Ireland’s privacy regulator has fined WhatsApp a record amount for breaking European Union data protection rules. It said the company had failed to give users transparency about how their data would be used. Ireland’s Data...
Ireland has long been seen as an outlier on corporation tax, particularly in the European Union. But suggestions it is willing to increase its rate comes as pressure mounts on Dublin to fall in line...
The debt of US nonfinancial businesses had already surged in recent years, but when the Pandemic hit, businesses went on a borrowing binge as the Fed has repressed interest rates to record lows even for...
Last week Ireland welcomed a court ruling that denied it more than €14 billion of Apple money in back taxes. It has brought its tax regime into sharp focus, but the problem is global as...
Ireland’s wind power potential is vast, and although wind now supplies more than a fifth of the country’s electricity, the potential remains mostly untapped. Siemens Gamesa is striving to change that. Ireland is a wind-swept...
Although the Emerald Isle has become the first country in the world to divest from fossil fuels, agriculture there remains carbon-intensive. As Ireland hosts the IPCC, activists ask: How can the country become greener? Rolling...
Once a year, Apple hosts a September event where it unveils new products – and for nearly the past decade, the main focus at the annual ‘reveal’ has been on an updated iPhone. This year,...
Transparency International has said governments in many OECD nations have become less inclined to fight companies that use bribery to get contracts abroad. It cited budgetary reasons to be behind the backsliding. The anti-corruption watchdog...
The US and EU have launched negotiations for a free-trade deal as the G-8 conference begins in Northern Ireland. A concession on creative pursuits helped to keep France on board. The first round of negotiations...
EU ministers have agreed to a deal that will ban throwing unwanted fish back into the sea in a bid to end decades of over fishing. The new agreement now needs approval of the European...