ESB reports pre-exceptional profit of €298m for first half of the year Damage from Storm Éowyn…
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Council refuses planning permission for 72-bedroom ‘homeless hub’ in Dublin
Stock image. Photo: Getty Dublin City Council has refused permission for contentious plans for a short-term…
Aldi lines up £1.6bn expansion in UK to build on record sales
The supermarket chain is looking to open 80 stores in the period. Its latest results for…
Review: AirPods Pro 3 quieten everything with enhanced noise cancellation but miss out on biggest wow feature in EU
Apple’s latest AirPods Pro 3 have better active noise cancellation (ANC), better sound, longer battery life,…
What is the 50/30/20 budget rule and can it help you achieve your savings goals?
But what most people probably don’t know is that the 50/30/20 rule is not only embedded…
Ancestry’s Irish unit fails to secure rights to millions of Scottish records
The Irish unit, Ancestry Ireland, wanted access to records spanning the 12th to 16th centuries, including…
Irish exports to US slumped in July
According to the Central Statistics Office, exports to the US decreased by €909m, or just over…
Lower tax rates are needed to keep small landlords in the market, claim surveyors
Not all the data supports the notion that landlords are currently leaving the sector at a…
Dear Vicki: ‘My company is in Cork but most of my customers are in Dublin. Is it time to move?’
A switch would be expensive and potentially risky Recruits at a second warehouse, without that depth…
The week ahead in business: Dáil returns, tech meet-ups and the Ploughing Championships
The National AI Meet 2025 will have minister Niamh Smyth opening the third edition and will…
Who earns more money – your electrician or your accountant?
With generative AI potentially posing an existential threat to white-collar jobs everywhere, we explore the pay…
Manna bids to retain Blanchardstown drone launch station it set up without planning permission
Manna, founded by serial tech entrepreneur Bobby Healy, was recently hit with an enforcement action by…
Charlie Weston: Why we are heading into a winter of energy costs distress
With the Government ruling out credits in next month’s Budget, households will feel the squeeze Record…
Adrian Weckler: The new iPhone Air feels like a lost opportunity for Apple
While it’s a good phone, prioritising a slim design over everything else would have been revolutionary…
John Burns: The ECB keeps interest rates at 2pc. What does it mean for Irish mortgage holders?
Christine Lagarde, president of the ECB, gestures at the press conference of the European Central Bank…
Fears backdoor routes are supplying Russia with Irish goods on sanctions list
Irish exports to countries in Moscow’s orbit, including Georgia and Kyrgyzstan, hit almost €216.5m at the…
Richard Curran: This bull run is so boomy it even makes billionaires blush – but Irish are gaining too
E&I Engineering founder Philip O’Doherty will have seen many millions added to his worth The US…
Any Other Business: Can you guess which Hiberno tech bro gets short shrift in Leo’s memoirs?
Leo Varadkar. Photo: Getty The oddest scene in Leo Varadkar’s new memoir features him, as taoiseach,…
Your money questions: ‘Will bonuses be taken into account when we’re assessed for a trading-up mortgage?’
Plus, the rent-a-room scheme, and state pensions Stock image: Getty Q My wife and I are…
Revealed: How much meat and dairy prices have risen in a year, as families are warned soaring food bills the ‘new norm’
Official statistics showed food-price inflation is now close to a two-year high. High-end meat cuts, such…
'People's eyes light up when they realise they can get a €1m pension pot with only €220k of net income'
Have you reached the pension pot target for your age bracket? The prospect of saving 11…
Ask Adrian: My printer refuses to connect to my laptop
Our technology editor answers your trickiest tech questions Printing problems can provide a recipe for maddening…