Adam Maguire

Dublin Fingal West: How it started, how it finished

A church bell chimes to herald midnight and – as the snow begins to fall – we see near-empty streets, towns and woods around the country, all against a backdrop of soaring choral music.

Bitcoin is having a bit of a moment right now. On the 5th of November it was trading at around $68,300.

Like Christmas music, having a hit festive film can be a guaranteed money-spinner for decades to come, writes Adam Maguire.

After more than a decade of crashes, bailouts, nationalisation, mounting mortgage arrears, tracker scandals, lenders' departures and IT meltdowns, Ireland's Big Three banks finally looked to be in rude health once again this year.

In 2023, The Lego Group made a net profit of more than 13 billion Danish krone – which was equivalent to around €1.76 billion.

Tourism Ireland will today unveil its marketing plan for 2025, as it aims to push Ireland higher on would-be visitors' "bucket lists".

On the face of it, Starbucks' decision to once again require people to spend money before they can take up a seat, or use the bathroom, doesn't seem like a big deal.

The quality of the graphics have been central to games companies' sales pitch since the beginnings of the video game industry.

Sometimes a clever new technology or service is created – but it takes decades before its full potential is realised. That's exactly what's happened with audiobooks.