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Brett Igoe: Ireland’s rebuild is gathering pace, but the real test is still to come

The strike plays and defensive lineout against Argentina showed the benefits of Andy Farrell’s rebuilding work, but Ireland still have ground to make up on the world’s best.
Brett Igoe
8th Nov, 2026 - 5 min read

How Trump lost the midterms

The Iran war, gas prices and Trump’s miscalculations led to one of the most decisive repudiations of an American president, write Josh Dawsey, Alex Leary, and Lindsay Wise, The Wall Street Journal.
The Wall Street Journal.
7th Nov, 2026 - 11 min read

Siobhán Doyle’s search for the objects that capture Irish sporting history

We are a nation of sport addicts and also a nation of hoarders. Historian Siobhán Doyle talks about how the two go hand in hand and the production of her new book, Irish Sport in 100 Objects.
Dion Fanning
7th Nov, 2026 - 4 min read

“Bad luck” and unforeseen events: Private jet row largely dismissed

It was a colourful dispute involving a private-jet operator and two of Ireland’s wealthiest entrepreneurs. But its resolution by way of High Court judgment on Friday may not have been worth the money.
Francesca Comyn
6th Nov, 2026 - 5 min read

“EirGrid predictably drew these proceedings on themselves”

It was a costs victory for fisherman Ivan Toole and a rhetorical victory for Dublin Bay fishers as High Court judge enumerated the semi-state’s failures.
Alice Chambers
6th Nov, 2026 - 6 min read

How EY Studio+ is finding the North Star for businesses in a turbulent world

EY partner Cillian Leonowicz discusses the launch of EY Studio+ and how it’s helping companies react and strategise to deliver customer outcomes around AI and geopolitical ructions.
Jonathan Keane
6th Nov, 2026 - 7 min read

Texas backlash raises doubts for Irish companies’ bet on US data centres

The Democrats who swept the Lone Star state in the midterms campaigned against rampant data-centre development. Irish engineering firms and their US backers have invested heavily in the industry.
Hannah McCarthy
6th Nov, 2026 - 8 min read

UN expert calls for investigation into dual-use exports to Israeli military

Francesca Albanese, the UN Special Rapporteur on Palestine, raised her concerns about State approval for the exports in 2023 and 2024 during an Irish visit this week, including meeting with Minister Helen McEntee.
Niall Sargent
6th Nov, 2026 - 5 min read

“I got in touch with RTÉ and the O’Herlihy family to see if anyone still had that clappy-hand hat that Bill O’Herlihy wore in 1990”

Dion Fanning
7th Nov, 2026

What are we losing in the digital age? One of the things may be the memorabilia that are part of our sporting story. Dion Fanning talks to Siobhán Doyle about her book, Irish Sport in 100 Objects, and what it tells us about Ireland through history.

Top Voices

Ian Kehoe: Simon Harris is discovering the political price of being finance minister

The Fine Gael leader has found himself caught between the competing demands of leading his party and managing the public finances – and the polls suggest the strain is beginning to show.
Ian Kehoe
7th Nov, 2026 - 5 min read

The $5bn golf league you never watched is gone. Here’s why it flopped

Struggling for relevance, starved for funding, LIV Golf finally pulls the plug. Did its expensive, noisy disruption actually improve the sport? By Jason Gay, The Wall Street Journal.
The Wall Street Journal.
6th Nov, 2026 - 4 min read

How to keep these wild market moves from hijacking your financial future

The stunning US election results make it more important than ever to stick with your investing playbook, writes Jason Zweig, The Wall Street Journal.
The Wall Street Journal.
6th Nov, 2026 - 4 min read

Dan O’Brien: Now is the time for central bankers to drive growth – not curb inflation

Skewed incentives mean it is often better for the ECB to slow economies than be blamed for runaway prices. But making the bank target growth and employment as much as it does inflation is now a security imperative.
Dan O'Brien
6th Nov, 2026 - 5 min read

John Looby: 1990 Dublin Castle deal ensures France will be fine again

When Charles Haughey convinced France and Germany to trade the end of the Deutschmark for German reunification, he forged a bond that has overcome worse crises than the latest French troubles.
John Looby
5th Nov, 2026 - 3 min read

Tara Shine: Is AI a friend or foe to the climate?

AI will be a powerful tool for the climate, from improving the performance of our electricity grids to understanding the planet we call home. But, without renewable energy its expansion will undo other efforts to reduce carbon pollution.
Tara Shine
4th Nov, 2026 - 6 min read

Ronan Lyons: The 2027 housing pipeline and the long shadow of the levy waiver

A series of deadlines in the past two years have caused artificial fits and starts in homebuilding. What happens next?

Ronan Lyons
3rd Nov, 2026 - 6 min read

AI and jobs: “The human-reserved task becomes judgement and review”

Recruitment technology guru Raymond Pennie tries all the new AI tools so we don’t have to. He has a clear view of what robots will do – and what they won’t.
Paul McArdle
2nd Nov, 2026 - 6 min read

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