A billionaire Australian mining magnate gives away €266m in an 'act of love'
Fortescue Metals founder Andrew ‘Twiggy’ Forrest is making the biggest donation by an Australian citizen.
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A Dublin hotel marketed as a 120-room luxury stay is really a small house in Booterstown
The fake hotel website has apparently been set up to scam foreign workers.
An award-winning gadget from Cork will sound the alarm when chargers overheat
Firemole is the branchild of electrician Seán Ó Tuama.
Gardaí are investigating 'financial irregularities' at a Cork credit union
More than €400,000 was reportedly taken from several accounts at Fermoy’s Synergy Credit Union.
Donald Trump: 'I give the Irish a lot of credit. They never raised their taxes'
In an interview with the Economist, Trump singled out Ireland’s economic policies for praise.
Ticketmaster blames media 'sensationalism' for public outrage over ticket touting
But some event promoters say for-profit ticket resales should be criminalised.
A private operator could soon be in charge of chasing TV licence fees
The government is gearing up to put the service – currently handled by An Post – out to tender.
Simon Coveney thinks Ireland should go high-rise - 'in the right places'
But the housing minister doesn’t want a return to lax building standards.
Four plots of public land will be used for thousands of affordable homes in Dublin
Simon Coveney says state land banks could be developed for 50,000 new houses.
The controversial Poolbeg incinerator has taken its first delivery of waste
Dublin’s main business group has welcomed the development, saying it will bring down costs.
Only 8,800 extra houses were added to Ireland's stocks in the past half a decade
A new report also revealed the towns and cities with the highest vacancy rates.
Food fraud or fair play? The murky business of supermarkets selling 'Irish' seafood
The major chains have adopted similar approaches in marketing fish sourced from abroad.
Michael Noonan says he's 'monitoring' prices in the North to help protect local retailers
Businesses are worried high alcohol prices will send shoppers across the Border.
The Central Bank wants lenders to make it easy for people to switch mortgages
It also wants banks to work together to help consumers switch.
Why airlines like United (and some Irish carriers) overbook their flights
The practice has been brought into focus after a passenger was forcibly removed from a plane.
Soft drink tax forecasts have been cut as manufacturers switch to a low-sugar diet
Drink producers are reformulating products ahead of the levy next year.
'How did this happen?: A court handed Bank of Ireland nearly 8 acres it had no right to
The bank was awarded the possession order against a now-widowed father-of-five.
The government may force people to punch in their TV licence number to access RTÉ Player
Minister Denis Naughten said he is looking to replicate the UK system.
The Central Bank says 'of course' the help-to-buy scheme is driving up house prices
But governor Philip Lane thinks the market will correct itself in the long-term.
Ireland's biggest business group is predicting an 'exceptional job surge' this year
The numbers employed in non-construction jobs have already hit a new peak.