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It’s getting harder to return things—and it’s making shoppers mad

Online shoppers who try to send back their purchases are discovering surprise fees, shorter return windows and delayed refunds, writes Esther Fung, The Wall Street Journal.
The Wall Street Journal.
9th Sep, 2026 - 4 min read

LIV Golf files for bankruptcy—and owes top golfers millions

The league lost its Saudi backers earlier this year and star players now stand as LIV’s biggest creditors, write Andrew Beaton and Alexander Gladstone, The Wall Street Journal.
The Wall Street Journal.
9th Sep, 2026 - 3 min read

A €6m fix: Will a new budget rescue the failing Fiosrú IT project?

From the Garda ombudsman to Irish Rail’s €50 million IT blunder, taxpayers continue to foot the bill for a repeating cycle of state-sponsored technology disasters. Will this project buck the trend?
Niall Sargent
9th Sep, 2026 - 4 min read

The trillion-dollar bright spot in China’s economy: Tourism

Tens of millions of foreigners visit each year and domestic travel is rising, but some visitors are tightfisted, writes Hannah Miao, The Wall Street Journal.
The Wall Street Journal.
8th Sep, 2026 - 3 min read

From Downpatrick to Dentons: How Garrett Hayes became a dealmaker

Garrett Hayes has advised the family office of French billionaire Xavier Niel and worked on telecoms and private-equity deals. The son of the late Senator Maurice Hayes tells the story of how his career brought him back to Dublin as a partner at Dentons.

Tom Lyons
8th Sep, 2026 - 12 min read

Suspected fraud and legal settlements: Inside Greyhound Racing Ireland’s latest accounts

The commercial semi-state has appointed an independent third-party to investigate cases that led to a loss of €60,000 at three racecourses. It also made two legal settlements worth over €830,000 in 2025.
Niall Sargent
8th Sep, 2026 - 3 min read

The poker player, the billionaire aunt and a $5 billion real-estate war

Four decades of bad blood and a family that simply can’t stop fighting lie beneath some of Manhattan’s most iconic buildings, writes Corinne Ramey, The Wall Street Journal.
The Wall Street Journal.
7th Sep, 2026 - 12 min read

Sorghum beer, tax checks at gunpoint, and “amazing weather”: Inside Kenya’s Irish-owned craft brewery

“There's probably a degree of adventure to be had that isn't really the same back home,” Eoin Flinn tells Hannah McCarthy in Nairobi.
Hannah McCarthy
7th Sep, 2026 - 7 min read

“For years now, we’ve been debating the idea of whether they’re a shared part of our heritage, and if so, how do we actually protect them?”

Dion Fanning
29th Aug, 2026

Mark Zuckerberg’s purchase of Strancally Castle in Waterford made international headlines. But what does it tell us about the world we live in today when a Big Tech overlord purchases a castle? Is this simply a retelling of the days before independence when the community was dependent on the Big House for their livelihoods? Dion Fanning talks to Professor Terence Dooley about the history of the great houses and what might link the past to Zuckerberg.

Top Voices

Ronan Lyons: When it comes to the housing crisis, it’s about people, not prices

A house price can tell us what the market is charging. It cannot tell us how many people are unable to form the household they actually want.
Ronan Lyons
8th Sep, 2026 - 6 min read

A year of little change: New regulations to keep kids safe online underwhelm

The publication of Irish non-profit CyberSafeKids' latest annual report makes for grim reading for the early efficacy of fresh efforts to protect children online.
Michael Cogley
7th Sep, 2026 - 4 min read

Budget 2027 is expanding by the hour: Rewinding the week that was

In one afternoon, the State’s coffers emerged relatively scot-free from the global bond rout and received another multi-hundred-million-euro boost from Apple. Simon Harris is already eyeing more tax cuts.
Thomas Hubert
6th Sep, 2026 - 4 min read

Hybrid war seen from Germany: It’s not all quiet on the eastern front

Explosive drones at a German airport and cyber attacks on power plants are the latest Russian-led attempts at sowing disruption in the EU – sometimes via “disposable agents” paid as a little as a few hundred euro.
Fergal Lenehan
5th Sep, 2026 - 9 min read

John Looby: We can look to Mark Carney and stand against the absurd

In his lauded Davos speech, the Canadian PM showed he has the measure of Trump. Grounded by his central banking, he knows the providers of finance are ultimately more powerful than the recipients.

John Looby
4th Sep, 2026 - 3 min read

The red mist: EU foreign ministers ignore the Israeli elephant in the room

As security forces lock down Druids Glen from the Red Scare, the EU’s toothless diplomacy on Israel leaves us exposed to the real consequences of unchecked aggression.
Niall Sargent
3rd Sep, 2026 - 5 min read

Peter Kinsella: Talk thirty to me – part deux

The trend towards higher long-end bond yields is confirmed. There are few winners in this game – apart from banks.
Peter Kinsella
2nd Sep, 2026 - 5 min read

Stockholm meets London: Ireland’s investment account could have the best of both worlds – if the final figures are right

The Department of Finance appears to have been influenced by both Sweden's ISK and the UK’s ISA in developing Ireland's new tax-incentivised accounts. But all of the critical information required to determine their worthiness remains under wraps – for now.
Michael Cogley
1st Sep, 2026 - 5 min read

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