1+ hour, 36+ min ago  (448+ words) Global stock markets made gains on Monday as investors were focused "on developments in the Middle East conflict at the start of a week packed with earnings and economic data. The Japanese yen suddenly jumped in Asian trading, with the…...

1+ hour, 25+ min ago  (276+ words) Are US stock markets complacent right now? A recent New York Times headline asked why the stock market "makes no sense right now, highlighting the apparent disconnect between geopolitics, oil prices and equity indices at record levels. Since then, markets…...

6+ hour, 55+ min ago  (1480+ words) In the fuel trade for all his working life, Colin Fee, who owns and runs the Maxol filling station on the Dublin Road in Dundalk, Co Louth, stills bear emotional scars from last month's protests over soaring fuel prices. In…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago  (658+ words) Addressing a conference on financial crime this week, T'naiste and Minister for Finance Simon Harris revealed he had been a victim of internet "deep fakes" " entirely fabricated but highly realistic videos made with artificial intelligence " used to advertise fraudulent investment…...

3+ day, 1+ hour ago  (771+ words) Geopolitical tensions and a seemingly never-ending cost-of-living crisis can make for grim reading. In the last week alone, Irish consumers have learned how wholesale electricity prices shot up last month, consumer sentiment has dipped again and seen the introduction of…...

2+ day, 20+ hour ago  (408+ words) One of the largest waste management companies in the State is to impose a fuel surcharge on all its domestic customers in response to the spike in the price of oil on global markets as a result of the conflict…...

4+ day, 13+ hour ago  (437+ words) The Federal Reserve kept interest rates on hold on Wednesday, as the surge in oil prices to nearly $120 (103) triggered by Donald Trump's war in Iran opens fresh divisions between rate-setters. "Inflation is elevated, in part reflecting the recent increase in…...

3+ day, 17+ hour ago  (345+ words) The European Central Bank (ECB) kept interest rates "unchanged on Thursday despite the ongoing surge in energy prices. The bank left its key deposit rate at 2 per cent " where it has been since June 2025, while warning the Iran war had…...

3+ day, 22+ hour ago  (393+ words) Cairn Homes, the Dublin-listed home builder, has warned that the ongoing "geopolitical volatility" in the Middle East has pushed Irish construction costs up by some 2. 5 per cent over the past 12 months but has yet to affect consumer sentiment in the…...

4+ day, 20+ hour ago  (227+ words) There will have been some relief in Government that the day the details of the latest fuel supports were announced, the first estimate of the inflation rate for April stayed steady at the 3. 6 per cent rate announced in March. But…...