Economic news and events

Ireland's annual inflation rate accelerated back above the 9% mark last month, figures from the Central Statistics Office showed on Thursday.

Ireland's yearly inflation...

A strike by transport workers in London is causing travel chaos with many services closed.

Members of the Rail, Maritime & Transport union and Unite...

UK house prices ground to a halt in October after more than two years of growth, according to surveyors.

Rising mortgage costs are fuelling caution...

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Thursday hosts his Irish counterpart Micheal Martin, with renewed focus on talks to end a dispute over post-Brexit trade...

Rishi Sunak will say he is "determined" to restore powersharing in Northern Ireland as soon as possible, when he attends a British-Irish Council summit on...

Tanaiste Leo Varadkar will become Taoiseach on December 17, it has been confirmed.

The Taoiseach refers to Ireland's head of government, or prime minister....

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak faces questions about his judgment as Gavin Williamson quit the Cabinet after just a fortnight in office.

The PM will...

Peace in the UK cannot be taken for granted while Vladimir Putin wages war in Ukraine, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said as he prepared to...

Food and drink prices could rise even higher than previously expected – with meat, fruit, vegetables, dairy and bread seeing the biggest increases, a new...

Grocery price inflation has hit another new record high in the UK, the latest market survey from Kantar revealed on Tuesday, with the data analytics...