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Tech billionaire Elon Musk has said he will fund legal challenges to Ireland's new hate speech legislation.
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'End of the McBully' - Supermac's wins case against McDonald's
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A couple earning average wages still cannot afford even the cheapest new apartments in Dublin, a Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland survey shows, while most types of apartments are not economically viable for developers to build for sale.
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Zara owner Inditex may soon be stitching hospital scrubs, helping its home country Spain fight the coronavirus epidemic.
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US hamburger chain Wendy's said it is seeking well-established franchisee candidates in Ireland that have strong operations experience, local development expertise, ambition to grow quickly and a proven track record of growing brands here.
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Ryanair has called for the removal of all travel restrictions from the end of May for air travel between Ireland and both the UK and EU.
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An Post becomes the first zero emissions postal service provider in the world
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As Dublin's traditional pubs reach their 400th consecutive day shut, the Licensed Vintners Association is calling on the Government to allow all pubs to start providing outdoor service from 24 May.
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SuperValu - “We would call on shoppers to only purchase items where necessary, as we may have to introduce some restrictions in certain stores out of fairness and particularly in consideration of vulnerable people in the community.”
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Amazon is to open its first warehouse, or fulfilment centre, in the Republic of Ireland, creating 500 new jobs to help meet customer demand.
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A five star Dublin hotel, the Marker Hotel, is to begin renting its bedrooms by the day to people who want to come into the city to escape their home office. .
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'The people who hate us are our best publicists' - @whitemoosecafe on its approach to social media
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Revolut users around the world have donated more than €1m in 24 hours to support the victims of the war in Ukraine.
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Ireland is set to receive the biggest share of the €5 billion EU Brexit fund, after a provisional agreement was reached today.
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The upcoming Deposit Return Scheme represents a major change for shoppers & businesses. From 1 February, customers will have to pay a 15-25c deposit on every plastic bottle or can they buy & they'll have to bring back their empties to get that refunded
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READ: Minimum pricing will end up raising extra revenue for the alcohol industry rather than addressing consumption or addiction.
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Ryanair, one of the largest foreign airlines in Ukraine, has suspended all of its flights to and from Ukraine for at least the next 14 days.
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Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey visits Dublin office
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Supermac's, Papa John's and Pret A Manger are among the new outlets set to open at Dublin Airport in the coming months
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Medtronic to share ventilator designs
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South African animation studio Triggerfish has said it will set up its first international studio in Galway and the project, supported by IDA Ireland, is expected to create 60 new jobs over the next three years.
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Aldi says it has lifted quantity restrictions on nearly all its products after a return to more consistent levels of trading across its stores.
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An Post has reported a zero gender pay gap for the second year in a row, becoming the first major employer in Ireland to do so.
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Ireland has been criticised for its "particularly repressive" mandatory hotel quarantine regime by Willie Walsh director general of the International Air Transport Association.
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Amazon is to create another 1,000 permanent jobs across its Irish operations over the next two years, bringing its total permanent workforce here to 5,000 people.
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The Tánaiste has said Ireland expects Britain to announce further extensions to post-Brexit grace periods on goods imports into both Northern Ireland and into the rest of the United Kingdom.
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British Airways boss Sean Doyle said vaccinated people should be allowed to travel without restriction and non-vaccinated people with a negative Covid-19 test, as he set out his ideas for a travel restart.
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The total value of imports from Northern Ireland into the Republic jumped by more than three quarters in the first six months since Brexit compared to the same period last year, according to new data from the Central Statistics Office (CSO).
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UK industry leaders have warned of gaps on supermarket shelves this summer and an 'unimaginable' collapse of supply chains after the pandemic and Brexit led to a shortage of more than 100,000 heavy goods vehicle (HGV) drivers.
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Essential workers including those in retail, transport, cleaning and food service should receive a living wage with access to an occupational pension, according to the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment Leo Varadkar.
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Fast food giant McDonald's has run out of milkshakes in all of its UK restaurants due to supply chain problems, while the burger chain has also been left without bottled drinks across its 1,250 outlets in England, Scotland and Wales.
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A research project which saw a four-day working week being trialled across twelve businesses has been deemed a success by both the companies and employees involved.
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The value of Ireland's food, drink and horticulture exports increased by 22% last year to reach a new record high of €16.7 billion.
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A daily Aer Lingus service from Shannon to Boston took off this afternoon, while the New York service from Shannon resumes tomorrow.
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Taoiseach Leo Varadkar says the Govt is accelerating the roadmap to recovery. All elements of Phase 2 will begin on Monday. There will be 4 Phases in total. Phase 3 will happen on June 29, and Phase 4 on July 20. There will be no Phase 5. A ban on mass gatherings will remain.
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German supermarket chain Aldi is to recruit 1,050 additional employees in Ireland this year with 700 of the jobs to be permanent roles serving new stores the company is planning to open.
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The suggestion that Britain could trade tariff-free under WTO rules after a hard Brexit is 'absolute nonsense', according to the governor of the Bank of England
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The Irish Travel Agents Association (ITAA) is calling on the Department of Foreign Affairs to reopen the Passport Office to process outstanding passport applications in order to avoid a backlog of applications when international travel resumes.
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Over 80% of Irish employees want to continue to spend at least part of their week working from home when normal life resumes after the coronavirus pandemic, a new survey shows.
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Lego expects to begin selling toy building bricks made from recycled plastic bottles in 18 to 24 months, having found a suitable green alternative to oil-based plastic, the Danish toymaker said today.
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An Irish customs expert says she has found a solution to the Brexit "Percy Pig" problem, that could result in retailers here avoiding having to pay hundreds of millions of euro in tariffs each year.
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South Dublin County Council has given the green light to Cairn Homes for a €240 million apartment scheme for Clonburris in west Dublin after not receiving a single objection against the proposal.
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Fyffes chairman David McCann said his company has "sufficient" fresh fruit stocks on hand - and in the pipeline - to ensure that Irish consumers can continue to enjoy a healthy diet at this time.
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Taoiseach says the closure of construction and manufacturing is 'on the agenda' at today's Cabinet meeting.
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Dublin remains the most popular destination for UK financial services firms looking to relocate staff or operations as a result of Brexit, according to EY.
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100 tech firms at Crystal Valley Tech conference in Waterford
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Dublin remains the most popular choice for financial services firms to relocate after Brexit, the latest EY Brexit Tracker shows.
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Estonian startup Bolt said today it had raised €628m from investors led by Sequoia Capital and Fidelity Management and Research, taking its valuation to €7.4 billion.
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Retail Excellence has said that grocery retailers with multiple departments should shut all textiles, clothing and homeware departments and prioritise their food department.
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Brittany Ferries has confirmed that its new midweek sailing connecting Cork with France will become a permanent feature of the company's sailing schedule.
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SIPTU has called on the Minister for Transport, Eamon Ryan, to turn away a tanker carrying oil from Russia which is due to dock in Dublin Port tomorrow night.
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German supermarket chain Lidl is to create 1,200 jobs in Ireland over the next year as the company intends to open six new outlets in Ireland this year and rebuild seven of its existing stores.
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One of Ireland's longest-established financial services and technology companies, Fexco, is partnering with Kerry County Council and the Institute of Technology in Tralee to create more than 300 jobs over the next four years.
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Tributes have been paid to Mayo businessman, Liam Smyth, who has died following an illness. Mr Smyth, from Claremorris, was a director of the Smyth's Toys retail chain, along with a number of his brothers.
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The Government should not give in to teachers unions demanding their members are prioritised in the vaccine rollout programme, according to ISME which represents small and medium sized businesses
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Ryanair has announced plans to build a new €40m hangar and aircraft maintenance facility at Dublin airport, which will result in the creation of 200 new engineering and aircraft mechanic jobs.
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McDonald's has said it will temporarily close its restaurants in Russia, becoming the latest Western company to pause all operations in the country following its invasion of Ukraine.
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Greenland has ended its 50-year ambition to become an oil producing nation, after announcing it would suspend a strategy of searching for oil and would stop granting exploration licences.
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Krispy Kreme has said its doughnuts will be available in a selected number of Tesco stores, and Circle K's Kill North store on the N7 from next Monday, 12 April.
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A report has found there is sufficient capacity on existing ferry services between Ireland and continental Europe to accommodate any road haulage traffic that is displaced from the UK landbridge as a result of Brexit.
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The board of Enterprise Ireland has announced the appointment of its new Chief Executive Officer Leo Clancy.
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Initially only categories that customers most need will be offered, such as childrenswear
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Business representative group Ibec has launched a new guidance note on gender identity and expression in the workplace, supported and endorsed by the Transgender Equality Network Ireland (TENI).
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French insurer AXA said it will move staff to Ireland from France and the UK, in light of Britain's plans to leave the European Union.
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The Department of Transport has issued a directive to all Irish ports and harbour masters to deny entry to Russian-registered vessels from next Saturday.
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Many Irish businesses have been showing their support for those impacted by the war in Ukraine. Musgrave Group has said it will immediately donate €250,000 to the Irish Red Cross and UNICEF.
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Primark, which trades as Penneys in Ireland, has opened its first shop in Poland in Warsaw's Galeria Młociny shopping centre.
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Young scientist winner's start-up raises $16m
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Golden Discs is returning to Galway after a 12 year absence as the company is due to open a new store in Eyre Square.
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Revenue Commissioners Chairman Niall Cody said employers should not worry about being published on the list of companies who applied for the wage subsidy scheme as it will be "a mark of honour for employers who did the right thing".
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Ryanair has called on the Government to announce an immediate rescue plan for the Irish aviation and tourism industries.
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Retail Excellence has warned that click and collect retail services must be reintroduced this week as an "absolute minimum" by the Government.
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Aer Lingus will today urge the Government to adopt the European Commission 'Traffic Light System' and a rapid Covid-19 testing regime in order to facilitate an increase in safe international travel.
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EBay is offering Irish SMEs the chance to sell their products on its platform for free as small companies struggle to survive amid the Covid-19 outbreak.
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Remember this?? A look at the Dublin skyline from 2005
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Brexit has cost the British economy £600m a week since the referendum, and the shock of a no-deal divorce could hammer the country even harder, according to a new report by investment banking giant Goldman Sachs.
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SSE said it has decided to prioritise its support programmes for the most financially vulnerable and keep bills as low as it can this winter, which means the business is not expected to make a profit for the 12 months to the end of March 2023.
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