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Meta tried to silence her. Now she’s suing

Sarah Wynn-Williams, a former Facebook policy executive, is suing Meta over its attempts to stop her from talking about her book, ‘Careless People’, write Keach Hagey and Meghan Bobrowsky, The Wall Street Journal.
The Wall Street Journal.
25th Jun, 2026 - 4 min read

Canadian investors have acquired the Tynagh mining site in a reverse takeover

A deal to acquire the company behind the site in Co Galway fell apart last year. A new deal by Canadian backers will see it listed in Toronto and fresh capital pumped into reviving operations.
Jonathan Keane
25th Jun, 2026 - 3 min read

LVMH fires back at Hermès heir over his missing fortune

The luxury group says it was unaware of any misappropriation of Hermès shares when it secretly built a stake in its rival, writes Nick Kostov, The Wall Street Journal.
The Wall Street Journal.
25th Jun, 2026 - 5 min read

Ireland’s first year of FDI screening mostly vetted deals from the US and UK

The EU’s new foreign-investor screening rules have largely been centred on managing Chinese investment in Europe’s critical sectors but China is a smaller player in the Irish context.
Jonathan Keane
25th Jun, 2026 - 3 min read

The Holy Grail: Can property conveyancing move online – and under eight weeks?

The promise of eConveyancing first appeared in a Government bill 20 years ago. The jury is out on efforts involving estate agents, solicitors, banks, and many others to shorten often archaic home transfers.
Thomas Hubert
25th Jun, 2026 - 18 min read

Silvercrest manages $38bn of assets. It is appointing a veteran family advisor to lead its Irish office

The head of family advisory in Goodbody is leaving to work with Silvercrest. He has huge experience after working for family offices including Irelandia.
Tom Lyons
24th Jun, 2026 - 2 min read

Our cities were designed for the weather of the 1950s and ’60s

Researchers and city planners are coming up with innovative techniques to help cities adapt to a warmer climate, writes Andrew Blackman, The Wall Street Journal.
The Wall Street Journal.
24th Jun, 2026 - 5 min read

New legal service an alleged “violation of the constitutional rights of children in care”

A judicial review challenges a new state service representing vulnerable children in Ireland’s courts, calling it “repugnant to Bunreacht na hÉireann, void and of no effect”.
Alice Chambers
24th Jun, 2026 - 5 min read

“Pope Leo mentioned that he’d been to Ireland a few times, but he said on one occasion some guy physically attacked him.”

Dion Fanning
20th Jun, 2026

Pope Leo spoke forcefully about the war in Iran and earned Donald Trump’s displeasure. His biographer Fr Michael Collins talks to Dion Fanning about what motivates a man his friends consider bland and the issues and intellectual obsessions that drive him.

Top Voices

Full throttle: From Aer Lingus to Ryanair, airlines’ busy season spreads to the boardroom

Questions over Aer Lingus’s profitability and a hostile takeover bid for EasyJet are signs of a hot summer for an aviation industry exposed to successive geopolitical shocks.

Joe Gill
25th Jun, 2026 - 5 min read

Peter Kinsella: Goodbye Keir, hello Andy, but the UK’s challenges remain the same

As he prepares to replace Keir Starmer as British prime minister, Andy Burnham has many of the right ideas – and a very narrow economic and political path to implement them.
Peter Kinsella
24th Jun, 2026 - 6 min read

Intel’s stock has soared, but it needs an engineering comeback

The chip maker can get its mojo back, but it must overcome technical challenges that have dogged it in the past, writes Asa Fitch, The Wall Street Journal.
The Wall Street Journal.
23rd Jun, 2026 - 3 min read

The greatest show on Earth: AI is now an asset class of its own

The series of IPOs inaugurated by SpaceX sits at the top of a mountain of capital expenditure. What happens when the laws of economics catch up with the rhetoric?
Mike O'Sullivan
23rd Jun, 2026 - 5 min read

Candidate sentiment survey: Part two – roles and the job market

More than 1,300 candidates, from junior management to C-suite level, completed The Panel's Candidate Sentiment Survey. In part two of the findings, we delve into what candidates feel about their roles and the job market today.

Paul McArdle
22nd Jun, 2026 - 4 min read

Is the Irish food industry “eating its seed potatoes”? – Rewinding the week that was

The industry that spawned Kerrygold and Kerry Group projects a cutting-edge image, from R&D to marketing. Yet it has fallen one-third short of a modest innovation spending target.
Thomas Hubert
21st Jun, 2026 - 6 min read

Paul Flynn: Nobody knows what’s coming next – and that’s the beauty of it

For years we complained about predictability. We knew who the contenders were and by the semi-finals onwards we were usually left with the same names. Nobody can say that now.

Paul Flynn
20th Jun, 2026 - 4 min read

Inside Intercom: 10 lessons from a front-row seat to an Irish tech success story

As a journalist, colleague and long-time observer, I saw how Eoghan McCabe and his co-founders built one of Ireland's most influential technology companies, culminating in its recent $3.6 billion sale to Salesforce.

John Collins
19th Jun, 2026 - 8 min read

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