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There is a “huge opportunity” for Ireland to be at the leading edge of the emerging cyber-security industry, Tánaiste and Enterprise Minister Frances Fitzgerald told delegates at a leading industry conference in Dublin yesterday. The cyber-security industry employs around 6,000 people here, and the top five worldwide security software companies have operations in Ireland, Minister […]

Sterling has jumped to a four- and-a-half month high against the euro amid stronger manufacturing data out of the UK. It comes ahead of a much anticipated Bank of England meeting today in which governor Mark Carney is expected to announce the bank’s first interest rate rise in a decade. The pound hovered above the […]

Working from an island, as exporters do in Ireland, forces us to be more competitive than companies in markets we sell to. Products and services that businesses develop here must offer customers more value than those of competitors. Irish exporters can’t just be good, they must be better. Last month, a milestone in achieving that […]

Working from an island, as exporters do in Ireland, forces us to be more competitive than companies in markets we sell to. Products and services that businesses develop here must offer customers more value than those of competitors. Irish exporters can’t just be good, they must be better. Last month, a milestone in achieving that […]

Eurozone economic sentiment rose in October for the fifth consecutive month to reach its highest level since the start of 2001, showing almost no impact from the Catalan crisis, according to European Commission data. The near 17-year high is the highest reading since January 2001 when the bursting of the dot-com bubble had begun to […]

Eurozone economic sentiment rose in October for the fifth consecutive month to reach its highest level since the start of 2001, showing almost no impact from the Catalan crisis, according to European Commission data. The near 17-year high is the highest reading since January 2001 when the bursting of the dot-com bubble had begun to […]

he value of any currency can, and does, fluctuate over time due to the many economic, fiscal or political vagaries that face any economy, and in turn their domestic currency. The outcome of certain ‘risk events’ can have a material impact on the value of currencies, dependent on the outcome of said events. The aftershocks […]

he value of any currency can, and does, fluctuate over time due to the many economic, fiscal or political vagaries that face any economy, and in turn their domestic currency. The outcome of certain ‘risk events’ can have a material impact on the value of currencies, dependent on the outcome of said events. The aftershocks […]

More than half of Irish businesses expect a cyber attack on their operations by the end of 2017 while 36pc have already experienced one this year, according to the results of a new survey. And significantly, 84pc of businesses see potential attacks as a major threat to their operations, according to the Dublin Information Sec […]

More than half of Irish businesses expect a cyber attack on their operations by the end of 2017 while 36pc have already experienced one this year, according to the results of a new survey. And significantly, 84pc of businesses see potential attacks as a major threat to their operations, according to the Dublin Information Sec […]