Ireland Financial News

France and Argentina are heading into Sunday's FIFA World Cup Final both dreaming of glory, and winning a third trophy.

Leo Varadkar is returning for a second term as Ireland’s prime minister, part of a job-sharing deal made by the country’s coalition government.

Numis has hired a trio of senior staff as it builds out its post-Brexit hub in Dublin.

Winklevoss brothers’ cryptocurrency exchange Gemini continues expanding in Europe, announcing new regulatory approvals in Italy and Greece.

The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) announced on Nov. 28 that it has fined Facebook developer Meta €265m for breach of the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Specifically, the commission stated that it had fined Meta for failing to design Facebook in such a way that it would protect users from data breaches.

XRP price prediction remains bullish, after gaining immediate support near $0.3460. The XRP coin had been trending upward for several days, but it was unable to maintain that momentum, falling from a high of $0.3920 to a low of $0.3200. 

XRP price prediction remains slightly bullish above the $0.3650 support zone, as XRP's trading volume has sliced through $700 million and now stands at $865 million. 

International law firm Squire Patton Boggs is launching its first office in Ireland with a hire from Pinsent Masons in Dublin.

International law firm Squire Patton Boggs is launching its first office in Ireland with a hire from Pinsent Masons in Dublin.

Japan’s largest mobile telecoms operator NTT DOCOMO has announced plans to invest up to 600 billion yen ($4 billion) into Web3 infrastructure. 

US law firm K&L Gates is set to open in Ireland, according to multiple people close to the matter.

Ireland has leapfrogged France and the UK to become the most shorted European market, amid rising bets against firms including Dublin-based bookmaker Flutter Entertainment.

The UK's Europe minister will today call on the European Union to reopen British access to EU scientific programmes.

$4.5 trillion asset management firm Fidelity Investments is reportedly set to hire another 100 people to bolster the firm's growing digital assets division — a stark contrast to the recent squeezing out of crypto-talent. 

Liz Truss has resigned as UK prime minister after a mere 45 days in office, making her the shortest-serving leader in British history.

The European Union (EU) released a package of documents on Oct. 18 related to an action plan for implementing the European Green Deal and the REPowerEU Plan, both of which aim at energy savings by digitalizing the energy sector. The European energy planners have crypto miners in their sights along with myriad other energy users.

Cameron Winklevoss, a co-founder of cryptocurrency exchange Gemini, has stepped down from the European company board of directors, according to a Companies House filing from Oct. 12.

Russia is currently not planning any large strikes in Ukraine, the Russian president said on Friday. 

Gemini has entered the Irish market. The company now provides crypto exchange and custody services to individuals and institutions.

At least seven people have been killed following an explosion at a petrol station in northwest Ireland, police said on Saturday.

Aaron Clauson, co-founder and CTO, explains: "The technical vision behind NoFrixion is to support merchants with today’s payment networks - predominantly cards and bank transfer - while being ready for the networks of the future, which will be based on digital wallets stored on customer's mobile devices."For developers the NoFrixion MoneyMoov API can allow them to incorporate multiple payment options covering cards, open banking - including Sepa and FasterPayments - and Bitcoin Lightning in a single API.Feargal Brady, co-founder and CEO of NoFrixion (pictured), says: “Internet banking promised much which it never fully delivered, and hasn’t evolved with the instant economy. MoneyMoov connects digital payments to ERPs, accounting platforms and core business applications, cutting out internet banking, manual processing and similar inefficiencies.