A judge in the US state of Delaware has ruled that Elon Musk’s record-breaking $56 billion Tesla pay package could be scrapped, calling the compensation “an unfathomable sum” that was not fair to shareholders, according to a court filing. Shares of Tesla dropped 3.7% in extended trade. The ruling swept …

A fiery collision between a double-decker bus and a truck left 19 people dead and 22 injured in northwestern Mexico, authorities said. Officials were seen removing remains from the charred wreckage of the bus, which had been traveling from the city of Guadalajara in the western state of Jalisco to …

From today, PAYE taxpayers can submit claims for Mortgage Interest Relief for 2023 through Revenue’s myAccount service. In Budget 2024, Minister for Finance Michael McGrath announced a temporary one-year Mortgage Interest Tax Relief scheme up to a value of €1,250. The tax relief is at the standard rate of income …

Nothing can “replace or substitute” the UN Palestinian refugee agency whose staff were implicated in the Hamas attacks on Israel, the UN’s coordinator for Gaza aid has said, even as Israel made new claims against it. Several countries, including the US, Britain, Germany and Japan, have suspended funding to the …

Payments firm PayPal will cut around 2,500 jobs globally this year, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday citing a letter from CEO Alex Chriss to staff that it reviewed. In the letter, Mr Chriss said the decision was made to “right-size” the company through both direct cuts and the elimination of …

A schoolgirl injured in a knife attack in Dublin city centre last November is once again receiving intensive care in hospital, according to a fundraising page set up for her. The five-year-old girl, two other children and a care worker were injured in the attack in Parnell Square on 23 …

The Cabinet has been told that Tourism Ireland will no longer promote the Global Greening as part of its St Patrick’s Day plans. The campaign had led to buildings across the world going green, including the Opera House in Sydney; the Empire State Building in New York; the Niagara Falls …

Ireland will perform in the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest this May in Malmö. Irish entry Bambie Thug will perform her song Doomsday Blue in the first half of the broadcast on 7 May and will face Ukraine, Cyprus, Poland, Serbia, Lithuania, Croatia, Slovenia, Iceland, Finland, Portugal, Luxembourg, …

It’s been a long wait, 726 days to be precise. The arduous journey back to Stormont was one during which all sides experienced their fair share of disappointment, despair and false dawns. This morning, however, saw the first sure sign that the wait for power-sharing was almost over, as the …

Jamie Bryson is an unelected loyalist commentator and blogger who has been a thorn in the side of the DUP for most of the past two years. This was taken to new heights last night as the DUP’s ruling executive held a critical meeting in Co Down. The party had …