Taoiseach Micheál Martin has denied that housing commencement numbers are going in the wrong direction, after figures revealed that the number of commencement notices for the first half of the…

American Express surpassed estimates for second-quarter profit today, fueled by resilient spending from its affluent cardholders. The beat underscores how the credit card giant's focus on wealthy customers has helped…

Updated / Friday, 18 Jul 2025 12:11 New accounts lodged by Primark Ltd show the company's pre-tax profits more than doubled from €416.63m to €881.5m in the 12 months to…

US oil giant Chevron will proceed with its $53 billion acquisition of Hess, after it prevailed in a landmark legal battle against larger rival Exxon Mobil to gain access to…

New analysis by OUTsurance Ireland shows that Irish motorists can expect to spend an average of €10,373 a year to keep an average petrol or diesel car on the road…

An ESB subsidiary has lodged plans with An Coimisiún Pleanála to decommission and remove the 70-turbine Derrybrien wind-farm in south Galway. The application by Gort Windfarms Ltd comes more than…

Rice prices in Japan soared 99.2% in June year-on-year, official data showed today, piling further pressure on Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba ahead of elections this weekend. Public support for Ishiba's…

Luxury hospitality group Galgorm Collection plans to invest more than £30m to create a new links golf course at Bellarena - the first new championship links course in Northern Ireland…

Reckitt has sold a majority stake in its Essential Home business to private equity firm Advent International in a deal valued at $4.8 billion including debt, it said today. The…

Energy major BP said today it had agreed to sell its US onshore wind business, bp Wind Energy, to US-based electricity transmission systems operator LS Power. BP has been divesting…