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Is the era of the mega private equity deal over?

The lack of exit options for investments has forced some executives to reconsider more swashbuckling strategies

Mon Jul 01 2024 - 05:15

UK shoppers see their grocery bills fall as food inflation nears two-year low, data shows

Rate eases sharply in February as input costs for energy and fertiliser fall and retailers compete to keep prices down

Tue Feb 27 2024 - 10:31

Late Late far from the only game in town come September

Audience momentum after Patrick Kielty’s debut will be complicated by small matter of timing

Tue May 23 2023 - 05:05

Prince Harry autobiography Spare becomes Ireland’s fastest-selling non-fiction book

Spare sold more than 20,000 copies in its first week, beating the record previously held by Paul O’Connell

Tue Jan 17 2023 - 16:29

Subscription streaming services still lag broadcasters on average viewing time, TAM Ireland finds

Ratings body has installed Nielsen technology in a panel of Irish homes to track usage of subscription video-on-demand and video-sharing platforms

Thu Nov 24 2022 - 12:07

Chipmaker Broadcom in talks to buy VMware for up to €47bn

Takeover by chip industry’s arch-consolidator would mean a windfall for Michael Dell

Mon May 23 2022 - 15:30

Are you a Netflix ‘completer’ or riddled with anxiety about unfinished things?

Less may still be too much for the overloaded media consumer

Tue Apr 26 2022 - 05:57

Jada Pinkett Smith calls for ‘healing’ in first comment since Oscars slap

‘This is a season for healing. And I’m here for it,’ actor and wife of Will Smith says

Wed Mar 30 2022 - 09:42

Booksellers made €9.6m Exchequer contribution in 2021, report finds

Sector calls on consumers to support local bookshops amid overseas online competition

Fri Mar 11 2022 - 16:05

Other options: Studying for a master’s in Europe

Cost and access are big draws for students opting to study in European colleges

Tue Mar 08 2022 - 01:00

In TV land, only the Toy Show and live sport have enduring appeal

Laura Slattery: The top television ratings a decade apart show how much has changed

Mon Jan 17 2022 - 16:00

Megxit, England’s defeat and 11 minutes less TV a day: what Irish viewers watched in 2021

Toy Show victorious once more, as news audiences drop from pandemic peak

Wed Jan 12 2022 - 14:27

Connacht-Munster rugby game is TG4’s festive ratings winner

Dancing with the Stars returns to RTÉ with 525,000 viewers

Tue Jan 11 2022 - 15:53

Sky News to be added to free-to-air TV platform Saorview next week

Long-running news channel available through RTÉ-owned service from Tuesday

Thu Nov 25 2021 - 12:56

Television sets are still our viewing device of choice

Far from disappearing from households, TVs are, if anything, getting bigger

Thu Nov 25 2021 - 05:18

Revolut partners with RTÉ on Late Late Toy Show charity appeal

App’s customers can use its donations feature to contribute this year

Mon Nov 22 2021 - 05:45

Love Island and rescheduled sport events help TV habits edge ‘back to normality’

Rate of decline slows in third quarter as Irish audiences return, says Core

Tue Nov 16 2021 - 05:06

Sally Rooney’s Beautiful World, Where Are You tops Irish and British book charts

Irish author’s novel has sold over 12,000 copies in Ireland and over 40,000 in UK

Tue Sept 14 2021 - 17:28

Heineken Ireland bids for 10% of stout market with launch of Island’s Edge

Drinks company will ‘invest heavily’ in brand between now and end of 2021

Mon Sept 06 2021 - 06:00

Shed Distillery aims to attract 30,000 visitors to Co Leitrim

Company behind Drumshanbo Gunpowder gin sees revenues rise even with pandemic

Mon May 31 2021 - 05:11

Hop House 13 to live on locally after being axed in Britain

Guinness spin-off discontinued in Britain after sales nosedived during pandemic

Mon May 03 2021 - 05:21

Oscars night 2021: No Zoom, no Ferrero Rocher, and less than 864 TikToks long

Steven Soderbergh has been asked to shake up the Academy Awards ceremony on Sunday

Tue Apr 20 2021 - 06:00

Meghan and Harry interview brings 725,000 viewers to RTÉ2

Oprah special with couple on track to be in top 20 biggest shows on Irish TV this year

Tue Mar 09 2021 - 19:17

European shares end higher as major commodity stocks reverse losses

Iseq struggles to stay positive with Kerry and Glanbia keeping it from falling into the red

Tue Mar 02 2021 - 18:18

Sky sees brighter fourth quarter as revenue drops 4.2% in 2020

Customer growth had returned by the end of the pandemic-stricken year

Thu Jan 28 2021 - 17:03

TV audience for Biden inauguration tops Trump’s from 2017

Roughly 40 million people watched live coverage of ceremony on six networks

Thu Jan 21 2021 - 23:48

Irish TV viewing boosted by pandemic despite rise of streaming

News programmes dominate annual chart, but a look back to 1970 also appeals

Mon Jan 11 2021 - 15:12

Dubliners concert helps TG4 to its best Christmas in a decade

Recording of ‘lost’ concert at Christ Church was broadcaster’s most-watched festive show

Tue Jan 05 2021 - 18:41

Recovery from pandemic will be built on a foundation of sustainability

Fri Dec 04 2020 - 00:00

Late Late Toy Show watched by its biggest audience on record

Leo Varadkar’s emergency address to nation still out in front for live viewership

Mon Nov 30 2020 - 18:12

Sky generates €751m in revenues from Irish subscription services

Sky Ireland boosted by Sports Extra and growth from existing businesses including Now TV

Tue Nov 17 2020 - 21:36

US Election: CNN’s John King wins Irish viewers’ votes

Derry Girls screenwriter Lisa McGee tweeted ‘is@JohnKingCNN Irish yet?’

Fri Nov 06 2020 - 19:21

Positive economic data and signs of manufacturing revival boost markets

Ryanair and Smurfit Kappa make big gains in Dublin

Mon Nov 02 2020 - 19:15

Chris Wallace ‘never dreamt’ debate would go off tracks the way it did

‘It is what it is,’ says Fox News journalist following presidential show down

Thu Oct 01 2020 - 12:27