An astonishing row is now emerging at the heart of government. Robert Watt, Department of Public Expenditure and Reform’s secretary general has explicitly told Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and Pascal Donohue, the Minister for Finance, that they should forthwith abandon...

A quick glance at the nine-strong Monetary Policy Committee, the body that guides the UK’s economy, and you can already begin to see the problem. This is the body that influences important aspects of the economy, such as the interest rates, through their monthly...

Passengers in Cork and Shannon are now likely to be deprived of their direct Norwegian Airlines routes to the US for nearly the entire summer season because of the recent grounding of the Boeing MAX 8 aircraft fleet. Ryanair, which had placed an order of 135...

Potential buyers, including Fosun, a Chinese conglomerate, are circling Britain’s oldest package holiday operator. The company could be split up in a move that could lead to its high street stores and package deals being taken over by one of its main shareholders....

Figures released by business information company CRIF Vision-Net show that the entrepreneurship spirit continues to flourish in Ireland despite Brexit uncertainty. An average of 71 companies were set up every day within the first three months of 2019 against an...

Following several corporate collapses, including the collapse of Carillion and BHS, the UK competition watchdog has made proposals that could split up the big four accounting firms. The proposals also include compelling the big accountancy firms to work with their...

With more customers worried about problems with their orders, delivery costs, and increasingly preferring to choose fresh produce themselves, online grocery shopping is set for slow growth in the UK, analysts from Mintel have revealed. It seems many consumers remain...

Paschal Donohue, Ireland’s minister for finance, has declined to comment on emerging reports that the European Commission is taking a closer look at Google’s Irish tax regime. Sources familiar with the matter indicated that the EU is now scrutinizing how the...

Even in the modern era of tablets, laptops, and smartphones, the president insists that human contact is still critical. President Michael D. Higgins called out to people to make the time to meet up talk if they were to tackle Ireland’s crisis of loneliness. He spoke...