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The anonymous math geek who quit Anthropic—and became the face of AI safety

Long-simmering worries about the technology’s potential dangers have exploded into global consciousness since Jacob Coxon’s dire warning, write Amrith Ramkumar, Erin Woo, Berber Jin and Ben Cohen, The Wall Street Journal.
The Wall Street Journal.
19th Sep, 2026 - 10 min read

“Emotional attachment”: The son of Ireland who sought shelter from a £20m tax liability

Sir John Griffin, founder of UK private car service Addison Lee, tried to argue he was domiciled in Ireland for UK tax purposes. A tribunal judgment handed down this week did not find in his favour.
Alice Chambers
18th Sep, 2026 - 8 min read

Developer Greg Kavanagh looks set to go another round with Revenue

The tax authority has issued two sets of High Court proceedings against a company in the Wicklow-born developer's property stable.
Francesca Comyn
18th Sep, 2026 - 2 min read

Christine Lagarde helped block Binance’s foothold in Europe

ECB leader personally intervened to keep crypto’s biggest player, which pleaded guilty to financial-crime violations in U.S., from operating in EU, writes Angus Berwick, The Wall Street Journal.
The Wall Street Journal.
18th Sep, 2026 - 4 min read

Jumping the gun: Retail giant Sports Direct’s battle with the Irish tax authority

The High Court has rejected the retailer's attempt to halt a Revenue Vat audit into historical online sales to Irish customers, ruling that the retailer’s legal action was "plainly premature".

Francesca Comyn
18th Sep, 2026 - 6 min read

“Uncertainty and anxiety”: Horse Sport Ireland employees urge minister to greenlight contract

HSI staff claim that the future of the insolvent State’s equestrian governing body hinges on the minister for agriculture's signature on the recently procured National Breeding Services contract.
Tom Lyons
17th Sep, 2026 - 5 min read

The 40-minute phone call that left Ed Sheeran’s tour hanging by a thread

Patriots owner Robert Kraft made it clear to the singer that he would cancel his tour dates at Gillette Stadium unless Macklemore was dropped from the bill. Other NFL owners were ready to do the same, write Andrew Beaton, Katherine Sayre and Elias Leight, The Wall Street Journal.
The Wall Street Journal.
17th Sep, 2026 - 4 min read

Paul McCann is back – and Ecovis Ireland is the blank canvas

After leaving Grant Thornton and spending four years running technology company Ergo, Paul McCann says he missed being “at the centre of things”. Now he is back, with a private-equity-backed plan to build Ecovis into a significant Irish player.

Ian Kehoe
17th Sep, 2026 - 8 min read

“On the bank guarantee… He was protecting the people who used their money, who had overdrafts, who had mortgages, who had savings in the banks.”

Dion Fanning
19th Sep, 2026

Brian Cowen was considered one of Irish politics’s brightest lights. He was elected as a TD when he was 24, but by the age of 51, he had retired from office. Gary Murphy’s new biography looks at Cowen in the round. He talks to Dion Fanning about how Cowen feels about his time in office and the calamities that befell him and the country.

Top Voices

A pillar on shaky foundations: Ireland’s ratification of CETA is back on the agenda

Could Canada become the EU’s first “associate member”? Maybe. But first, EU officials are talking about how to “persuade” the likes of Ireland to ratify the EU-Canada trade deal, Jonathan Keane reports from Strasbourg.
Jonathan Keane
18th Sep, 2026 - 4 min read

Why Ireland is attracting private equity in a more cautious market

With deal activity across Europe slowing, investors are looking harder at the quality of earnings, growth prospects, and value creation. Ireland possesses many of the characteristics they seek.

Ronan Murray
17th Sep, 2026 - 4 min read

Byron Fry: AI is reshaping defence – a realm known for rule-bending

Globally, there seems to be a desire to keep the genie in the bottle around autonomous weapons. Ireland, for its part, wants to prohibit the development of systems that do not comply with international humanitarian law.
Byron Fry
16th Sep, 2026 - 9 min read

Colm McCarthy: Thousands fly abroad every weekend to watch football. There is another way

Ireland is one of the biggest exporters of football supporters in Europe, yet its domestic clubs struggle financially. The problem is the structure of the game itself.

Colm McCarthy
15th Sep, 2026 - 6 min read

John Looby: From Vietnam to Ukraine, a balmy day of big ideas in Highgate

There was artificial intelligence, ancient Rome, the war in Iran and the pain of exile. There was also pizza, curry and a lot of coffee. Another day at the FT festival.

John Looby
14th Sep, 2026 - 4 min read

Are we heading for a winter of discontent? Rewinding the week that was

Is the threat of strike action part of a performative process, the usual theatre show in advance of a last-minute public-sector pay deal? Or are we actually heading for a winter of discontent?
Ian Kehoe
13th Sep, 2026 - 5 min read

Russia in, Muslim and LGBT people out: the new normal according to Germany’s far right

Some see this week’s election in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt and the rise of the AfD as a sign of what may come. This is a choice yet to be made.
Fergal Lenehan
12th Sep, 2026 - 8 min read

The show is the business model: What Brett Igoe learned on a fact-finding trip to the west coast of France

Noel McNamara and Ronan O’Gara are less than two hours apart on France’s Atlantic coast, helping drive two of European rugby’s most successful clubs. Their stories offer a glimpse of what modern professional rugby can look like.
Brett Igoe
12th Sep, 2026 - 7 min read

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