€200m fund set up to restart stalled building projects
The Government has set up a €200m fund to finance infrastructure in an effort to restart stalled building sites. The money will be used to pay for water ...
Tesla shareholders approve $1tn pay package for Elon Musk
Tesla shareholders have approved a massive pay package for CEO Elon Musk that could reach $1 trillion. The pay package – crafted to ensure Mr Musk’s continued service ...
Central Bank fines Coinbase Europe €21.5m for anti-money laundering breaches
The Central Bank has fined cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase Europe €21.5m for breaching anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing transaction monitoring obligations. The breaches occured between April 2021 and March ...
ISME calls for Fastway receivers to ensure goods in transit are returned or delivered
ISME, which represents small and medium businesses, has called on the receivers appointed to the parent company of Fastway Couriers to take immediate steps to ensure that goods ...
Ireland ranked 33rd out of 35 economies in ‘Global Talent Tracker’
A new ‘Global Talent Tracker’ from recruitment firm Hays and Oxford Economics has ranked Ireland 33rd out of 35 global economies. The country’s workforce was ranked poorly in ...
Artificial Intelligence jobs doubled in Ireland since 2023 – report
A new report from a Government advisory group has found that artificial intelligence (AI) jobs have doubled in Ireland since 2023. The Expert Group on Future Skills Needs ...
Home rebuild costs up by 7% in past year – SCSI
The average cost of rebuilding a home has risen by 7% nationally in the past year, according to the Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland. That is a slightly ...
Why do some of us love AI, while others hate it?
From ChatGPT crafting emails, to AI systems recommending TV shows and even helping diagnose disease, the presence of machine intelligence in everyday life is no longer science fiction. ...
Stark reality: future threatened by debt and ageing
One criticism made of governments and civil servants in the past is that they did not plan sufficiently for the future. The State-appointed Commission on Taxation recommended in ...
CAB sold record number of properties last year – report
The Criminal Assets Bureau sold 20 properties which were found to be the proceeds of crime last year, the highest number sold in any one year. One of ...
Are you really more likely to get divorced than switch banks?
Analysis: Until switching banks is as easy as switching mobile network, most of us will stay in the same financial relationship we began in college In 2012, UK ...
New electric car sales up almost 40% so far this year
23,085 new electric cars have been sold so far this year, up almost 40% on the same period last year. When all engine types are included, 123,858 new ...
