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Mark Zuckerberg sells first Meta shares in two years after stock surge

Meta co-founder unloaded about 682,000 shares worth almost $185 million in November

Over 2m pass through Dublin Airport last month as daa prepares for passenger cap row to reignite

Cork Airport also enjoyed increased footfall last month and is set to achieve its busiest year on record

Eamon Ryan to remain at COP28, miss no-confidence vote in Helen McEntee

SocDem TD Jennifer Whitmore has agreed to enter a pairing agreement with Ryan, allowing him to stay in Dubai

Omniplex snaps up five cinemas from collapsing UK chain to enter British market

Irish cinema group acquired five locations owned by Empire Cinemas, which entered administration in July

Corporation tax receipts recover to top €6 billion in November after three-month decline

Increase of €1.3 billion on last year comes amid ongoing warnings about the tax’s volatility

McVerry Trust blocked from disposing of assets without government approval

Housing Minister Darragh O’Brien insists that “urgent” steps are taken to strengthen charity’s financial and governance oversight

Bank of Ireland makes further retreat from British market by axing AA deal and revising UK Post Office agreement

Davy analysts said the news “should be welcomed” but the share price was down 0.6 per cent following the announcement

Two referenda on the role of care in the home and definition of family to take place in March

Following recommendations from an Oireachtas committee and the citizens assembly, the government will hold both referenda on International Women’s Day next year

Market Wrap: ISEQ edges higher as London Stock Exchange suffers another outage

The London Stock Exchange suffered its third outage, halting trading in about 2,000 smaller shares on Tuesday

Households burning smoky fuel should be monitored and prosecuted - air quality expert

John Sodeau, professor of physical chemistry at UCC, was responding to reports from the Business Post that new smoky fuel regulations are being flouted in certain towns around Ireland

New plan to fast-track modular homes for Ukrainian refugees

Department of Integration planning to house thousands in privately built units in an effort to avert looming accommodation crisis

Elon Musk’s X hits out at Helen McEntee for ‘inaccurate’ claim about Garda contact over Dublin riots

Social media firm calls on justice minister to clarify remarks after she said X did not fulfil its own community standards during violence in the capital

Cabinet to approve €75 extra payment for unaccommodated asylum seekers

The new payments will be an additional €75 a week on top of the €38.80 currently paid, totalling €113.80 a week

Biogas industry calls for billions of euros in state subsidies to stimulate sector development

With the government set to publish its National Biomethane Strategy, the biogas industry has called for enormous state supports to be introduced

Higher room prices sees Irish hotel industry fully recovered to pre-pandemic levels - Savills

The property agency said the Irish hotel sector had demonstrated resilience this year as performance levels returned to their highest level since 2019

Double-digit decline in household spending forecast this Christmas

A new survey by the CCPC shows almost a third of Irish households are planning to borrow money to pay for Christmas this year

Further signs inflation is falling as services sector grows for the first time in six months

The latest services PMI report shows business activity picked up sharply during the month of November after contracting for six consecutive months

Ireland’s biggest ever tech acquisition: Cubic Telecom sells stake to Softbank in €473m deal

Irish software company valued at over €900m after the Japanese conglomerate takes a majority stake in the firm

TDs unhappy as X declines invitation to Oireachtas hearing on disinformation

X told the media committee it will not attend a public session, citing ongoing legal proceedings, but is willing to engage in a private meeting

‘Phantom exports’ plummet amid contraction in multinational trade

New figures show phantom exports reduced by half in the year to Q3, clouding Ireland’s economic outlook

Tánaiste says he expects motion of no confidence in Helen McEntee to be defeated

Micheál Martin predicted the justice minister will receive ‘strong’ support from government and independent TDs

Eir challenges Comreg ruling that it should not be able to offer discount broadband plans

Telecom says that the regulator was wrong to prohibit it from offering pricing schemes in a ruling earlier this year

Fall in Irish exports reflective of global market trends, says IDA chief

Michael Lohan said innovation would be important for growth among life science and pharma firms, which have seen a drop in exports

Outsourcing asylum processes to Africa not under consideration, says Helen McEntee

Justice minister’s comments come as a number of European states explore offshore methods of processing of asylum claims