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The president’s budget: How Ireland’s tax-and-spend record compares to its EU neighbours’

The Government faces another health overrun and promises income tax cuts in the budget. But where do these numbers rank among European peers’ for each man, woman, and child?
Thomas Hubert
6th Oct, 2026 - 5 min read

European airlines line up against the Irish Aviation Authority, and Ryanair

European airlines including KLM, Air France, and Lufthansa have gone to the High Court claiming Ryanair is in breach of EU ownership rules, and that the Irish watchdog has done nothing about it.
Francesca Comyn
5th Oct, 2026 - 3 min read

How to keep your estate plan from tearing your family apart

It’s often the stuff you haven’t even thought of that can create the biggest divisions, writes Jonathan I. Shenkman, The Wall Street Journal.
The Wall Street Journal.
5th Oct, 2026 - 3 min read

The $100m dispute hanging over Ireland’s exit from an outdated energy treaty

Ireland is preparing to defend a large-scale investment row taken by oil and gas firm Lansdowne Resources under an international treaty that Ireland and others have opted to leave.
Jonathan Keane
5th Oct, 2026 - 4 min read

The 38-year-old captain who fought off cockpit attack on FlyDubai flight

Smit Machchhar is hailed for his heroism after being stabbed on Flight 1073, write Krishna Pokharel and Aakash Hassan, The Wall Street Journal.
The Wall Street Journal.
4th Oct, 2026 - 4 min read

Seven years after Delaney, the FAI’s flag is still planted in shifting sands

The last two weeks have taken quite a toll on Ireland's young footballers, with another challenge still to come. Meanwhile, mixed messaging from senior FAI people hasn't helped in a difficult environment.

Kieran Cunningham
3rd Oct, 2026 - 8 min read

“Some elements of Sinn Féin grassroots did become radicalised to an extent by the far right”

Siobhán Fenton's years working with Sinn Féin were eventful and saw a fracturing of the alliance of voters the party hoped would take them to power.
Dion Fanning
3rd Oct, 2026 - 6 min read

The visionary director who convinced Tom Cruise to take on his weirdest role yet

Alejandro González Iñárritu cast the Hollywood star as a bombastic Texas oil baron in ‘Digger,’ bringing the actor back to art-house cinema after almost two decades focused largely on action blockbusters, writes Esther Zukerman, The Wall Street Journal.
The Wall Street Journal.
3rd Oct, 2026 - 3 min read

“There definitely was a sense of doublethink among some voters around the issue of the housing crisis, which didn’t become apparent until Mary Lou had given that exact figure of €300,000”

Dion Fanning
3rd Oct, 2026

Siobhán Fenton went to work for Sinn Féin hoping to make a difference when they achieved power in the south. Instead, from 2020 to 2024, the party moved further from power. She talks to Dion Fanning about how and why it all went wrong.

Top Voices

The energy transition is back – but who gets priority? Rewinding the week that was

The Taoiseach's interest in indigenous, renewable gas as an alternative to imported fossil fuels is real. But his interest in powering Intel's latest multi-billion-euro investment yielded more funding, faster.
Thomas Hubert
4th Oct, 2026 - 5 min read

Anne Harris: The two Charleses and the ghost of Diana 

Charles Spencer’s Swan Song has reopened the bitter divisions between Diana’s family and the Windsors, raising fresh questions about what happened after her death – and whether the British royals learn anything.

Anne Harris
3rd Oct, 2026 - 7 min read

Dan O’Brien: The Government has spent years raising the tax burden. Now it should start cutting it

The public is paying more tax, the state is spending more money and businesses are increasingly frustrated. Budget 2027 should be about broadening the tax base and lowering rates.
Dan O'Brien
2nd Oct, 2026 - 5 min read

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

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