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How the ‘Moneyball’ Oakland A’s reinvented baseball and beyond

The team showed the sport—and plenty of other businesses—a new way to build a successful team, writes Jared Diamond The Wall Street Journal.
The Wall Street Journal.
18th Apr, 2026 - 5 min read

I’ve spent 30 nights in hotels already this year. Here’s my wish list

Our columnist sounds off on ways hotels can up their game on everything from room lighting to oversize towels, writes Dawn Gilbertson, The Wall Street Journal.
The Wall Street Journal.
18th Apr, 2026 - 4 min read

East Coast Bakehouse to be sold to Danish manufacturer

Bisca is a market leader in the Danish bakery sector. It will take over a factory in Drogheda with the capacity to produce 10,000 tonnes of biscuits per year.
Alice Chambers
17th Apr, 2026 - 2 min read

High Court President finds “significant and serious errors” in Central Bank regulatory probe 

In a nearly 200-page redacted judgment, High Court President David Barniville found it "unfathomable" a fund director was deprived of fair procedures including an oral hearing in the face of career-destroying allegations disputing his “credibility, truthfulness and honesty”.
Francesca Comyn
17th Apr, 2026 - 4 min read

From father to son: How Laydex was built, sold, and plans to grow

Laydex, a family-owned building solutions company, has just been acquired by a Swedish multinational. Its MD, Peter Woods, talks about the company’s origins, surviving numerous challenges, and how it plans to grow by acquisition and organically.

Tom Lyons
17th Apr, 2026 - 8 min read

€3.1m spent on deportation flights for 367 non-nationals in 2025

Documents sent to the Public Accounts Committee by justice and homeless services officials also point to a growing trend in families entering homelessness after leaving the international protection system.
Niall Sargent
16th Apr, 2026 - 4 min read

A private equity billionaire mounts his biggest takeover yet: the Pentagon

Stephen Feinberg is trying to win congressional approval of the largest defense budget ever while browbeating contractors to speed production, write Drew FitzGerald, Lara Seligman, and Marcus Weisgerber, The Wall Street Journal.
The Wall Street Journal.
16th Apr, 2026 - 9 min read

LIV Golf facing imminent closure as Saudi backers weigh pulling funding

Saudi Arabia’s sovereign-wealth fund is on the verge of pulling funding for the upstart league that lured star golfers away from the PGA Tour and divided the sport, writes Andrew Beaton, The Wall Street Journal.
The Wall Street Journal.
16th Apr, 2026 - 3 min read

“The far-right nationalist populists know what they want. They want states built on bloodlines, on ethno-nationalism, on social conservatism, on grievance and on cheap bribes to important voters. What we don’t know is what we want for liberal democracy.”

Dion Fanning
18th Apr, 2026

Ireland has encountered a period which seems pivotal in terms of the direction of the country. Meanwhile Hungary is rejecting Orban. John Kampfner talks to Dion Fanning about how to counter populism and why liberal democracy is doomed unless it gets radical.

Top Voices

Dan O’Brien: When an out-of-touch Government meets a public at boiling point

Something seems to have changed in the past ten days. If it brings more scrutiny to how successive governments have continued to unthinkingly throw taxpayers’ money at problems, it will be for the best.
Dan O'Brien
17th Apr, 2026 - 4 min read

Room service – part 3: A thousand welcomes meets market forces

Ireland’s international reputation for hospitality will be closely watched as more institutional capital enters the hotel market – perhaps no more so than when the Ryder Cup arrives in Adare next year.

Michael Cogley
17th Apr, 2026 - 4 min read

The illusion of a new market entrant: PTSB’s new owner is already very familiar with Ireland

Over 15 years on from its €4bn bailout, PTSB is set to leave State control. Its new owner Bawag, Austria's fourth-largest bank, will already be well versed with the Irish market.
T. Hubert and M. Cogley
16th Apr, 2026 - 8 min read

John Looby: The challenge of managing a pension pot  

Can long-term investing look beyond the 60/40 allocation between stocks and bonds and the four per cent rule governing drawdowns on retirement?
John Looby
15th Apr, 2026 - 4 min read

The State has, in effect, been held to ransom – and in choosing to pay, it has set a dangerous precedent

This is a case of the State using the country’s balance sheet to insulate domestic businesses from international shocks — using international money. This model, as we know, is unsustainable.

Ian Kehoe
14th Apr, 2026 - 3 min read

How to navigate a transformed executive recruitment market

Senior executives tend to sell their experience to employers and blame ageism when it doesn’t work out. It’s time to turn this approach on its head, according to Loren Greiff, who switched from recruiting to advising candidates.
Paul McArdle
13th Apr, 2026 - 4 min read

The stubborn bet that built a €375m company: Rewinding the week that was

When Fergal Broder refused to shut down LotusWorks in its darkest days, it looked like defiance. Decades later, that decision has culminated in a major deal – one that highlights the growing global demand for Irish engineering firms.

Ian Kehoe
12th Apr, 2026 - 5 min read

The push notifications – ceasefire on, ceasefire off, strait open, strait closed – carry on in their tug of war

I was in New York City for much of this past week, where the news cycle follows you into the subway and into the back of the yellow cab and generally is much harder to avoid than in other parts of the world.
Siobhán Brett
12th Apr, 2026 - 5 min read

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