The Irish Times has established that an ongoing Garda investigation into potential insider trading – which was first disclosed a year ago – is centred around suspicious dealing in Applegreen shares before it was announced that the company had received a takeover bid in 2020.

Two men that were arrested and questioned in November 2024 in relation to the matter are in no way connected to Applegreen. Joe Brennan reports.

AIB has grown more confident on the Irish economy over the past six months, as it has proven to be more resilient than expected against the backdrop of the Trump administration’s trade tariffs and general global uncertainty. The bank’s economists have upgraded their Irish economic forecasts for this year and next, reports Joe Brennan.