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21/06/2024

Two Business Post journalists have scooped top prizes as this year’s Justice Media Awards, including Killian Woods who was named overall winner

Killian Woods named overall winner for his series on the state's bid to tackle development project judicial reviews, while Catherine Sanz’s in-depth interview with the president of the European Court of Human Rights also won her a gong

21/06/2024

Gavin Kelly is reportedly being lined up to be the next chief executive of Davy. But who is he?
Kathleen Gallagher has the details 👇

In November Bernard Byrne, the former chief executive of the stockbroker, said he would be stepping down

21/06/2024

Angela Kerins’s experience shows that we must always have a method to rein in the worst excesses that result from perceived power going to committee members’ heads

Ducking out of Oireachtas committee invitations has become a national sport, but it should not be allowed, regardless of the excuses put forward

21/06/2024

The use of artificial intelligence (AI) presents medical professionals with the opportunity to automate tasks and save end users time, according to a senior executive at medical device company Medtronic

George Murgatroyd, vice president of digital technologies at Medtronic said the medtech sector can learn from the automotive sector when it comes to the use of AI

21/06/2024

Despite widespread layoffs at a number of technology companies over the past year, the hunt for talent continues - not least in Ireland, where many multinational firms are still seeking people to fulfil mission-critical roles

Each week, our tech and innovation editor Charlie Taylor presents Business Post subscribers with a selection of positions available in the tech sector

21/06/2024

Ministers have not ruled out abolishing stamp duty on share trading or the use of incentives for retail investors such as an ISA-like product, Neale Richmond has said, as ways of reviving Euronext

Neale Richmond, minister for financial services, said Ireland was keen to deepen EU links with the City of London if a new UK government sought that.

21/06/2024

Irish Funds boss on investing: ‘Talk to anyone in the US, they have skin in the game ... Irish people just don’t’

Colm McDonagh tells our markets correspondent about the lack of financial engagement, the changing industry and why ESG is in retreat

21/06/2024

Gavin Kelly, the senior group executive of Bank of Ireland, is being lined up by the bank as the next chief executive of Davy, its wealth management subsidiary, according to reports

Kelly, the former head of Bank of Ireland’s retail unit, is undergoing a fitness and probity assessment with the Central Bank, according to the Irish Times

21/06/2024

The use of artificial intelligence (AI) presents medical professionals with the opportunity to automate tasks and save end users time, according to a senior executive at medical device company Medtronic
https://businesspost.ie/api/oc-post/?uuid=29fa09d2-eee6-403b-9a85-fc1564cbe3e5&redirect=true

21/06/2024

What is happening in the bond market that's made professional investors excited?
Kathleen Gallagher is here to explain 👇
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21/06/2024

Business Post journalists sat down with politicians, economists and business leaders at the inaugural Global Economic Summit in Killarney. Listen back here 👇

Business Post journalists sat down with politicians, economists and business leaders at the inaugural Global Economic Summit in Killarney

21/06/2024

85,000 homes per year: Where did Davy get its target - and can it be met?

Kevin Timoney, the chief economist at Davy Research, explained the numbers behind Ireland’s long road out of the housing crisis

20/06/2024

The head of the DAA, which operates Dublin and Cork airports, has complied with all relevant disclosure requirements, according to the chair of the semi-state

Kenny Jacobs has shareholdings in three airline groups, including Ryanair, which operate at Dublin Airport

20/06/2024

The Bank of England has maintained UK interest rates at 5.25 per cent, as its governor Andrew Bailey said the 16-year-high rate would remain "for now"

The UK central bank, amid the backdrop of the general election campaign, kept the interest rate fixed.

20/06/2024

From Lagan Valley to South Tyrone, Dominic McGrath visits the constituencies that will decide the Northern Irish election

20/06/2024

Business Post journalists Killian Woods and Catherine Sanz have taken home top prizes at this year's Justice Media Awards

Killian Woods named overall winner for his series on the state's bid to tackle development project judicial reviews, while Catherine Sanz’s in-depth interview with the president of the European Court of Human Rights also won her a gong

20/06/2024

The National Asset Management Agency (Nama) paid out a further €1.5 million in termination benefits and performance-related bonuses to staff who departed the agency last year as it prepares to wind up operations

More than €15 million has spent on staff redundancy and retention schemes between 2015 and 2023

20/06/2024

Business Post journalists sat down with politicians, economists and business leaders at the inaugural Global Economic Summit in Killarney. Listen back here:

Business Post journalists sat down with politicians, economists and business leaders at the inaugural Global Economic Summit in Killarney

20/06/2024

The impact of industrial action at Aer Lingus will “get worse day by day” given the on-going nature of the action, Dónal Moriarty, chief corporate affairs officer at Aer Lingus, has warned

Dónal Moriarty, chief corporate affairs officer at the airline, told the Business Post the company will do everything it can to re-accommodate its customers, but admitted cancellations may only become apparent close to the day

20/06/2024

Spotting a serendipitous opportunity of timing, Citroen has pulled out all the stops to make this new C3 less of a supermini also-ran and more of a front-runner

With chunky styling and a taller stance, the new C3 is an excellent car, and there’s every indication it’ll be super-affordable too

20/06/2024

“Which US person when you meet them doesn't tell you about their 401k,” Colm McDonagh, chief executive of Insight Investment Europe, jokes

Colm McDonagh tells our markets correspondent about the lack of financial engagement, the changing industry and why ESG is in retreat

20/06/2024

At the age of 33, Jack Chambers has been named the deputy leader of Fianna Fáil - filling a vacancy that has laid unoccupied since the Golfgate scandal of 2020

Galway-born Dublin TD has gone from local councillor to Fianna Fáil deputy in 10 years

20/06/2024

Dragoş Tudorache, the Romanian negotiator of the EU’s landmark AI act, has warned of the geopolitical risks faced by the tech sector from its over reliance on Nvidia’s AI chips

He also said that the EU needed to stop imposing new legislation on the sector and allow existing laws to ‘land’

20/06/2024

Wednesday morning saw another peak added to the mountain Ireland will have to climb if it is to exit the ongoing, epoch-defining housing crisis

Kevin Timoney, the chief economist at Davy Research, explained the numbers behind Ireland’s long road out of the housing crisis

20/06/2024

Automakers in Europe sold 2.6 per cent fewer vehicles in May than a year ago as buyers balked at the still-high prices of electric models

EV sales were down 2.6 per cent in the year to May, new figures show

20/06/2024

A liquidator has been appointed to the company behind popular Dublin and Galway-based pubs

Operator of a slew of widely-recognised pubs in Dublin and Galway has sought to enter voluntary liquidation

20/06/2024

At the age of 33, Jack Chambers has been named the deputy leader of Fianna Fáil - filling a vacancy that has laid unoccupied since the Golfgate scandal of 2020.
Emma Hanrahan takes a look at his political career so far 👇

Galway-born Dublin TD has gone from local councillor to Fianna Fáil deputy in 10 years

20/06/2024

Eoin O'Hare has this analysis on Irish housebuilding as it stands, and looks at what should happen next, as Davy projects 85,000 houses need to be built every year until 2050 👇 https://businesspost.ie/api/oc-post/?uuid=e743612e-84f4-413d-8eaa-a204245847e4&redirect=true

20/06/2024

Dragoş Tudorache, the Romanian negotiator of the EU’s landmark AI act, has warned of the geopolitical risks faced by the tech sector from its over reliance on Nvidia’s AI chips https://businesspost.ie/api/oc-post/?uuid=9f3ad238-e787-4c02-bb79-2dc5ab33d50e&redirect=true