4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (1561+ words) WELCOME TO HOW I Spend My Money, a series on The Journal that looks at how people in Ireland really handle their finances. Are you a spender, a saver or a splurger? We’re asking readers to keep a record of…...

6+ day, 22+ hour ago   (292+ words) WASTE COMPANY PANDA faces trial over a fatal workplace incident at a Dublin recycling plant. The prosecution commenced on Monday following a Health and Safety Authority (HSA) investigation into the death of 32-year-old Radu Alexandru Chertes of Five Lamps, Cappagh…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (1052+ words) FOR ANY BATTLE-SCARRED survivors of 1980s Ireland, a faint aroma of Eau du Déjà Vu has been wafting around one particular news yarn over the past week. Amid all the heavy headlines about wars and droughts and carnage on our roads…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (487+ words) LAST UPDATE | 1 hr ago COFFEE DRINKERS MAY be getting more or less caffeine in their drinks than they anticipated, with levels varying “wildly” between popular high street chains, a new UK study shows. The latest research from consumer champion Which?...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (1140+ words) ECONOMICS AND MORALITY make uncomfortable bedfellows at the best of times. For clear examples of this, see many, many businesses related to animals. You have the obvious ones, like factory farming, where animals are often kept in horrific conditions for…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (786+ words) LAST UPDATE | 16 mins ago CONSUMERS IN IRELAND pay the second-highest excise duty on alcohol in the EU. That’s according to new research commissioned by the Drinks Industry Group of Ireland (DIGI) and carried out by DCU economist Anthony Foley. However,…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (409+ words) A FIRE HAS “completely decimated” a family business in Co Wexford. Wexford Fire Service said it was alerted to the blaze at Hendricks Tyres in Enniscorthy shortly after 7pm yesterday. The fire was brought under control and the fire service remained…...