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The remarkable life of Mick McCarthy, the Barnsley bruiser still talking a good game

The former Ireland soccer manager is seemingly unimpressed with the portrayal of him in the upcoming movie Saipan, but there's still a big audience for his plain-talking views – these days via a hit podcast.
Kieran Cunningham
24th Dec, 2025 - 8 min read

Behind the €40m IDA deal: Mediaworks and the business of promoting Ireland

IDA Ireland sought contracts for media monitoring, creative advertising, graphic design and PR in service of attracting FDI from foreign markets, in particular the USA, Canada, UK, Germany, Japan, China, and South Korea.
Alice Chambers
24th Dec, 2025 - 3 min read

Breaking News: The full three-part series on boom and bust in Ireland’s local newspaper industry

Frenzied auctions for regional titles made millionaires out of many and put most of the buyers on the road to bankruptcy. A major three-part series is now republished as an updated long read.
Alan English
23rd Dec, 2025 - 65 min read

Budget changes, buyouts and a growing war chest: Inside Total Dental’s growth plan

The dental group, backed by London investor Lonsdale Capital, has secured debt funding from DunPort Capital to fund further growth. CEO Steven Lynch outlines the group's plans for 2026 and why the budget brought deals to a halt.
Michael Cogley
23rd Dec, 2025 - 6 min read

A salmon giant and an expired licence: The Kerry fish farm set for the High Court

A nature NGO wants the court to quash the Aquaculture Licences Appeals Board's decision to reverse a ministerial order that stripped a Mowi-subsidiary farm of its right to operate for overharvesting in 2016.
Niall Sargent
23rd Dec, 2025 - 4 min read

A €99 million question: Who will deliver Housing First in Dublin for the next decade?

The State’s previously underfunded flagship homeless programme contributed to financial woes at the Peter McVerry Trust. A new procurement approach aims to stabilise its provision.
A. Chambers and T. Hubert
22nd Dec, 2025 - 4 min read

Planning refused for Eamon Waters’ hostel plans on Camden Street

Dublin City Council found the proposed tourist hostel in a protected building would set an undesirable precedent for similar development in the historic area, as well as devalue property in the vicinity.
Niall Sargent
22nd Dec, 2025 - 3 min read

“We want to be the Coca Cola of the music industry”

John Corley, CEO and co-founder of Spanish Point Technologies, discusses leveraging organic growth in software services to build the market leader in music-rights tech globally.
Alice Chambers
22nd Dec, 2025 - 10 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

Ronan Lyons: Housing, health and the long view

Long before antibiotics or mass vaccination, better homes saved lives. New evidence from Ireland’s labourers’ cottages shows how improving light, air, and space quietly reshaped public health – and why housing quality still matters far beyond shelter.
Ronan Lyons
24th Dec, 2025 - 7 min read
Thomas Hubert

Thomas Hubert: Hiding directors’ addresses will only help bad actors and multiply cases of mistaken identity

There are countless examples where a company officer’s published home address was instrumental in identifying the right person in business or legal dealings. Any restrictions should come with solid alternatives.

Thomas Hubert
23rd Dec, 2025 - 4 min read

John Looby: The big lesson of 2025? In Taco we trust

2025 was one of those years when investors learned very quickly what mattered — and what didn’t. There was a lot of noise from the White House, a lot of market drama, and one surprisingly reliable pattern underneath it all.
John Looby
22nd Dec, 2025 - 3 min read

Why multinationals keep betting on Ireland: Rewinding the week that was

With all the talk of Trump, trade and tariffs, it is easy to forget just how attractive Ireland is for foreign direct investment.
Ian Kehoe
21st Dec, 2025 - 5 min read

From Wood Quay to Camden Yard: A chance to fix old mistakes

The possible relocation of Dublin City Council to Camden Yard is controversial, but it could also unlock greener offices, new housing and a long-overdue rethink of Wood Quay.
Tom Lyons
20th Dec, 2025 - 3 min read

Siobhán Brett: A primal scream from the White House

We know all too well, now, that Trump loves winning. He doesn’t feel the same way about losing, though, and he’s ending 2025 on a losing streak.
Siobhán Brett
20th Dec, 2025 - 5 min read

Dan O’Brien: Looking back on the 10 things to watch in 2025

From Irish politics to trends in tax and trend and geopolitical shifts, this year has brought good and bad news to those looking for economic stability.
Dan O'Brien
19th Dec, 2025 - 6 min read

Colm McCarthy: Delivery, delivery, delivery — and then what?

From the Bertiebowl to deferred motorways, crises have taught the same lesson repeatedly: when budgets tighten, capital is cut first — and when money flows again, oversight is quietly abandoned.

Colm McCarthy
18th Dec, 2025 - 6 min read

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