Department of Finance chief economist John McCarthy has warned that the Government cannot take full responsibility for cushioning the blow of inflation.
Boohoo shareholders will vote today on Offaly-born CEO John Lyttle’s new £1.3m (€1.5m) bonus scheme, controversially introduced after the company’s falling share price made targets under an old scheme less likely to be met. It comes as sales at both Boohoo and rival Asos slow.
A Waterford based IT service firm, HCS, says it will spend €3.2m on doubling its headcount to 60 people.