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Mark Goodman refinances pubs in first solo debt raise

The former beef executive, who went on his own five years ago, had so far invested his own money in food and hospitality businesses.
Thomas Hubert
25th Apr, 2025 - 2 min read

A modern Colosseum battle: Irish firm to appeal Italian fine over ticketing bots

Irish tour operator City Wonders was slapped with a €1.4m fine as part of a sweeping Italian probe into ticket hoarding at the famous Roman landmark.
Jonathan Keane
25th Apr, 2025 - 3 min read

From hype to hard truths: PwC’s David Lee on making Agentic AI work

As organisations scramble to harness AI, David Lee, Chief Technology Officer at PwC Ireland, urges caution and clarity. In a wide-ranging interview, he outlines how Agentic AI could transform workflows—but only for those willing to rethink governance, upskilling, and risk.
Ian Kehoe
25th Apr, 2025 - 6 min read

CNN appeals pre-trial ruling in Declan Ganley defamation suit

CNN is seeking to pause the Irish proceedings and have the matter tried in the United States. The defamation suit relates to a story alleging the Trump White House influenced the awarding of a lease of mid-band spectrum to “Rivada”.
Francesca Comyn
24th Apr, 2025 - 3 min read

Beyond the final whistle: Niall Woods and Marty Moore on navigating life after pro sport

The transition away from professional sports is rarely smooth. Former rugby players Niall Woods and Marty Moore share their experiences of injury, financial uncertainty, and identity shifts — and how athletes can prepare for what comes next.
Ian Kehoe
24th Apr, 2025 - 6 min read

West Cork Distillers file legal challenge over decision to quash planning for vital storage warehouses

An Bord Pleanála overturned a grant of permission from Cork County Council, going against the findings of its own planner. The warehouses are vital to plans to expand its maturation storage capacity as its business grows.

Niall Sargent
24th Apr, 2025 - 3 min read

Arts Council redacted critical details of growing IT project issues in public documents

Unredacted board minutes released under freedom of information show details of delays, budget overruns, board unease, and a dispute with contractors were all blacked out in public versions released since 2021.
Niall Sargent
23rd Apr, 2025 - 6 min read

Unfazed by tariffs, Oracle lines up $15bn Irish capital distribution

The US-based IT giant is realising the second half of the value onshored to Ireland in 2020 – without rowing back on its profitable Dublin-based green jersey structure.
Thomas Hubert
23rd Apr, 2025 - 3 min read

“Anybody who wanted to push Pope Francis into one category over the other often met with a lot of resistance from him”

Dion Fanning
26th Apr, 2025

One the day of the pope’s funeral, Fr Ricardo Da Silva, host of the Preach podcast talks to Dion Fanning about the legacy of the pope and why ambiguity was a deliberate course of action.

Top Voices

Facing down the costly “monster” of litigation discovery

While hundreds of thousands of euros in legal fees are obviously in the financial interests of lawyers, Justice Michael Twomey noted — that means the person suffering because of the enormous cost of discovery is the citizen who has to pay the huge fees involved.
Francesca Comyn
24th Apr, 2025 - 4 min read

DCC’s healthcare deal does what it had promised. Why did its share price fall?

By focusing on energy, the diversified group aims to become more attractive to stock investors. But doing deals against the promise of shareholder returns in the current climate is a high-risk game.
Thomas Hubert
23rd Apr, 2025 - 4 min read

Rethinking rent: What 50 countries can teach Ireland about rent controls

Ireland is among the world’s most tightly regulated rental markets. As it reviews its rent control regime, international lessons detail that without reform, efforts to protect tenants may end up worsening the housing crisis.
Ronan Lyons
22nd Apr, 2025 - 9 min read

An authoritarian pocketful: The growing gap between digital platforms and EU values, and how to address it

As X leads the charge towards techno-fascism, European internet users remain dependent on US online giants. Where are the alternatives?
Fergal Lenehan
21st Apr, 2025 - 9 min read

How to live up to Mullins and O’Connor’s legacy? Rewinding the week that was

John Mullins, like Eddie O’Connor, was an energy pioneer who passed away before his contribution was complete. There are clear signs that their vision was understood, but was their taste for action?
Thomas Hubert
20th Apr, 2025 - 6 min read

Siobhán Brett: Constant Nazi references do nothing to deter disturbing US immigration policy

While the Trump administration's chaotic tariffs have attracted cross-party criticism, the "us and them" debate on US immigration shows no sign of abating despite widespread violations of American ideals.
Siobhán Brett
19th Apr, 2025 - 6 min read

Rugby’s off-field drama: the sporting soap opera that’s too wild for Netflix

From the collapse of another major club to Leinster’s signing of one of the world’s greatest players, it’s the off-pitch action that’s been making rugby’s latest big hits.
Brett Igoe
19th Apr, 2025 - 7 min read

Dreams, obsession, and imagination: Inside Rory McIlroy’s overactive mind

The façade of a champion shutting themselves off from the world doesn’t apply to the Masters’ winner. Like other greats in sporting history, victory came to him when he played on emotion.
Dion Fanning
19th Apr, 2025 - 5 min read

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