The Royal Irish Automobile Club (RIAC) plans to employ an agent to find an investor for the redevelopment of their historical premises on Dawson Street in Dublin 2, as reported by Ciarán Hancock. The airline Aer Lingus and the pilots’ union Ialpa have consented to appear at the Labour Court on Tuesday to try and settle an ongoing wage dispute that has already impacted thousands of passengers’ travel arrangements, according to Barry O’Halloran.
Fiona Reddan discusses whether it’s time for Ireland to consider implementing a savings scheme similar to the UK’s ISA, inclusive of tax benefits. In her weekly media piece, Laura Slattery argues that followers of Taylor Swift are not the only ones prone to set list envy. Our personal finance Q&A explores whether a reader purchasing a new house with her sister will incur capital gains tax if her current property is not sold simultaneously with the new acquisition; Dominic Coyle sheds light on this issue.
After being operational in Monkstown Village, Dublin, for 75 years, the family-owned Hewett Newsagents has ceased operations; owners Thelma (67) and David Hewett (78) speak with Colin Gleeson about their store’s closure. Cantillon shares insights on whether C&C ought to heed an activist hedge fund’s call for a sale.
ECB executive board member, Piero Cipollone, believes a digital euro could marry the advantages of electronic payments with the traits of cash. Patricia Roberts, who manages No 1 Pery Square in Limerick, speaks to Tony Clayton-Lea about her belief in treat-yourself culture, once revealing her purchase of a €1,400 Prada bag.
A new PwC survey indicates that very few top-notch Irish businesspeople have established regulations for the utilisation of artificial intelligence (AI), even though most anticipate that this technology will revolutionise their business. Peter Flanagan scrutinises the survey’s findings.
Questions arise as to whether stock prices are driven by market optimism due to Nvidia’s staggering gains, which have seen an increase of almost 40 per cent over the past month and a total hike of 170 per cent this year. Stocktake provides an insight.