Weekly Digest: Ryanair legal action against Booking.com entities to begin today; and how financially literate are you?

Catch up on the big business stories you may have missed this week.

Ryanair legal action against Booking.com entities to begin in the US today

The trial in Ryanair’s case against online travel giant Booking.com gets underway today in Delaware in a high stakes action that could have repercussions for both companies and the travel sector.

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Less than 15pc of renters availing of tax credit worth up to €1,500 a year

There has been an extremely small take-up of the tax credit for renters despite the surge in the cost of renting.

Recruitment body says rising cost of labour is unsustainable

Rising labour costs driven by a raft of Government initiatives are slowing job creation in labour intensive sectors and undermining the competitiveness of the Irish economy, according to a group representing the staffing industry.

The bizarre case of the Canadian multinational, the Irish semi-state seaweed company and the 10-year confidentiality agreement

Former Gaeltacht minister éamon ó Cuív has criticised the failure of a state agency to disclose the price fetched for a potentially lucrative seaweed company that it sold to a Canadian multinational a decade ago.

West Cork Distillers buys Waterford’s Donohoe Drinks, saving 105 jobs

‘A very good business has been saved’

West Cork Distillers has acquired Donohoe Drinks, a Waterford-based contract bottling and blending company, saving around 105 jobs following a period in examinership.

‘Markets put me on the map’: How stalls across Ireland are sustaining small craft businesses

For small craft businesses, fairs and markets are often one of the best ways to go about selling their products.

Tipping in the cash-free era: where does my money go?

Do wireless iPad terminal payments in coffee shops make you a bad person for not tipping the server behind the counter?

Quiz: How financially literate are you? Test yourself with these questions from a budgeting expert

From paying off loans to saving and talking about financial worries, take the test to find out where you may be going wrong when it comes to your personal accounts.

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What I learned from talking about my money troubles and how it can help others in similar circumstances

Self-blame and the fear of being judged stifles people facing financial woes, but since discovering who and where to turn to for help, I’m in a better place six months on

The Big Tech Show: Why I left a great career in banking to run a small startup in breast milk technology

For many people, a well-paid, high-flying career in a firm like Davy's Stockbrokers is considered a destination job in life. But not Rosanne Longmore, who went from being chief operating officer at Davy Wealth Management to leading and starting her own startup based on a concern that mothers and babies weren't getting proper attention when feeding with breast milk.

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