Business

Boohoo has appointed the chief executive of Debenhams as its new boss, in an apparent snub to retail tycoon Mike Ashley. The online retailer said Dan Finley would take over with immediate effect after spending nearly three years at Debenhams,…

Former Bank of Ireland Private Bank MD Brendan Mullin told gardaí he arranged for €500,000 to be repaid to Bank of Ireland in 2015 as he “could not leave allegations of that nature hanging”. Mr Mullin (60) is accused of…

Marks & Spencer has announced 210 seasonal job opportunities across its 16 stores in Ireland as part of its wider festive recruitment drive. The retailer is looking to fill customer assistant roles nationwide to support the busy Christmas period, with…

The drinks firm behind Magners and Tennent’s said it has seen “some consumer caution” as shoppers tighten their purse-strings ahead of the Budget. It came as C&C Group revealed lower sales for the past half-year as poor summer weather hit…

Xpeng, yet another gigantic Chinese brand of which few on these shores will have heard, has already announced plans for a flying car, and cars which use artificial intelligence. Don’t get too excited yet though, as so far the only…

In 2009, someone going by the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto created bitcoin — the world’s first cryptocurrency.Despite what a new HBO documentary suggests, the identity of one of the richest people in the world is still unknown. By now, the story…

Chat show host Graham Norton enjoyed a bumper increase in his TV pay last year to reach £2.77 million (€3.32 million), new accounts show. ITV subsidiary So Television sells The Graham Norton Show to the BBC and to TV stations…

A sanctioned Kremlin-owned firm has had its application for an appeal rejected by the Supreme Court, which was satisfied its legal tactics were an abuse of process. At the centre of the case, which has been before the High Court…

“Legendary” Dublin cafe Bewley’s claims it is due a €1 million refund on overpaid rent after a judge’s readjustment of the lease on its Grafton Street premises. Judge Jennifer O’Brien, in a reserved judgment in the Circuit Civil Court on…

Diageo has announced it is investing €30 million in Dublin’s iconic St James’s Gate Brewery for brewing their non-alcoholic beverage Guinness 0.0. Senator Catherine Ardagh and Tánaiste Micheál Martin were on a site visit to St James’s Gate this week…