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Denis O’Brien defamation suit: “This wasn’t some faceless troll on Twitter”

From "kill all taigs" to bias, and Roy Greenslade's IRA sympathies, day two of lawyers Darragh Mackin and Gavin Booth's defamation suit against businessman Denis O'Brien covered a lot of ground.
Francesca Comyn
13th Nov, 2025 - 6 min read

The black belt who sold Ireland the world: The many lives of Bob Haugh

He’s guarded doors in gay nightclubs, built multimillion-euro travel empires, and once rented his home to Taylor Swift. Now, entrepreneur Bob Haugh is plotting his next big journey — building his luxury travel company, OROKO.
Tom Lyons
13th Nov, 2025 - 17 min read

Maurice Regan and Michael Breslin push for primary school development on Naas lands

The US-based construction businessmen already have a significant investment in the Mercantile Group, as well as several other property, housing, and renewable energy projects in Ireland.

Niall Sargent
13th Nov, 2025 - 2 min read

“A deliberate and unjustified attack”: defamation suit opens against Denis O’Brien

Two Belfast human rights lawyers claim a press release issued by the businessman in response to a 2016 report they co-authored on Irish media owners wrongly implied they were in the pay of the IRA. Sinn Féin MEP Lynn Boylan commissioned the report.
Francesca Comyn
12th Nov, 2025 - 4 min read

A liquidator has been appointed to a controversial housing development in Meath

The housing estate in Rathmolyon, Co Meath, was aimed at first-time buyers but when it ran into trouble it featured extensively in the media. Now a liquidator has been appointed to it.
Tom Lyons
12th Nov, 2025 - 2 min read

Creditor applies to wind up Skellig Chocolate company

First, a lender appointed a receiver to Paddy McKillen Jr’s Co Kerry property. Now the food business based there is facing a court petition to place it into liquidation.
Thomas Hubert
12th Nov, 2025 - 2 min read

Inside Project Flourish: Ballymore’s €3.4bn plan to reimagine a corner of Notting Hill

The Irish builder, alongside partner Sainsbury's, was granted approval for the construction of a major development in Ladbroke Grove.
Michael Cogley
12th Nov, 2025 - 4 min read

“With the kind of volume that is coming our way every single day, you can’t check every single item”

The EU justice commissioner Michael McGrath wants tougher powers to investigate Chinese e-commerce giants and will propose reforms to give the EU executive greater powers to probe companies like Shein and Temu.
Jonathan Keane
12th Nov, 2025 - 3 min read

“Morgan McSweeney has a bleak political analysis that everyone in Britain is racist”

Dion Fanning
15th Nov, 2025

What is the future for the BBC in a UK which is lurching further rightwards? In this podcast UK political commentator Peter Oborne talks to Dion Fanning about why the BBC is under an existential threat and how it is part of a broader attack on British institutions.

Top Voices

Niall Sargent: Will the new housing plan finally turn the tide?

The Government released its new plan today as it battles a perpetual crisis with no apparent end in sight. Will the latest shake-up in policy move the dial or is the cabinet simply tinkering around the edges?
Niall Sargent
13th Nov, 2025 - 6 min read

The Irish economy in Q3: Substance and longevity or a one-hit-wonder?

Despite several pockets of weak performance, and some early warning signs that our economy might be cooling, economic activity in SME Ireland remained buoyant in Q3 2025.
Stuart FitzGerald
13th Nov, 2025 - 4 min read

Ireland’s misunderstood presidency and the need for maritime defence

The president-elect's Nato critiques have stirred fears in the UK's House of Lords while Amazon readies a new transatlantic subsea cable. Both are reminders of the importance of Ireland's maritime protection.
Michael Cogley
12th Nov, 2025 - 7 min read

Edits and political motives: How the BBC was plunged into an impartiality crisis

A leaked memo alleging bias at the BBC spurred the exits of two of its most senior staffers on Monday. But media experts say suggestions of partiality are wide of the mark, and there are lessons for RTÉ.
Michael Cogley
11th Nov, 2025 - 5 min read

From spreadsheets to spotlights: Val Troy makes a break from the old routine

When Val Troy did her first comedy gig it took nearly two days before the buzz wore off. She talks to Paul McArdle about the ultimate career flip — quitting a top accountancy role for life as a stand up comedian.
Paul McArdle
10th Nov, 2025 - 8 min read

Big pharma is back: Rewinding the week that was

What does Donald Trump’s former commerce secretary Wilbur Ross mean when he says in Dublin that pharmaceutical companies “gradually come around”? The answer, if correct, is reassuring for Ireland.
Thomas Hubert
9th Nov, 2025 - 4 min read

When the referee isn’t in charge: The crisis at rugby’s core

Tadhg Beirne’s rescinded red card wasn’t just a mistake — it was a symptom of a deeper problem. Referees are no longer judging the game; they’re taking instructions from invisible voices.

Brett Igoe
8th Nov, 2025 - 6 min read

Siobhán Brett: For an off-year, it felt awfully on

The elections that weren’t meant to matter suddenly did. From New York to Maine, voters turned routine ballots into a referendum on fatigue, frustration, and what democracy feels like when you can’t quite name what you’re voting for.

Siobhán Brett
8th Nov, 2025 - 5 min read

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