A range of social welfare and tax changes announced in Budget 2026 come into effect from today. There will be a €10 increase in the maximum rate of all core…
Two major changes to employment law, pension auto-enrolment and a rise in the minimum wage, come into effect from today. Pension auto-enrolment is designed to help more than 760,000 workers…
PTSB has agreed a deal with Irish modular building company BuildWright to provide mortgages for their new modular homes, which offer customers a near turnkey home constructed in about just…
Pat Doherty's Harcourt Development Group last year recorded pre-tax profits of €156.82m. New consolidated accounts filed by Marzocco UC show that the bumper profits arose mainly from the group booking…
The UK's FTSE 100 has had its best year since recovering from the financial crisis, outperforming global rivals as shares soared against broader economic and political uncertainty. Mining, defence, and…
The scale of profits recorded by the former owners of the Citywest hotel in Saggart in west Dublin from accommodating refugees have been revealed for the first time. The former…
Trump Mobile has pushed back plans to deliver its gold-coloured smartphone by the end of the year, the Financial Times reported today. Donald Trump's family business licensed its name to…
Precious metals were the standout performers among commodities this year, with silver outperforming most major equity indexes and currencies, while gold hit record highs on economic and geopolitical risks. Industrial…
Oil prices crept higher today but were heading for a fall of more than 15% over the course of 2025, as expectations of oversupply increased in a year marked by…
Nvidia is in advanced talks to buy Israel-based AI startup AI21 Labs for as much as $3 billion, the Calcalist financial daily has reported. A 2023 funding round valued AI21…
The average value of second-hand homes nationwide increased by 6.8% this year, new figures from estate agent Sherry Fitzgerald show today. While this represents a moderation from the 7.2% growth…
Chinese President Xi Jinping said today that the country's economy is expected to have grown "around 5%" in 2025, despite "pressure" during a year he described as "very unusual", state…