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July 29, 2019 No Responses

CBI Warns That Neither Irish Nor British Businesses Are Ready for Brexit

Neither the UK nor the EU is ready for a no-deal Brexit, Britain’s largest business group has warned in a new report. At least 50 trade associations and thousands of companies from all areas of the UK’s economy were consulted...

July 29, 2019 No Responses

Ryanair Profits Fall by 21% Due To Lower Fares and Higher Costs

Ryanair has reported a 21% fall in profits to €243m in the first quarter of this financial year. The low-cost airline cited lower fares and higher costs for fuel and staff as reasons for the decline. Chief executive Michael O’Leary...

July 27, 2019 No Responses

UK and US Working on ‘Very Substantial’ Post-Brexit Trade Deal, Says Trump

US president Donald Trump has said he and Prime Minister Boris Johnson are already working on a “very substantial” post-Brexit trade agreement. The two world leaders spoke on the telephone on Friday evening and discussed the “unparalleled” trade opport...

July 23, 2019 No Responses

EU Promises to Work with Boris Johnson to Achieve ‘Orderly’ Brexit

The European Union has promised to work with Boris Johnson to achieve an “orderly” Brexit – but that would mean ratifying a Withdrawal Agreement the incoming British prime minister has already declared dead. Brussels has repeatedly said it will not...

July 21, 2019 No Responses

Tánaiste Warns That No Deal Brexit Will Devastate Northern Economy

The Tánaiste has warned that a no-deal Brexit will “devastate” the Northern Irish economy. Simon Coveney said in a newspaper column that Dublin’s priority since the Brexit referendum has been maintaining peace on the island. He also noted Brexit was...

July 16, 2019 No Responses

Ryanair Warns of Plans for Cuts and Closes Amid 737 MAX Crisis

Low-cost airline Ryanair has warned over plans for cuts and closures at some of its bases from this winter due to delays to aircraft deliveries amid the Boeing 737 MAX aircraft crisis. The carrier said it is taking action to...

July 11, 2019 No Responses

Committee Told Broadband Monopoly in Rural Areas ‘Very Likely’

It is “very likely” Ireland is creating a monopoly on rural broadband through the National Broadband Plan, an Oireachtas Committee has heard. Representatives from Comreg, the statutory body responsible for the regulation of the electronic communications se...

July 9, 2019 No Responses

Irish Farmers Lobby Politicians Against ‘Reckless’ Mercosur Deal

Hundreds of farmers descended on Dublin on Tuesday urging the Government not to “sell them out”. Twenty nine Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) county executives from across Ireland visited the city’s Davenport Hotel for a two-hour conference to “inten...

July 7, 2019 No Responses

After Three Years, A Shockingly Low Percentage of Housing Fund Has Been Spent

Only 8% of an almost €200 million Government housing fund has been spent three years after it was launched, new figures have revealed. So far just over €16 million of the €195 million allocated to the Local Infrastructure Housing Activation...

July 4, 2019 No Responses

Mercosur Trade Deal ‘Disappointing’ for Ireland, Says Doherty

The EU’s trade deal with South America countries is “disappointing” and “not satisfactory” for Ireland, Employment Affairs Minister Regina Doherty has told the Dáil. Ms Doherty said Ireland was not the only EU country that would feel the “negative...

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