Irish business activity this week features a mixture of full-year corporate results for 2025, fresh data on inflation and the labour market, and updates on housing, construction and travel. The former Italian prime minister Enrico Letta will give a speech at The Helix in Dublin City University on Monday. On Wednesday, building materials group CRH posts its full-year 2025 results, which will provide an update on construction and infrastructure activity in its main markets. The same day, the Central Statistics Office (CSO) releases its Residential Property Price Index for December, showing how house prices finished the year and providing an up-to-date read on the housing market. Company reporting continues on Thursday with an update from the airline group Air France-KLM, and Irish Residential Properties REIT will publish its full-year results.

Financial services body begins work on new SIA productsGovernment due to publish plans in the coming weeks setting out how it will seek to encourage investmentFinancial Services Ireland director Patricia Callan, Finance Minister Simon Harris and Financial Services Ireland deputy director Audrey Crummy launching FSI's new strategyJohn Burns Today at 06:30Financial Services Ireland has set up an industry working group to look at models for the Savings and Investment Accounts (SIAs) that could be offered to Irish consumers.

Under the terms of their visas, they are entitled to work 20 hours a week, and 40 hours a week outside of term time. The documents also asserted that many of the students concerned “frequently work more than the hours they are permitted”. “We should not be facilitating employers who wish to employ international students on low pay where those jobs could in some cases otherwise be filled by Irish students or workers. It is likely that wage suppression is caused by the availability of such lower skilled international student labour,” the papers said. Lawless said that he expected 50-60 of the 100 language schools currently operating would be accredited under the new scheme.

Owners should not sit back and expect their management company to do all the work. Photograph: GettyAs an owner of an apartment in a South Dublin development since the 1980s, I have, as a non-resident, always had a difficult relationship with the scheme’s owners’ management company (OMC). The owners’ management company (OMC) is established with the sole purpose of having the common areas vested in it, and taking ownership of and responsibility for the common areas. Your query refers to the management company in the third person, as if it is a separate entity from the owner, but it is not. Owners should become involved by putting themselves forward and becoming directors of the management company.

Winter Olympics hero Matt Weston makes eye-watering admission over genital injuriesMatt Weston made history for Team GB by winning both the individual gold and mixed team gold in skeleton, but revealed that flying down a track at high speed has its dangersView 2 Images Matt Weston was asked about injuries he's sustained (Image: Richard Heathcote/Getty Images)Team GB's double gold medallist Matt Weston has shown how exhilarating skeleton can be at the Winter Olympics - but there are downsides to the high-speed sport. ‌Weston made history for Team GB in Cortina, winning both individual gold and mixed team gold in the skeleton. The 28-year-old was absolutely dominant in the event and is the first British athlete to win two golds at a Winter Olympics. ‌His partnership with Tabitha Stoecker capped a stunning day for Team GB on Sunday after Charlotte Bankes and Huw Nightingale won the snowboard cross mixed team event. Winter Olympics curling cheating scandal prompts rule change U-turn with players furious READ MORE :Team GB star heartbreakingly crashes again after disqualification in Winter Olympics final READ MORE :Laughing, he replied: "What a question!

The Princess of Wales did not fight to keep Prince Harry and Meghan Markle from quitting their royal duties in 2020, as she believed their exit would be "inevitable". The third-part of the Mirror's exclusive serialisation of the new tell-all biography William and Catherine: The Intimate Inside Story, by The Mirror's royal editor Russell Myers, reveals how Princess Kate believed that after Harry and Meghan tied in the knot in 2018, the couple "had an agenda", as their behaviour became more than "difficult". The book also reveals that after the Duke and Duchess of Sussex's explosive interview with Oprah Winfrey in 2021, Kate believed the couple were “not to be trusted”. Myers write in the biography how the princess believed Harry would want more than being a “bit-part player” in the monarchy amid his fundamental differences with her husband. Follow for live updates

Team GB have since been punished for a similar violation after curler Bobby Lammie grazed the stone with his finger after releasing - but with a very different reaction. The double-touching controversy crossed over into women's curling, after Canada's Rachel Homan had her stone removed when an official ruled that she had touched it again after releasing the handle. As per rule R.5 (d) “The curling stone must be delivered using the handle of the stone.” Violation of this rule, will result in the stone being removed from play. Despite having their stone removed, Team GB would ultimately score two in the end, with the two teams shaking hands to confirm a 9-4 win for Mouat's team. As it stands, Team GB lie third in the men's round robin standings with four wins and two defeats, with the top four teams earning places in the semi-finals.

Sinn Féin to continue boycott of White House events on St Patrick’s DayBy Cillian Sherlock, Press AssociationSinn Féin politicians will not attend St Patrick’s Day events in the White House, the party has confirmed. Sinn Féin representatives had previously carried out a series of engagements in Washington DC during the same week that the sitting Taoiseach visited the city as part of a diplomatic drive for St Patrick’s Day. In a statement, Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald said it was important that Sinn Féin uses its voice to “demand that international law is upheld”. She said: “Sinn Féin will not attend St Patrick’s Day events at the White House this year. “Sinn Féin will continue that work with senior representatives on Capitol Hill, the trade union movement, business leaders, Irish American organisations and the diaspora.”

Vinicius Jr opens up on Dominik Szoboszlai talks as ‘dream’ transfer revealedLiverpool midfielder Dominik Szoboszlai has been linked with a move to Real Madrid over recent days and Brazilian winger Vinicius Jr has now spoken out on the pair’s relationshipView 2 Images Vinicius Jr has opened up on his relationship with Dominik Szoboszlai (Image: Getty Images)Vinicius Jr admits he regularly speaks with Dominik Szoboszlai with the Liverpool star linked with a move to Real Madrid. He has just two-and-a-half years left on his contract, while Real Madrid are thought to be admirers. ‌Real star Vinicius has now spoken out and revealed that he is regularly in contact with the midfielder, albeit stopped short of confirming whether he is attempting to convince him to move to Spain. He said: “Due to the very close and direct relationship I have had with Dominik Szoboszlai since he started playing football as a child, Real Madrid has always been his dream. Since he started playing football, Dominik has had only one dream: to play for Real Madrid.

Luz is one of more than 120 healthcare workers who were still receiving the special payment, intended to cover pay, allowances and premiums, when it was discontinued last December. Dr Brian Kent, a consultant respiratory and sleep physician at St James’s Hospital in Dublin, says he has seen a wide range of patients with Long Covid. She has been told on various occasions that the problems stem from Long Covid but she feels many people do not understand the condition. Quaide says there are still a “window of time” before the healthcare workers’ sick leave will be halved. “The Government could implement the call of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions to classify Long Covid as an occupational injury for this cohort,” he says.

After a 10-year closure, the Savoy in Cork re-opened as a venue last Saturday night. Highlights of the sold-out night included 20-piece brass and percussion outfit BoolaBoom, providing a high-octane mix of samba, dance classics, and other genres. Performers on the night also included flamenco fusion duo Zurito and soul group the Leon Stax Equation, while the DJ decks were manned by Stevie G, Angi and Danilo. Out and about at the SavoyMartin and Claudia McNamee, Carrigaline, at the opening night of Savoy in Cork. Pictures: Eddie O'HareBeth O'Donnell, Xara Badiu, JennyMay Dunnicliffe and Tori Savage at the opening night of Savoy.

But Riccardo Calafiori suffered an injury in the warm-up and was unable to start, while Ben White was forced off in the second half. Captain Martin Odegaard did not feature at all after sustaining a knock in Arsenal’s 1-1 draw against Brentford on Thursday. Arsenal's Gabriel Martinelli scores their second goal past Wigan Athletic's Sam Tickle. However, on Sunday he provided assists for Arsenal’s first two goals and Arteta admitted: “Those players need those moments, and especially when we talk about the creative players, they need to feel that they are producing those moments. It was probably relief at the end that the players showed what they were about in the second half.”

Netflix fans were gutted after a show boasting a 87% Rotten Tomatoes score was axed - despite plans for four more seasons. Developed by Mattson Tomlin, anime programme Terminator Zero takes place in Tokyo. Writing online, fans shared this disappointment that Terminator Zero would not be returning for further episodesA third shared: 'Phenomenal work on the writing. A fifth penned on IMDB: 'The depth of care at all levels of Terminator Zero is simply breath-taking. 'Without spoilers, Terminator Zero builds on the foundations of the original movies, but explores a completely new dimension.

Britain's Got Talent finalist took own life after being arrested for sexual offenceA dancer who appeared on Britain’s Got Talent took her own life after she was arrested on suspicion of a sexual offence, an inquest has heard. She performed alongside Neil and Katya Jones and Kai Widdrington, all of whom later became professionals on Strictly Come Dancing. An inquest held at Winchester today was told the 38-year-old was arrested on June 4 and questioned at a police station about a “sexual” offence, which she denied. Her sister, Cara Donaldson, told the hearing that when she arrived there, Ms Donaldson was being taken to hospital in an ambulance having taken an overdose. I am sorry.”The inquest heard that the song “You are so beautiful” was playing on repeat when Ms Donaldson was found.

Many people in the Irish football community remain opposed to the Republic of Ireland playing against Israel. Why was Russia banned from football, and Israel not? But Uefa and Fifa did not jointly decide to suspend Russia because of their shared stance against violence and aggression. On February 9th, 2024, Uefa general secretary Theodore Theodoridis was asked why Israel had not been suspended as Russia was. Despite all these risks, a boycott may still be what a majority in Irish football want.