Ryanair has today written to over 300 employees warning them that their services may not be required from October 28. The protective notice to staff has been issued after the board took the decision to cut its Dublin-based fleet by 20pc for the winter. Over 100 pilots and 200 cabin crew employees will be affected […]

THE number of people living in emergency accommodation has hit another record high – but campaigners say the figures don’t take account of the “hidden homeless”. Housing Minister Eoghan Murphy is under renewed pressure after a series of reports showed the housing crisis continues to worsen. According to the Department of Housing, 9,872 people were […]

Trade war fears have rattled US markets this year – but despite these worries, they have continued to post gains. The S&P 500, the US’s main benchmark index, and the Nasdaq index of leading technology shares, retreated from their bull run following President Donald Trump’s decision to impose tariffs on steel and aluminium imports in […]

Dublin and London listed Draper Esprit has invested £7m (€7.8m) in Endomag, a surgical guidance company that pioneers magnetic sensing equipment, which targets and removes cancer. Since April this year Draper Esprit has invested £29m across eight transactions, and a further £7m from its enterprise investor scheme (EIS) and venture capital trust (VCT) funds, the […]

Cybersecurity should be top of the agenda for all companies, and Ireland needs to be especially vigilant because so many multinationals have their headquarters here, according to Mikko Hypponen, the keynote speaker at Dublin Information Sec 2018. Hypponen is an international expert on computer security and privacy issues and is credited with tracking down the […]