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XS Direct claims for insurance algorithm breach

Before receivers were appointed in 2022, XS Direct sold motor insurance in the British and Irish markets. Since then, the group claims its intellectual property has been used in the UK, as it moves to enforce a disputed contract.
Francesca Comyn
7th Jul, 2025 - 3 min read

The “disordered underbelly of financial services”: US plaintiff seeks to freeze €1bn in Dublin over porn class action

An anonymous American woman has taken a case in the Irish High Court against 12 companies connected to PornHub.

Alice Chambers
7th Jul, 2025 - 2 min read

Data watchdog to contact Arts Council about GDPR concern with grant forms

A senior manager raised concerns in February about how sensitive personal details in applications forms for a 2025 bursary were handled internally. The agency says the issue was examined and resolved.
Niall Sargent
7th Jul, 2025 - 2 min read

“It would be great to kick-start a working relationship”: Tesla dials up lobbying in Ireland

Tesla has rarely been a lobbying force in Ireland. That changed recently with new personnel chasing the ear of Government on charging infrastructure and self-driving tech.
Jonathan Keane
7th Jul, 2025 - 4 min read

Battle beyond the till: The race to be the payment provider of choice for SMEs

SumUp and Square have amassed significant market share in Ireland but their Irish businesses are rapidly evolving beyond just accepting payments, according to their CEOs.
Jonathan Keane
7th Jul, 2025 - 6 min read

The Farrell factor: Why Owen’s call-up to the Lions is about leadership, not nepotism

Yesterday’s unconvincing 11-point win over the Waratahs on Saturday perhaps showed exactly why the coaching group felt the need for Owen Farrell. The Currency’s coverage of the British & Irish Lions is supported by Bespoke Estate Agents.

Brett Igoe
6th Jul, 2025 - 5 min read

Coming up for air: The eerie contribution from George Orwell to understanding the present

Eighty years after the publication of his breakthrough novel Animal Farm, the writer’s dissection of the drift towards authoritarianism remains as relevant as ever – despite deep personal contradictions.
Fergal Lenehan
5th Jul, 2025 - 9 min read

Tribalism, Brexit, and nightmare scenarios: Why a united Ireland must get all stakeholders on side

The Irish Question, a new documentary from John Walsh and Alan Gilsenan, outlines the need to start talking about a united Ireland seriously. It acts as a warning against those who believe reunification is merely an inevitability, says Walsh.
Michael Cogley
5th Jul, 2025 - 10 min read

“The Sinn Fein leadership had this notion that all of the problems were to do with British guile: once Britain leaves the Ulster Unionists will happily come into United Ireland, which was completely removed from the truth.”

Dion Fanning
28th Jun, 2025

istorian Cormac Moore’s new book looks at the failure of the Boundary Commission one hundred years on. He talks to Dion Fanning about the mistakes made by the Treaty negotiators, their failure to understand unionism and the errors of Eoin MacNeill.

Top Voices

Flight plan for growth: Part three – Strategically expand aviation MRO capability on the island of Ireland

In 2023, the maintenance, repair and overhaul market globally was valued at $25 billion and is growing at a compound annual growth rate of three to five per cent. Here is a plan for how Ireland can boost its presence in this area.
Joe Gill
8th Jul, 2025 - 3 min read

Paul McArdle: How to navigate the culture map of your business

The power of your communication is not necessarily what you say, it is what your colleague hears. In a multicultural business, this gap can widen.
Paul McArdle
7th Jul, 2025 - 5 min read

Multinational tax news looks too good to be true – yet it is: Rewinding the week that was

US firms show no sign of retreating from Ireland as Washington makes the temporary tax advantages introduced by Trump in 2017 permanent. Corporation tax is now set for another record year.
Thomas Hubert
6th Jul, 2025 - 5 min read

Dion Fanning: Kneecap, the BBC and the battle over who gets to speak

The backlash against Glastonbury performers Bob Vylan and Kneecap has reignited old battles over media bias, public speech, and the BBC’s uneasy role in navigating culture, politics and power.

Dion Fanning
5th Jul, 2025 - 6 min read

Ian Kehoe: Examinership, Scarp, and restructuring in an uncertain world

Powerscourt Distillery may yet pull through, as might Fade Street Social and Captain Americas, but they’re now part of a growing cohort navigating the path between collapse and survival.

Ian Kehoe
4th Jul, 2025 - 4 min read

Byron Fry: Ireland’s Cern membership must turn scientific collaboration into economic growth

Cern membership should not be seen as a final milestone but rather as a launchpad to help deliver long-term economic advantage. Existing members have already shown the way.
Byron Fry
3rd Jul, 2025 - 5 min read

Flight plan for growth: Part two – Quadrupling the number of trained commercial pilots in Ireland

Ireland could become a European hub for commercial pilot training — but only with bold policy action. A proposed €40 million state-backed loan fund would open aviation careers to hundreds, while revitalising regional airports.

Joe Gill
1st Jul, 2025 - 4 min read

“Elbows up”: How Ireland can harness Canada’s newfound enthusiasm

With a mutual interest in circumventing US tariffs, Ireland and Canada are getting closer, an Irish trade mission to Toronto found – but a Trump-triggered recession could yet scupper efforts to boost business between the two.
Paul McArdle
30th Jun, 2025 - 5 min read

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