Aviation Airport staff offered €2,000 bonuses in bid to avoid more holiday chaosDAA move aims to avoid repeat of last year’s missed flights due to monster queues at security clearance
Education Degrees of separation: academics divided over opening up of elite Trinity social clubCollege officials want to change the rules of the SCR, a social club open only to high-ranking staff members, but some academics are opposed to the move
Jobs Growing number of Citi bank staff turn to union as redundancy fears riseFinancial Services Union has had increase in membership from the bank’s Dublin office even as company denies suggestions that a hiring freeze is in place
Editor's Pick Project Clover: How Ireland finds itself in an awkward position on TikTokThe Chinese-owned company is in damage-control mode, with Ireland at the centre of its efforts to assuage fears of misuse of users’ data
Energy Danish firm Ørsted acquires Carlow solar farm that could power 56,000 homesBut the company warned the government more investment was needed in the national grid ‘or we are racing towards a roadblock’
Housing Average rent for new Dublin tenancies rises to €2,022 per monthFigures from the Residential Tenancies Board show the average national rent was in new tenancies was €1,482
BP Exclusive 50 recruitment staff being cut at Meta’s Irish arm in global layoffsImpacted recruiters were informed this morning of the planned redundancies, with further cuts in the company’s technology and business divisions likely in the coming months
Jobs Strong labour market should ‘absorb’ any job cuts at Meta, Micheál Martin says Tánaiste says Irish firms are still reporting strong demand for staff and calls for perspective around scale of job losses given scale of hiring in technology sector over recent years
BP Exclusive Intel makes fresh offer of unpaid leave to thousands of staff at Irish operationThe company has renewed an offer to manufacturing staff under which they can take up to three months of unpaid time off as part of moves to achieve ‘cost efficiency’
Tech Michael McGrath sets up emergency group to monitor impact of Silicon Valley Bank collapse on Irish firms The Minister for Finance said there is limited impact on the Irish financial system but that some companies may be affected
Work Keegan orders managers to clamp down on remote work at Dublin City CouncilCouncil chief executive wrote to senior managers in January reminding them that there can be no easing ‘in any circumstances’ of rules requiring staff to be in the office at least three days a week
Tech Jobs Google workers’ performances since Covid-19 pandemic to be reviewed as part of Irish job cutsThe tech giant will assess workers’ ratings as one of the criteria that will decide who is laid off, as fears grow that it will impose compulsory redundancies on low performers
Work Hundreds of plumbers to strike at Intel and Pfizer sites despite employer’s bid for injunctionJones Engineering had tried to get High Court action to stop industrial action, but strikes are to proceed in a dispute over travel allowance for plumbers
Companies Ladbrokes owner Entain books 13% earnings jump but warns of ‘regulatory headwinds’ in 2023Company reported overall revenues of £4.3bn but its online trading suffered last year as a result of regulatory issues the UK and in the Netherlands
business Irish Continental Group enjoys bumper year as ferry revenues rise to €400mTransport group reports 74 per cent jump in overall revenues and pays out €24m in dividends to its shareholders but says it is ‘concerned’ by the lack of checks on goods arriving into Northern Ireland from Britain
Politics Coveney contacted TikTok over data security after European Commission banThe Minister for Enterprise spoke to the company about its data protection practices after it insisted it would never share users’ data with the Chinese state
Tech TikTok contacting Irish politicians in plan to reassure Europeans over data securityThe Chinese-owned social media app is attempting to convince authorities it would never share users’ data with the Chinese government
Transport Dublin ranked just behind London as second-most congested city in EuropeResearch shows drivers are spending half an hour to drive 10km as the government delays a plan aimed at reducing the number of cars on roads
Economics Inflation to keep easing in 2023 even as household incomes recover New Central Bank bulletin says the government should ‘unwind’ cost of living supports in order to reduce inflationary pressures on the economy
Gambling Former Paddy Power staffer to ‘keep scaling’ new betting firm with online launch ahead of Cheltenham AK Bets has been active on Irish racetracks over recent years but founder Anthony Kaminskas wants to grow its customer base and believes the new website and apps will have an ‘astronomical’ impact on its revenues
