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Magnier representative named in plan to redevelop Stephen’s Green Shopping Centre

A key advisor for the Magnier family’s Swiss office is now listed as a director of the company which owns the shopping centre. The Currency previously revealed JP McManus has an interest in the iconic property.
N. Sargent and T. Hubert
19th Dec, 2025 - 3 min read

Legislation for the banks’ shared fraud database remains elusive

Banking and Payments Federation Ireland has continued to lobby for the “essential” database but its legislative underpinnings are still on the desks of the Department of Justice.
Jonathan Keane
19th Dec, 2025 - 3 min read

The CEO of Unio is leaving the wealth manager and the search for his successor now begins

Unio is now the number three wealth management business in Ireland overseeing assets of over €14bn. Its chief executive has just announced he is leaving.

Tom Lyons
18th Dec, 2025 - 1 min read

Pedigree cattle herd owner “refused leave” to sue IBRC, ending 15-year legal row

A High Court judgement has described the procedural history of the case which relates to an Irish Nationwide loan given in 1990 as “extraordinary as it is unacceptable.” An attempt to join KPMG to the case was also refused.

Tom Lyons
18th Dec, 2025 - 6 min read

In the loop: Driving up school bus prices through collusion and bid rigging

School bus operators in Co Tipperary have been convicted of colluding on tender bids nearly a decade ago in the first trial of its kind before the Central Criminal Court. They will be sentenced for cartel offences next March.
Francesca Comyn
18th Dec, 2025 - 8 min read

From childhood playground to redevelopment: The Larkins bet big on Phibsborough

Rick Larkin is leading an ambitious plan to remake Phibsborough Shopping Centre. He reflects on the Twinlite story, the stalled history of the site, and why building homes in Ireland “no longer works.”
Tom Lyons
18th Dec, 2025 - 16 min read
Coolmore

Coolmore company gets planning for housing development near Clonmel

Melclon Unlimited has secured planning approval for a 96-home development despite significant local opposition from residents in an adjoining housing estate over traffic, privacy, and other concerns.
Niall Sargent
18th Dec, 2025 - 2 min read

Dublin City Council will relocate from Wood Quay to Camden Yard if its bid is successful

The local authority's bid would come with plans to redevelop its existing head office. It is a big move by the local authority for a prime site.

Tom Lyons
17th Dec, 2025 - 3 min read

“Pep just came up to me and said, ‘Why is he not in training?’”

Dion Fanning
13th Dec, 2025

Donough Holohan is Director of Performance at the French football club St-Etienne. But he spent 13 years at Manchester City, most recently as Head of Physical Performance. He talks to Dion Fanning about the challenges of working for Pep Guardiola, why he is sometimes a salesman and his dream to work in Ireland.

Top Voices

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

Willie O’Reilly: Everyone has their own podcast now, but where are the figures?

For a few hundred euro, you can get your voice on air and some podcasters make a decent living. But when it comes to audience figures and commercial returns, there is mostly silence.
Willie O'Reilly
17th Dec, 2025 - 4 min read

Peter Kinsella: The clock is ticking on European industry

China’s massive internal devaluation and rising overcapacity are colliding with Europe’s high costs and exchange rate. If things continue as they are, Europe’s deindustrialisation could happen much sooner than we realise.
Peter Kinsella
16th Dec, 2025 - 5 min read

Remembering Hugh Wallace

Hugh Wallace was unashamedly passionate about making people’s homes better, and his loss is felt deeply in both his profession and on television.
Tom Lyons
15th Dec, 2025 - 2 min read

Paul McArdle: Why job titles matter

There are costs to getting job titles wrong. If you are recruiting a finance controller, don’t advertise for a CFO or a “doctor no” – or else, face the consequences.
Paul McArdle
15th Dec, 2025 - 6 min read

What business can really learn from Andy Farrell, the authentic leader who thrives on pressure

Forget the clichés. Ireland’s head coach speaks frankly about culture, trust and adapting to a new generation — offering a leadership playbook rooted in lived experience, not corporate jargon.

Alan English
14th Dec, 2025 - 8 min read

“The more I do this, the less sure I am where the thresholds of human performance lie”

Donough Holohan from Dublin spent 13 years at Manchester City helping to create an elite sporting environment. He has taken on a new challenge but he reflects on Pep Guardiola, Erling Haaland and why data has its limits.
Dion Fanning
13th Dec, 2025 - 5 min read

Dan O’Brien: Why the US security strategy is reassuring for Ireland

Beyond the culture-war rhetoric, the Trump administration's positioning is positive for Irish energy supply and ineffectual on EU politics – but worrying on defence.
Dan O'Brien
12th Dec, 2025 - 6 min read

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