As per reports, it has been revealed that KBC Bank Ireland is going to open its first retail bank on Baggot Street in Dublin today. The bank, which has been operating in the sectors of the Irish mortgage and deposit market for a long time, is going to make its entry in the retail sector for the first time.

Tesco has agreed in the front of Justice Peter Kelly in the Commercial Division of the High Court that it will not display any sort of misleading price comparisons with rival Aldi. Not only this, it has also agreed to pay €150,000 to Aldi in the form of compensation.

According to the findings of a survey conducted by mozy. ie, nearly €440 million worth of goods are mislaid by Irish people every year; with the 2pm to 6pm period on Saturdays in December being the time when most of the items are lost.

As per reports, it has been revealed that excise tax has been increased by the Irish Government on a 75cl bottle of wine. The hike is of _1, said experts. The decision which was welcomed by health groups was criticized by the industry and shop keepers.

Irish Nurses strike is affecting services widely while they are not ready resume work till their demands are met.

Strike is going on for its fifth day today after the talks with Finance Ministry on the issue failed. The nurse representatives met the Finance Ministry on Thursday but the meeting ended up with no results. The strike is expected to continue till next week.

A Wednesday statement on the website of mobile operator O2 has revealed that a backup tape, which possibly contained the personal information of some customers, had been mislaid by the carrier's IT partner in Ireland, IBM.

In a move which is apparently an upshot of Facebook's alleged failure to make adjustments in accordance with the restrictions of European data protection law, a group of law students in Austria revealed on Tuesday that it intends challenging the social network's privacy policies in Irish court.

It was a recorded in a recent boat tour organized in Sitika Whalefest Science Symposium held from November 1-4 that there is a significant increase in the number of humpback whales of Alaska.