By Conor Humphries. DUBLIN | Tue May 21, 2013 2:37pm BST. DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland said on Tuesday it was not to blame for Apple Inc's low global tax payments and had no special rate deal with the company after the U.S.

Savers continue to suffer despite inflation easing back last month, a financial information website has warned. Inflation figures released this morning show the consumer prices index fell in April to 2.4 per cent from 2.8 per cent in March.

The 52-year-old steps down a year after becoming embroiled in a fiasco surrounding the Olympics that saw the military drafted in to provide security for the games after G4S was accused of presiding over a shambles.

It's back to basics on the FTSE 100 this morning, with the biggest movers at both ends of a steady index tracking changes to their earnings guidance.

Rocketing growth in China helped annual sales at Burberry hit �2bn for the first time as the British luxury goods group banks on the giant Asian economy and Latin America for further growth.

May.21 - Vodafone's posted the largest ever fall in its main revenue measure, forcing it to keep a dividend from Verizon, its healthy U.S.

Bank of Ireland has written to 1,200 borrowers threatened with an increase in their mortgage rate to advise them they will not face the change after all, following a review of customer complaints.

Londoners living closest to Heathrow have voted overwhelmingly against expansion of the airport in the largest poll of its kind. More than 100,000 people said they opposed a third runway or an increase in flights in referendums run by Richmond and ...

Titled Scotland's Economy: the case for independence, it says: "By international standards Scotland is a wealthy and productive country.

TELECOM company O2 has been accused of a 'betrayal' after announcing more than 1,350 jobs in Greater Manchester will be outsourced.