1975: The world’s first shop for left-handers
A London shop catering for people who are left-handed was doing a brisk trade both in-store and via mail-order. Items available included secateurs, a builder's trowel and even left-handed playing…
A London shop catering for people who are left-handed was doing a brisk trade both in-store and via mail-order. Items available included secateurs, a builder's trowel and even left-handed playing…
New research has found that 29% of employees in Ireland worked from home at least sometimes in 2024. According to the study from EU Agency Eurofound, Ireland is ahead of…
Shareholders in PTSB bank will vote today on whether to accept a €1.6 billion takeover offer from Austrian group Bawag at an extraordinary general meeting in Dublin. The State, which…
Members of the Financial Services Union (FSU) working in IT company Kyndryl are to be balloted for industrial action. Kyndryl provides IT support and maintenance to Irish companies including Bank…
Staff waited nearly two years to get their split of over €5,000 in customer gratuities from a tap-to-tip machine installed at a Limerick City café in unexplained circumstances, a tribunal…
Bank of Ireland has appointed James Magill as its Chief People Officer. Mr Magill will start his new role in November and will also join the bank's Group Executive Committee.…
The world's biggest supplier of paper-based packaging, Smurfit Westrock, has today cut its full-year profit forecast due to significantly higher-than-expected freight costs that it sees continuing for the rest of…
Medical device manufacturer Boston Scientific has informed the Government of potential job cuts at its Irish operation. Last week, the company's board approved a global restructuring plan aimed at cutting…
Cadbury parent Mondelez International has beaten Wall Street estimates for second-quarter revenue and profit, helped by steady demand for biscuits and chocolates in key markets, as well as higher pricing.…
Nestlé said today it has agreed a deal to sell its former Wyeth Nutritionals manufacturing site in Askeaton in Co Limerick to US firm Pfanstiehl for an undisclosed sum. Pfanstiehl,…
The UK's antitrust regulator said it would investigate Microsoft over whether it misled personal and family customers when marketing subscription plans for its ever-popular Microsoft 365 product, resulting in them…
UBS posts forecast-beating quarterly profit, flags $3 billion in new buybacks Updated / Wednesday, 29 Jul 2026 11:55 Getty UBS is Switzerland's biggest bank UBS has today booked a 17%…