Irish economy

Business

Irish start-up review shows investments fell 35% in 2023 - here's why

TechIreland published their Start-up Funding Review on investments into Irish tech companies last year. Here are the findings.

12/04/2024

Ireland

Irish PM: 'Fight for Ukraine is a fight for wider European values'

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar says he believes the European Council will vote to approve a pending €50 billion Ukraine fund in February.

18/01/2024

Economy

Price pressures ease in Ireland as inflation dips to two-year low

The latest figures show that price pressures are easing across the Irish economy.

14/12/2023

Green News

Ireland’s data centres are using as much electricity as all city homes

New official figures show data centres’ electricity usage in Ireland is surging at a time where the country is failing to meet its climate targets.

13/06/2023

Ireland

Leo Varadkar becomes Ireland's PM again in job swap deal

Varadkar serves as taoiseach for the second half of this coalition government's term in office, replacing Micheál Martin.

17/12/2022

World News

Winterage: The rural Irish custom to protect farmers' animals

A few sprinkles of holy water and a short prayer. That's how this lesser-known autumn custom in southwestern Ireland begins. Every year at the end of October, cattle and some enthusiastic onlookers head to the rugged landscape of the Burren.

02/11/2022

Business Planet

Opportunities on the horizon: the platform promoting Europe's best innovation and research

In partnership with The European Commission

Business Planet heads to Ireland to take a look at an online hub that’s creating new investment opportunities for EU backed research and innovation.

06/08/2021

Tech News

Ireland encourages remote work to repopulate rural areas

The Irish government is hoping to bank on the rise of remote work to breathe new life into rural towns and villages.

16/04/2021

United Kingdom

Johnson to give EU 'final' Brexit plan in bid to take back control

The UK prime minister is to send the EU his revised plan for a new Brexit deal, minus the backstop, on Wednesday.

30/09/2019

Business Series

Lower fares shrink Ryanair's profits

Ryanair had to cut its fares more than expected during the last three months of 2016 because of over-capacity, which pulled down profits.

06/02/2017

Economy

Ireland back in the ratings A team after Moody's upgrade

Moody's has upgraded Ireland's credit rating due to better than expected growth. They put it up by one notch to A3 with a positive outlook.

16/05/2016

Business Planet

All for one, one for all - peer-led initiatives give boost to female entrepreneurs

In this edition of Business Planet, host Giacomo Segantini visited Dublin to meet a woman at the heart of female entrepreneurship initiatives in

18/03/2016

Economy

Ireland set to be strongest growing eurozone economy again

Ireland’s economy grew by seven percent in the year to the end of September according to official figures, putting it on course to be the

10/12/2015

My Europe Series

The tide turns as Irish economic migrants seek work at home

Emigration is nothing new to Ireland and it was little surprise when thousands of young people streamed out of the country in the aftermath of the

19/06/2015

Business Planet

Get connected: how SMEs can fast track growth with the Enterprise Europe Network

The Enterprise Europe Network is described as the world’s biggest support network for SMEs. The network is made up of 600 support organisations

12/06/2015

Business Planet

Sweet success in Dublin, the experience of being an entrepreneur

02/05/2014