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Diary of an Irishman, featuring Vincent Browne, Dermot Morgan and The General

Frank McNally has been the chief writer of the Irishman’s Diary in The Irish Times for nearly 20 years. In a new memoir, he recalls growing up in Monaghan and why he felt the column should have been retired after Kevin Myers left the paper.
Dion Fanning
8th Nov, 2025 - 7 min read

M6 deal post-mortem: Valuing and refinancing a motorway

A series of transactions initiated two years ago saw the Galway toll road change owners and debt providers. Who are its new backers, and how much did they invest?
Thomas Hubert
7th Nov, 2025 - 3 min read

Family-owned equipment distributor acquired by Japanese multinational Komatsu

McHale Plant Sales Ltd has been the Irish distributor of Komatsu equipment for 30 years.
Alice Chambers
6th Nov, 2025 - 2 min read

McGregor has “personal conflict” ahead of courtroom whiskey showdown

The standoff between former MMA fighters Artem Lobov and Conor McGregor is over an alleged handshake deal on the proceeds of the sale of the Irish fighter's Proper No. 12 whiskey brand.
Francesca Comyn
6th Nov, 2025 - 2 min read

Quanta Capital-linked fund turns to US courts for discovery in Irish legal battle with Relm

Goldstein Property Icav, whose investments are managed by Mel Sutcliffe’s Quanta Capital, is seeking documents and deposition from Relm’s backers Avenue Capital in New York. Quanta also claims documents were improperly removed from its office.
Jonathan Keane
6th Nov, 2025 - 3 min read

ASML’s Irish revenue surges to €1.2bn as the chip game keeps heating up

The Dutch firm builds printing machines for making high-tech chips and serves Intel in Leixlip. It and companies like Applied Materials have built Irish bases that hinge on the US chipmaker.
Jonathan Keane
6th Nov, 2025 - 3 min read
Karl McHugh

Atlantic Dawn is acquiring a controlling stake in Biomarine Ingredients

Two years ago, clients of Cantor Fitgerald who had invested in a protein ingredients business risked losing their funds. Now a major raw material supplier has come to the rescue.

Tom Lyons
5th Nov, 2025 - 2 min read

Law, loss, and leadership: The story of Andrew Tzialli’s cross-border career

Andrew Tzialli, the son of two refugees, does not fit the mould of a typical British lawyer. Now the head of Irish law firm Philip Lee's London outpost, he speaks about his career-defining work and the advancement of Dublin post-Brexit.
Michael Cogley
5th Nov, 2025 - 15 min read

“DJ did a beeline for my husband on the side of the hurling field and he said, ‘I have the same cancer as your wife’”

Thomas Hubert
1st Nov, 2025

Journalist Eimear Ní Bhraonáin is the author of The Dodger: DJ Carey and the Great Betrayal, a book exploring the personality and deception of Kilkenny’s former hurling great. From impromptu requests for €100 during chance encounters to elaborate stories about his fake cancer to tap wealthy victims including Denis O’Brien, she tells Dion Fanning about the traits that led Carey down a a path of fraud, how he targeted his victims — and the dark corners that continue to surround the years before he was caught.

Top Voices

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

Reflections on The Entrepreneur Experience 2025: From breezy elevator pitches to brutal honesty

It was exhausting but also energising: emerging entrepreneurs laid themselves bare and business veterans supporting them talked about the many ways in which they had screwed up before finding success.

Alan English
6th Nov, 2025 - 4 min read

There’s a bubble in all these fearful musings and public-sector warnings about a tech stock bubble

Predicting the direction of stock markets has arguably never been more challenging. All we can be confident about right now is that there will be a correction – eventually.
John Looby
6th Nov, 2025 - 3 min read

Joe Gill: Aircraft technology is changing how airlines operate

The lines between long- and short-haul, trunk and point-to-point routes are blurring as more efficient jets redefine the economics of each seat – and the rules of competition.
Joe Gill
5th Nov, 2025 - 4 min read

Postcard from Astana: Capacity, not ideology, will shape Ireland’s future

From housing to energy to reunification, Ireland’s challenge is no longer what to believe in, but how to build it. Astana’s story shows that state capacity — not politics — is the true test of national ambition.
Ronan Lyons
4th Nov, 2025 - 7 min read

Smile, you’re on camera. Always. Everywhere

Facial recognition was sold as a convenience — faster boarding passes, safer streets, smarter security. Instead, it’s ushering in an era of constant surveillance where anonymity is vanishing, and your face is the password you can’t change.
Markham Nolan
3rd Nov, 2025 - 7 min read

What sport reveals about how we work and lead: Rewinding the week that was

What connects a boxing coach, a rugby manager and a business founder? In sport and in life, the same rules apply – build trust, put people first, and culture will do the rest.

Ian Kehoe
2nd Nov, 2025 - 5 min read

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