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U.K. prime minister Burnham pitches an unapologetically socialist makeover

New leader wants to break with recent British political history, but first must win an election, writes Max Colchester, The Wall Street Journal.
The Wall Street Journal.
1st Oct, 2026 - 5 min read

Revenue, lawsuits and corporation tax: What new documents reveal about Pornhub’s Irish operation

Five Pornhub-related companies have filed another set of company accounts this year, the second in four months.

Alice Chambers
1st Oct, 2026 - 3 min read

Maurice Regan – Part 1: “The mistake John Magnier made was – he should have done his research on who I was.”

Until recently, few people outside business circles had heard of Maurice Regan. Then he wrested the historic Barne Estate from John Magnier.

Tom Lyons
1st Oct, 2026 - 9 min read
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“Resilience is not just an IT issue. Resilience is a business issue” 

PwC’s Moira Cronin and non-executive director Rachel Higham argue that companies need to think beyond business continuity and compliance, identifying the critical services, people, technology and suppliers that must keep operating when a major disruption hits.
Ian Kehoe
1st Oct, 2026 - 7 min read

Smiles Dental Group is being acquired by a British family-owned dental group

The price being paid for the 20-strong chain of dental practices is not known. But its proposed new owner is an experienced trade buyer.
Tom Lyons
30th Sep, 2026 - 1 min read

He was rejected by Goldman out of college. Now he’s poised to run the bank

John Waldron has said he didn’t do well on the firm’s financial modeling test when he applied for a job decades ago, writes Jasmine Li, The Wall Street Journal.
The Wall Street Journal.
30th Sep, 2026 - 3 min read

Coldec Group company snaps up €6m Westmoreland Street property

Mer Blanc Properties is part of a loose network of companies involved in emergency accommodation for refugees and homeless people. The city centre property comes with planning for a 38-room hotel.
Niall Sargent
30th Sep, 2026 - 2 min read

Ireland’s cervical screening lab has the equipment. Four years later, the staff are still missing

New files reveal that plans to hire new clinical experts to ensure the bulk of screening takes place in Ireland are now delayed. This leaves the State heavily reliant on a US commercial lab four years after a major €20m investment in a new Irish facility.

Niall Sargent
30th Sep, 2026 - 4 min read

When everything stops, what has to keep running?

Ian Kehoe
1st Oct, 2026

What happens when a business suddenly can’t operate as normal? It could be a cyberattack, a cloud outage, a critical supplier failing or some other major disruption. In that situation, you can’t necessarily keep everything running. So the crucial question is: what has to keep working? That is the thinking behind PwC’s Minimum Viable Company framework — identifying the smallest set of capabilities that must remain operational to keep an organisation viable through severe disruption. In this episode of The Tech Agenda, Ian Kehoe is joined by Moira Cronin, Digital Risk and Resilience Partner at PwC Ireland, and Rachel Higham, an experienced non-executive director and former FTSE 100 CIO, to talk about what genuine resilience looks like, how companies identify what is truly critical, and what boards should be asking before a crisis happens. The Tech Agenda podcast series is sponsored by PwC.

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Are there early warning signs of another tech “correction” heading into Budget week?

As multinationals trim workforces and IDA and Enterprise Ireland early warning reports increase, is a structural shift happening in plain sight? And what would it mean for our tax take and future budgets?
Niall Sargent
1st Oct, 2026 - 4 min read

“We do see risks for workers’ protection”: MEPs prepare a fight back against McGrath’s EU Inc

Commissioner Michael McGrath is championing EU Inc, a new framework to help companies scale, but MEPs have reservations about what it will mean for worker representation.
Jonathan Keane
29th Sep, 2026 - 4 min read

What the Navy, a Tipperary farm, and losing a child taught Marie Gleeson about leadership

The executive coach and former naval officer argues that leadership is about far more than rank or authority – and that people often underestimate the effect their behaviour has on those around them.
Paul McArdle
28th Sep, 2026 - 7 min read

If 12.5% is not enough, what is Ireland’s advantage? Rewinding the week that was

PwC tax policy lead Peter Reilly argues that Ireland needs to use its record corporation tax receipts to invest in the infrastructure, innovation, and tax reforms needed to compete for the next generation of investment.

Ian Kehoe
27th Sep, 2026 - 5 min read

Barry Cummins: Ireland has 51 unidentified bodies. There may be a way to name them

Current Irish laws don’t go far enough to assist gardaí and scientists in identifying unnamed people who lie in graves across the country but recent forensic breakthroughs could change this, writes Barry Cummins.
Barry Cummins
26th Sep, 2026 - 13 min read

More than a game: Has the FAI and Government failed the test on Israel?

From the Government's bold move in 1999 to halt a Euro qualifier against Yugoslavia to today’s position to go ahead and play Israel, has Ireland traded moral leadership for a fixture behind closed doors?
Niall Sargent
25th Sep, 2026 - 8 min read

The world economy is holding up. France is where the trouble may start 

Ireland has emerged from another global economic shock in relatively good shape, with its relationship with the US looking secure and the energy hit proving manageable. But France could become the big economic risk of 2027.
Dan O'Brien
25th Sep, 2026 - 5 min read

Conor Brady: Garda whistleblowing allegations must be examined further

The latest allegations on RTÉ mark continued tension between An Garda Síochána’s imperatives of transparency and national security. Independent offices on protected disclosures and on security already exist to take them up.
Conor Brady
24th Sep, 2026 - 7 min read

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