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How Harley-Davidson, an American icon, became a tariff punching bag

U.S. motorcycle maker’s politically sensitive profile keeps it on tariff payback list, writes John Keilman, The Wall Street Journal.
The Wall Street Journal.
22nd Sep, 2026 - 3 min read

Investment firm Broadlake’s new foundation is teaming up with FoodCloud

Broadlake has invested in everything from healthcare to soap companies, but it now wants to help social enterprises grow. The investment firm plans to commit €1m a year to Irish charities, alongside providing 2,000 hours of its expertise and services.
Tom Lyons
22nd Sep, 2026 - 5 min read

Trump ramps up bid to dismantle International Criminal Court

Administration prepares sweeping sanctions that would cut the court off from much of the global financial system, writes Matthew Dalton and Alexander Ward, The Wall Street Journal.
The Wall Street Journal.
21st Sep, 2026 - 3 min read

How AI is reshaping election campaigns in Israel

Lawmakers are hiring AI advisers, working to influence chatbot results and churning out AI-generated ads faster than regulators can keep up, writes Anat Peled, The Wall Street Journal.
The Wall Street Journal.
21st Sep, 2026 - 5 min read

$473m and an intractable state: Inside Smurfit’s years-long battle with Venezuela

Stripped of its assets by Chávez and Maduro, packaging giant Smurfit has spent years hunting down hundreds of millions in compensation. Then Trump came along.
Jonathan Keane
21st Sep, 2026 - 23 min read

“When we post events for ages 23-32, they sell out immediately”:  The Irish start-up acting as an antidote to Tinder

Catering to singles in their mid-20s to mid-60s, Your Friend My Friend is tackling the loneliness epidemic with good old-fashioned in-person events. And they’re selling out.
Kate Demolder
21st Sep, 2026 - 6 min read

The wedding guests’ guide to saying no

Flights and hotels are now customary expenses, in addition to gifts. But invitations aren’t obligations, writes Perri Ormont Blumberg, The Wall Street Journal.
The Wall Street Journal.
20th Sep, 2026 - 3 min read

Mick Mackey, Christy Ring, and the making of hurling’s first golden age 

People would cycle from the remotest parts of Munster to watch the two greatest hurlers of their era take to a playing field. In an extract from his new book, Arthur James O'Dea explains how Mackey's Limerick shaped the first hurling boom.
Arthur James O'Dea
19th Sep, 2026 - 10 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

Europe can regulate mad and bad AI. Now we must build the ability to make it safe

The Government will host the International AI Summit in October. We should seize this opportunity to create a practical and safer vision for AI that serves the people of Europe, our businesses, and public institutions.
Sean Blanchfield
21st Sep, 2026 - 5 min read

Can Metrolink change the State’s spending culture?

Jack Chambers is getting bored of just spending money and more excited at increasing the return he can get from it. Beyond the €17bn metro test, transferring early capital successes into current expenditure will be the bigger challenge.
Thomas Hubert
20th Sep, 2026 - 6 min read

The game-time conundrum: How to fix Irish rugby’s production problem

Leinster are still sore about losing Joey Carbery to Munster eight years ago, but behind that individual story is a wider and ongoing issue about talent circulation – and the lack of it.

Brett Igoe
19th Sep, 2026 - 6 min read

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

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