Irish beef exports to the US were worth €194,000 in the first half of 2015.
When the lifting of the country’s ban on Irish beef was announced in January - Minister for Agriculture, Simon Coveney predicted that these exports would be worth €100 million during this year.
Only high-value steak cuts can currently be sold in the US - if the export of mince meat was allowed, that would open Irish beef up to a much bigger market.
The Department of Agriculture has told The Irish Times that it is working through the “complex” process of getting more Irish beef products into the US market.
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Google is building a new data centre in west Dublin - it will invest €150 million in the project.
The head of operations with Google Ireland - Ronan Harris - says that the investment underlines the company’s commitment to working in Ireland.
The data centre will employ 400 people during its construction phase - and when it is completed it will create 30 jobs.
This will be the company’s second data centre in Ireland - while it leases a third.
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There has been turmoil on the world’s markets over the last 24 hours, all of Europe’s main indexes are down - including Dublin’s ISEQ, which fell by 2.15% yesterday.
This has been mainly caused by continued volatility in China - and the Federal Reserve’s indication that it still plans to raise interest rates.
London’s FTSE 100 has been one of the big losers - it has fallen by a full 10 percent since its record closing high in April.
A longer term trend is a massive outflow of money from emerging markets - with almost $1 trillion moving out of emerging economies during the last year.
These countries will be particularly hard-hit if the Federal Reserve goes ahead with a rate hike in 2015.
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Greece faces political uncertainty following the resignation of the country's prime minister.
Alexis Tsipras agreed to a series of controversial spending cuts in exchange for a third bailout from European creditors. His anti-austerity party won power in January on this year.
Yesterday, Mr Tsipras confirmed he is resigning as Greek Prime Minister - paving the way for a general election to take place within the next 30 days.
There had been considerable speculation that an early vote would take place after Mr Tsipras accepted an austerity-heavy three-year, €86bn bailout package from its international creditors.
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Profits are up by 72% at Fitzpatrick’s New York hotels.
New accounts for John Fitzpatrick’s hotels report pre-tax profits of $4.2 million dollars - and $3 million dollars after tax.
The Fitzpatrick Manhattan and the Fitzpatrick Grand Central had average occupancy levels of 90 percent, in the year ending September 2014.
Mr Fitzpatrick has indicated that 2015 is on-course to be another strong year.
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Earlier in the week United States authorised the sale of a new libido-boosting drug.
The manufacturer of the product - which has been dubbed ‘female viagra’ - has been sold for $1 billion dollars - that’s €890,000 euro.
Canada’s Valeant Pharmaceuticals International has announced that it will buy Sprout Pharmaceuticals - just two days after the drug’s use was approved.
The company is currently investing in educating consumers and healthcare providers about the use of the drug, before bringing it to market.
