The Government has committed to holding a referendum on a new EU-wide patent court in 2023 or 2024. But firms warn Ireland could lose out on foreign investment if it fails to act sooner.
Higher costs, rather than Brexit or Covid, were behind a large dip in Dublin Port Company’s profits last year.
When Aoife McNamara began studying fashion at the Limerick School of Art & Design, she often shopped at Zara and other high-street retailers, unaware of the impact fast fashion can have on the environment and on garment workers.