Ireland recorded its highest ever trade value of €842 billion in 2021, according to the Irish government’s Trade and Investment Report for last year. Growth in…

By Mark McSherry Irish household deposits with banks and credit unions stood at €144 billion at the of May 2022, 30% higher than at the onset…

Volkswagen AG announced it has appointed Porsche boss Oliver Blume to replace Herbert Diess as Volkswagen CEO in a surprise shake-up. The departure of Diess,…

The European Central Bank (ECB) has raised interest rates by half a percentage point in its first increase for 11 years. The ECB had said…

The European Commission on Friday approved a €5.4 billion hydrogen project jointly funded by 15 EU countries and 35 companies including Alstom and Daimler Truck….

Japan’s former prime minister Shinzo Abe, the country’s longest-serving leader, died on Friday after being shot while campaigning for a parliamentary election. Abe, who is…

By Mark McSherry — The net debt of companies around the world fell 1.9% to $8.15 trillion in 2021-22, a reduction of 0.2% on a constant-currency…

M&G plc, the international savings and investments business, announced it has acquired a 41% stake in Finance Ireland, Ireland’s largest non-bank lender. The investment is on behalf…

The European Central Bank (ECB) announced it is planning to gradually revamp its €344 billion corporate debt portfolio to favour greener firms. The ECB said…

The European Central Bank (ECB) is discussing ways to stop big banks earning billions of euros of extra profit from the cheap lending scheme it…

Record energy prices drove the inflation rate for the countries using the Euro currency to a record 8.6% in the year through June. “Euro area…