Ciarán Hancock

Ciarán Hancock

Business Editor

Ciarán Hancock is Business Editor of The Irish Times.

An Post posts €2.8m trading profit but pension charge pushes it into the red

State company delivered 294 million letters in 2025, down 8%, and 73 million parcels, which was up 16%

Nama to hand over residual €22m asset portfolio and €50m in cash on wind up this month

Nama will also hand over responsibility for various legal cases to a resolution unit within the NTMA

Alibaba hiring in Ireland, and budget income tax cuts

Business Today: The best news, analysis and comment from The Irish Times business desk

Changing Times Brewery launches beers into UK market and forecasts 30% rise in sales

Based in Glasnevin and founded by the owners of some of Ireland’s best-known pubs, the independent brewer offers a range of five beers

Gary McGann appointed chairman of company operating Aviva Stadium

New Stadium DAC, which runs the Ballsbridge stadium on behalf of the IRFU and the FAI

Dublin house prices fall, and how to defer your retirement beyond 65

Business Today: The best news, analysis and comment from The Irish Times business desk

The Irish Times Business Person of the Month: Karen Clince, founder of Tigers Childcare

Group has been sold to UK operator Kids Planet Day Nurseries in a deal likely to be worth €75m

KPMG Ireland chief on pushing for more office days and the impact of AI on head count

Managing partner Ryan McCarthy leads an all-island firm with nearly 4,000 staff and more than €600m in annual revenues

Why the Irish are bad savers, and the lottery copies an advert from NZ

The best news, analysis and comment from The Irish Times business desk

Markets plunge and cost of electricity interconnector with France surges

The best news, analysis and comment from The Irish Times business desk

Irish tax payments by big US tech and pharma groups revealed

The best news, analysis and comment from The Irish Times business desk

An Post chief joins call for EU to delay €3 customs charge for small parcels

Some 19 postal operators call for six-month delay in July 1st introduction of new customs charge

Who is Albert Manifold and why has he been removed as chairman of BP?

Hailing from Templeogue and an accountant by trade, Manifold spent 11 years as CRH chief executive and was appointed BP chairman last October

CCPC inspects retail prices, and green light for 250 new homes in Blackrock

Business Today: The best news, analysis and comment from The Irish Times business desk

Inside the Shelbourne Hotel: If this hotel is a barometer, the Irish economy ‘is good’

As the Shelbourne Hotel begins a €50m renovation, general manager JP Kavanagh explains why AI won’t replace the human touch to how it delivers its customer service

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