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Beyond enterprise: Why Layke AI is backing Ireland’s overlooked SME AI market

Rob Magee and tech executive Paul Condon, the founders of Layke AI, say the next wave of AI adoption will come not from the country's largest corporations but from mid-sized businesses seeking faster, better-informed decision-making.

The investors with a new way to win in Silicon Valley

How venture-capital firms are rewriting the rules in a once-in-a-lifetime IPO boom. By Kate Clark and Gregory Zuckerman, The Wall Street Journal.

Inside the Toulouse winning machine – by the Irish performance director at the heart of it

Allan Ryan started as a strength and conditioning coach at Terenure College and worked his way up to France's most successful club.

Founder of DCC has described an improved proposed offer for the business as “opaque” 

Jim Flavin, a 3.22 per cent shareholder in DCC, also said he welcomed Marathon Asset Management becoming the fifth significant shareholder to push for a higher price.

The inside story of IBM’s shocking profit warning

Big Blue bet on transparency and paid a steep price. Can its CEO win back investors? By Emily Glazer, Anissa Gardizy and Lauren ThomasThe Wall Street Journal.

Israeli settlers and UAE scandals: Helen McEntee’s tricky trade deal workload

Foreign affairs and trade minister Helen McEntee faced questions from MEPs this week about the EU’s controversial trading partners, setting up challenging sets of talks ahead.

Java Republic owner has a taste for McCabe’s specialty coffee

Spanish coffee group Cafento, the owner of Java Republic, said it was on the acquisition trail last year. It has just bought a well-known Wicklow business.

A new chapter beckons for renowned literary pub McDaid’s

Brendan Behan, Patrick Kavanagh, and James Joyce all drank in McDaid's Pub on Harry Street, Dublin 2. The pub has rarely changed hands but now it looks set to be sold to a well-known publican family.

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Dion Fanning: England’s difficulty is Ireland’s difficulty too

England’s defeat has led to an outbreak of soul-searching in the country but while many here look on amused, we are plagued with the same problems in our sporting culture.

From Soldier Field to Eden Park: The numbers behind Ireland’s most revealing season 

Ireland's season has exposed cracks in depth, cohesion and succession planning, but Andy Farrell's side arrives at Eden Park with one final chance to prove those problems are fixable rather than fundamental.

Dan O’Brien: Having children has gone out of fashion – with profound economic implications

Like most nations', Ireland's fertility trend points to a reversal of population growth in the coming decades. This doesn't necessarily mean prosperity will suffer, but it all depends on difficult decisions.

Anne Harris: The man who saved Labour – and was never forgiven

Keir Starmer transformed a party broken by electoral defeat and antisemitism, but that extraordinary achievement ultimately counted for so little – largely because the British media never liked him.

John Looby: We need to talk a little bit more about money

Debtors now trump creditors. This is the price of democracy. And to help avoid paying too high a price, I think it’s helpful to talk a little bit more about it.

Jonathan Keane: The digital euro finally starts to take shape

The Central Bank of Ireland will take part in the ECB’s pilot programme for the digital currency while the Irish-led presidency is kicking off negotiations for the legislation underpinning it.

Affordable by name, not by design: Ireland’s cost-rental model is built to fail outside Dublin

Cost-rental should be anchored to the cost of providing homes, not an arbitrary discount from market rents. Until that changes, Ireland's flagship social-rental model will work only where market rents are high enough to make the numbers add up.

How to fill the €100m funding-round gap

Europe is building world-class technology companies: A new €5bn EU fund will help them scale – and do so from home, write European Commissioner Ekaterina Zaharieva and investor Kasim Kutay.