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Dublin Airport scraps emergency security taskforces after hiring spree

DAA has achieved its target of 800 rostered security personnel to deal with high passenger numbers over the summer

Ireland on course to miss 2030 climate targets by wide margin - Environmental Protection Agency

Nearly all sectors - including agriculture, electricity and transport - are expected to miss their national ceilings

Amazon to pay $30.8m to settle FTC privacy claims

Includes a $25m settlement arising from allegations that brand’s Alexa-powered speakers collected information about children under the age of 13 without parental consent

Ryanair passenger numbers up 10% to 17 million

The increase represents a 1.6 million increase from May 2022

Varadkar and Martin accept Central Bank warning on budget spending

Gabriel Makhlouf, Central Bank Governor, said that if fiscal policy adds to aggregate demand in the economy, then monetary policy interest rates “will have to work harder” to bring inflation back to target

Dublin Airport scraps emergency security taskforces after hiring spree

DAA has achieved its target of 800 rostered security personnel to deal with high passenger numbers over the summer

Northern Ireland

Taoiseach hopes to see Stormont Assembly restored by September

Leo Varadkar said he would prefer not to speculate on potential alternatives to devolved government, such as a joint authority arrangement with Irish and British government participation

Eamon Ryan says Ireland will ‘grasp the climate nettle’ after EPA warns country set to miss targets

Country is on course to miss 2030 climate targets by a wide margin, the Environmental Protection Agency has warned

US medtech BD to create 85 new jobs as part of €34m investment in Dublin and Wexford

BD said the expanded facility in Wexford will manufacture a new medical technology that is used to treat disease in the heart and kidneys

ESB signs landmark wind power deal with Danish firm Ørsted

The 50/50 partnership will deliver up to 5GW of renewable energy

Amazon Web Services’ Ireland boss Mike Beary stepping down

The country manager announced on LinkedIn that he was leaving the company after 11 years

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RTÉ seeks new commercial director to focus on digital formats

The role is the latest in several high profile personnel changes at the broadcaster

Phillip Schofield says he has ‘lost everything’ in the wake of secret affair

Speaking to the BBC’s Amol Rajan, he told of the criticism he has faced since admitting the affair, saying: “Do you want me to die? Because that’s where I am”

Ryanair passenger numbers up 10% to 17 million

The increase represents a 1.6 million increase from May 2022

Northern Ireland

Varadkar: Ireland won’t be caught off guard in any DUP deal

Taoiseach says Ireland and the UK are working to get Northern Ireland’s political institutions up and running by September but added there were “no guarantees”

US Senate gives final approval to debt ceiling deal

The bipartisan deal will now be sent to President Joe Biden’s desk to become law before the fast-approaching deadline

Ireland on course to miss 2030 climate targets by wide margin - Environmental Protection Agency

Nearly all sectors - including agriculture, electricity and transport - are expected to miss their national ceilings

Demand for new-build homes increases by ‘staggering’ levels, according to Daft report

An analysis by Daft finds that enquiries for homes across all price ranges grew substantially over the past 12 months

State to sell down stake in Permanent TSB

The sale will also see NatWest sell 3 per cent of its stake in the bank

Havas team wins Newsbrands Power of Planning competition

The company’s anti-racism project was the winner amongst 21 teams from media agencies

Data Protection

LinkedIn facing a $425m fine from the DPC

The fine comes on foot of an investigation from the DPC into whether LinkedIn’s targeted advertising practices violate GDPR

Twitter may be worth a third of what Musk paid for it last year, figures show

Because Twitter is a private company now called X Holdings, information about its finances cannot be verified

Climate & Environment

Green minister Ossian Smyth complains of ‘horrible conservative scaremongering’ on EU nature law

The TD for Dun Laoghaire said he was “disappointed” with the European People’s Party, which is the European affiliate of Fine Gael