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The Minister for Transport says he is moving “at pace” to lift the passenger cap as a US airline group complains

The move comes as Airlines for America (A4A) lodges a complaint against Ireland in the Department of Transport in Washington calling for flights by Aer Lingus to be “curtailed or suspended” if the cap is not lifted.

Tom Lyons
7th Jan, 2026 - 2 min read

American airlines trade group files a complaint against Ireland in Washington

The group called Airlines for America has called for the US Department of Transport to “curtail" or "suspend” Irish air carriers from flying into America unless the cap is lifted.

Tom Lyons
7th Jan, 2026 - 1 min read

Intellexa’s executives get a Trump reprieve. But the Irish company is still in the crosshairs

The US lifted sanctions against three people linked to the infamous spyware company but its Irish holding companies remain on the blacklist.
Jonathan Keane
7th Jan, 2026 - 2 min read

Inside Schillings’ Dublin expansion and its bet on reputation, tech and defamation

A year after opening its new Dublin office, Schillings explains the business of reputation management and how the firm reinvented itself to be more than legal advisers.
Hannah McCarthy
7th Jan, 2026 - 9 min read

CSG’s first big buy: Celtic Water deal marks the start of a new growth era

Chemical Solutions Group appointed Kevin Quinn as its first external CEO in 2023. He has just closed his first major acquisition and is now expanding into Britain.
Tom Lyons
6th Jan, 2026 - 4 min read

The rise and fall and rise again of City AM – and the born hustler driving it forward

The one job title Harry Owen craved was CEO of City AM, the London-based financial newspaper he joined back in its start-up days. The road to the top job was rocky, but he's finally running a profitable business.
Alan English
6th Jan, 2026 - 14 min read

“I treated it like my business” – Why Frank Brennan is buying Republic of Work

Nine years on, the Cork hub’s first employee is confident he can balance start-up accelerator programmes with the provision of flexible office space – including for large corporations.
Thomas Hubert
6th Jan, 2026 - 4 min read

The CEO of Interpath on its £800m sale and what is next for the firm in Ireland and globally

Mark Raddan, Interpath’s chief executive, and Kieran Wallace, a managing director in its Dublin office, talk exclusively on the sale of a majority stake in the professional services firm which employs 1,000 people including 100 in Ireland.

Tom Lyons
5th Jan, 2026 - 6 min read

“For at least a thousand years the Book of Kells has profoundly shaped Ireland”

Dion Fanning
20th Dec, 2025

James Joyce considered it the most Irish thing we had. It has been here for a thousand years and endured many dramas but there are many mysteries about the Book of Kells. Victoria Whitworth talks to Dion Fanning about what she has come to believe about the Book of Kells’s creation and why Irish monks might have nothing to do with it.

Top Voices

Constantin Gurdgiev: When markets can no longer rely on the numbers

Some concern is driven by longer-term debasement of data collection budgets. Yet, most concern stems from politically charged moves from the White House and its challenge of statistical agencies' independence.
Constantin Gurdgiev
7th Jan, 2026 - 5 min read

Ronan Lyons: Why house prices keep rising — and why that’s a problem

Inflation in housing in 2025 was about twice that in the rest of the economy. This is a symptom of a housing system under pressure.
Ronan Lyons
6th Jan, 2026 - 4 min read

Just sign here to accept that job offer? If only it were that easy for recruiters

Getting a deal that works for everyone across the line is a cause for celebration, but experienced recruiters know there are usually many hurdles to clear first.
Paul McArdle
5th Jan, 2026 - 6 min read

Plenty of money, precious little momentum: Rewinding the year that was

After a year of hesitation, the Government can no longer claim it’s finding its feet. With housing, childcare, disability and infrastructure still stuck in first gear, 2026 will be the year we find out what it’s really capable of.
Ian Kehoe
4th Jan, 2026 - 5 min read

Schrödinger’s year: What Irish rugby’s contradictory 2025 means for 2026

2026 must deliver greater coherence, alignment, and hopefully a few more trophies. However, this may require fundamental shifts in thinking and more difficult personnel decisions.

Brett Igoe
3rd Jan, 2026 - 6 min read

Siobhán Brett: Autopens, red caps and the long shadow of Trump

Even as protests grow and allies defect, Donald Trump remains surrounded by loyalty, kitsch and ritual displays of power. Watching from Florida — and thinking of Ireland — it’s hard not to wonder whether MAGA is a movement on the march, or one circling its own excesses.
Siobhán Brett
3rd Jan, 2026 - 5 min read

Joe Gill: Commercial aviation soars again – and Ireland must keep pace

Three years after Covid grounded global aviation, airlines are flying higher than ever. For Ireland, that recovery brings both opportunity and urgent policy choices.
Joe Gill
2nd Jan, 2026 - 4 min read

Ireland endures through community, but we should never take it for granted

How the country deals with the change in our society will be as critical as how it manages its infrastructural challenges. Doing nothing, once again, is not an option, even if it sometimes seems like the default one.
Dion Fanning
1st Jan, 2026 - 7 min read

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