watson of Kyle of Sutherland Development Trust said heating oil customers should be protected from "shock" price risesThere are calls for thousands of rural…
Work has been completed on a data centre in Dublin that is not connected to the national electricity grid and instead runs off its own on-site power plant. The microgrid…
Kevin PeacheyCost of living correspondentGetty ImagesTurmoil in the UK mortgage market is at its most intense since the mini-Budget of 2022, figures suggest, as the average rate on two-year fixed…
Role models and academic experts from across the technology sector are set to join forces to encourage more young women to consider careers in the industry. South East Technological University…
Osmond ChiaBusiness reporterGetty ImagesMeta, the owner of Instagram and Facebook, has bought Moltbook, a social media networking platform for artificial intelligence (AI) bots to speak to each other.The deal will…
Eircom will have to refund over €305,000 in international call charges to around 14,800 customers after it failed to clearly make information around exclusions to international call allowances available to…
Higher education trade union the Irish Federation of University Teachers (IFUT) has warned that up to 150 research jobs could be at risk following the closure of a number of…
Businessman Denis O'Brien has welcomed a decision by the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) not to go ahead with criminal proceedings following the findings of the Moriarty Tribunal which were…
Oil prices gained nearly 4% today as fresh attacks on ships in the Strait of Hormuz worsened supply disruption fears, and analysts said the International Energy Agency's proposal for a…