Monday Digest: New instant access savings account to pay 10 times more interest; historic GAA ‘HQ’ pub to reopen next year

Catch up on the big business stories you may have missed this weekend ?

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Verizon to create more than 400 jobs in Limerick

Verizon has announced plans to establish a global centre of excellence in Limerick city.

#CATCHUP

Banks under pressure as new instant access savings account to pay 10 times more interest

Digital bank Bunq has launched a new instant-access savings account that will pay 10 times more than a similar account with AIB.

Bunq, which is the Dutch equivalent of Revolut, has launched a new account paying 2.46pc.

‘It’s been a nightmare’ – EV owner €1,300 out of pocket after Smartzone goes bust

An electric vehicle owner who has been left €1,300 out of pocket after the company she paid to install her home charging point went into receivership has warned people in rural Ireland to “do proper research” about going electric.

Monaghan mechanic tops tax defaulters list with €1.8m bill

A motor mechanic in Monaghan, a Limerick clothing retailer and a share dealer are among the biggest defaulters listed by the Revenue Commissioners in its latest round-up of tax dodgers.

Ikea to roll out local stores in ‘four corners’ of Ireland as sales hit €250m

Visitors to Ikea’s Ballymun location continued to rise. The store, which first opened its doors in 2009, saw 3.2 million shoppers last year, an increase of 4pc.

Ikea said it plans to continue investing in its Dublin store, with a new children’s department and bedroom showrooms set to open next month.

Meet the man filling the peat briquette gap with WillowWarm logs and is now planning a €125m power station to supply data centres

In 2007, as the Irish banking sector imploded, Alan Fox drained his bank account of his €15m savings and bought up 2,500 acres of farm land. Seeing the way the wind was blowing on turf briquettes, he soon set his sights on renewable fuels – and WillowWarm was born

‘Data centres are crying out for green carbon-neutral power’

Jay Bourke to reopen historic GAA ‘HQ’ pub Quinn’s of Drumcondra next year

Jay Bourke, the well-known publican and restaurateur, is planning to reopen the landmark Quinn’s pub in Drumcondra, once a popular meeting place for GAA fans attending matches at Croke Park.

Birr Castle owners selling €3.5m private box at London’s Albert Hall

The owners of Birr Castle in Co Offaly, Brendan and Alison Parsons, are selling their private box at London’s iconic Albert Hall for ￡3m (€3.5m).

Elon Musk’s two fingers to Oireachtas Committee overshadows session on disinformation

X was conspicuous by its absence at the Oireachtas Media Committee’s session on disinformation, which discussed the role of tech platforms during the Dublin riots

#PERSONALFINANCE: How Irish savers are missing out on billions in interest every year by choosing wrong accounts

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