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Paul Reid to step down as HSE chief executive in December

Reid, who led the health service throughout the pandemic, said he had no immediate career plans

Yippays put on hold: Revolut’s Irish rival will not arrive until 2023 at earliest

Synch, the shared payments system devised by Irish banks, has received competition clearance but there is no timeline yet for launch of its app, which is to be known as Yippay

Planned counselling clause for new IVF legislation is ‘discriminatory and unfair’

Head of leading fertility clinic says people should not be forced to see a counsellor in order to access the service

Irish Water hopes to tempt council workers with €3k transfer bonus

Some 3,000 council employees have been offered the cash incentive to join the utility, which wants to employ them in order to have full control of the public water service

HSE braces for legal claims over cyber attack

Executive is preparing to notify thousands of people whose data was stolen in last May’s breach

‘Unprecedented opportunities’ for Irish firms to thrive in Nigeria, ambassador says

African nation keen to address ‘lopsided’ trading relationship, where Irish exports to Nigeria in 2020 were worth $342m while imports totalled just $12m

Sales hit €433m at Boots Ireland as retailer enjoys post-Covid bounce

Revenues rose 14% at the company’s 90 Irish stores in 2021 as profits moved upwards

Barrister profession seen as ‘out of touch’ with general public, report says

Large solicitor firms ‘encroaching’ on areas of traditional expertise, according to a strategic review conducted by EY for the Bar Council

Iberdrola builds first battery storage project in Meath; EU to pass corporate tax law

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Younger people more productive working in office setting, survey suggests

Those aged 18 to 24 also reported greater difficulties with switching off compared to those over 35, research from iReach shows

Out of Office: Novartis slash 8,000 roles; Donohoe rules out emergency budget

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Staff at Sunday Times and Times Ireland offered voluntary redundancy in overhaul

Company has told three quarters of its 20-person staff they will have to re-apply for their jobs

Eddie Hobbs counts ‘economic war against Russia’ among main risks to his company

Profits at the company run by the outspoken financial adviser and former TV presenter nearly tripled in 2021

State moves to close EU case over controversial Galway wind farm

Fines relating to Derrybrien development total €13 million since 2019

‘Significant progress’ made in rollout of National Broadband Plan, politicians to hear

National Broadband Ireland says there is now ‘real momentum’ behind the project which has been beset with missed targets so far

Perpetrators of domestic violence should have to leave their homes, minister says

Helen McEntee says she wants to find ways of getting around the current ‘legal barriers’ that protect those who commit domestic violence

Journalists at Sunday Times and Times Ireland edition face redundancy threat

Some 15 out of 20 editorial staff at the Dublin-based operation have to reapply for their jobs as part of a cost cutting plan

DAA ‘confident’ over queue management as Defence Forces on standby; masks back on the agenda

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Permanent TSB to raise fees for business customers

The changes will result in some fees being more than doubled for business current account holders

‘Low risk’ of major roads projects being abandoned due to inflation

‘No projects presently under construction’ will be abandoned, Transport Infrastructure Ireland tells Public Accounts Committee

Private firms making thousands a month in unclaimed toll change from motorists

Companies who operate toll plazas under an arrangement with Transport Infrastructure Ireland made an average of €17.8m in 2021

Cork-based Workvivo raises $22m in new funding

Company’s valuation triples following series B funding led by Tiger Global

Climate & Environment

‘Limit’ to how much agricultural emissions can be reduced without cutting national herd

‘Significant challenges’ around reduction of methane within Ireland’s pasture-based livestock production system, TDs to hear

Construction inflation risks scuppering social housing projects, expert group warns

Irish Council for Social Housing tells Oireachtas committee that approved housing bodies are finding it harder to secure sufficient levels of professional indemnity when obtaining loans