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Pfizer’s Irish staff worry about more job losses as drugmaker announces another €1.5bn in cuts
Pharma giant now looking for $7.7bn in annual savings by 2027 as it grapples with falling post-Covid sales and lack of new ...
Council retakes possession of home of 1916 Rising leader after alleged trespassers vacate building
Dublin City Council has retaken possession of the former home and shop of 1916 Rising leader Tom Clarke on Amiens Street ...
The Irish Times view on competition in banking: work to be done
There has been a welcome influx of smaller and non-bank players in some parts of the market, but overall competition is ...
Garda upgrades case of missing farmer Mike Gaine to homicide inquiry
Despite no remains being found, gardaí believe missing man was victim of foul play and body likely disposed of to conceal ...
Murder accused told gardaí wife tried to stab him in the head with a chisel
Richard Satchwell changed his ‘narrative’ after decomposed remains of wife Tina found in their home, jury told ...
Convicted cardinal withdraws from conclave to elect new pope
An Italian cardinal who was convicted of embezzlement and fraud said on Tuesday he would not take part in the conclave to ...
Marine Nationale’s Punchestown win has Barry Connell already dreaming of Champion Chase hat-trick
Irancy had trailed well behind Kopek Des Bordes and Salvator Mundi at Cheltenham, but having scored at Fairyhouse in the interim he was ready to pounce on a frantic early pace set by his ...
Paul Mescal to return to Irish stage in ‘taut, explosive, pressure cooker of a play’
Paul Mescal is to return to the Irish stage to star in A Whistle in the Dark, by Tom Murphy. He will lead the cast of the play, about an Irish emigrant in the English midlands who tries in vain to ...