Recipients of
the Irish State pension living in North America have experienced a sharp increase in the cost of receiving their benefit, due to a change in banking provider by the Department of Social Protection, reports Fiona Reddan and Ellen OâRiordan. The move follows a switch by the department from Bank of Ireland to Danske Bank.
Dublin-based Exergyn has become embroiled in a row with its own investors over the future direction of the company and a possible sale to US heating giant Carrier Global. Eoin Burke-Kennedy reports that the clean tech specialist has attracted global attention by developing and patenting an emissions-free heat pump that contains no refrigerant gases, one of the main causes of global warming.