Top Stories

How EY Studio+ is finding the North Star for businesses in a turbulent world

EY partner Cillian Leonowicz discusses the launch of EY Studio+ and how it’s helping companies react and strategise to deliver customer outcomes around AI and geopolitical ructions.

Could orbital data centers ruin the night sky?

Astronomers warn that megaconstellations of satellites will obstruct our view of the cosmos, writes Rebecca Cadenhead, The Wall Street Journal.

After two years of unchecked power, Trump faces a tough new reality

To accomplish anything durable in the next two years, the president will have to accept compromise and limits to his authority, write Annie Linskey, Josh Dawsey, Meridith McGraw and Eliza Collins, The Wall Street Journal.

Warring Tinakilly partners stuck as High Court judge urges progress

“Everyone is going to have to take a certain commercial view for us to get it over the line at this stage,” said Justice Eileen Roberts.

BlackBee founder in the witness box: From “scandalous” and “crazy” to the “Twilight Zone”

David O'Shea faced questions from liquidators about an €11m Blackrock bond, including a €3m loan that gave another lender priority over investors and secured rental income allegedly spent elsewhere.

Silicon Valley promises AI will cure disease. Drugmaker CEOs aren’t buying it.

No drug designed by artificial intelligence has won FDA clearance, and pharma leaders say biology is the obstacle writes Xavier Martinez, The Wall Street Journal.

A political reckoning shatters Trump’s grip on Washington

Republican midterm losses leave the president weakened during his final two years in the White House, writes Aaron Zitner, The Wall Street Journal.

“Go where you’re treated best”: The founder helping wealthy people pay less tax

Nomad Capitalist says it has relocated over 3,000 wealthy individuals. Founder Andrew Henderson discusses his “avant-garde” company, his stint in Ireland, and the ethics of helping rich people pay less.

Top Voices

Tara Shine: Is AI a friend or foe to the climate?

AI will be a powerful tool for the climate, from improving the performance of our electricity grids to understanding the planet we call home. But, without renewable energy its expansion will undo other efforts to reduce carbon pollution.

Ronan Lyons: The 2027 housing pipeline and the long shadow of the levy waiver

A series of deadlines in the past two years have caused artificial fits and starts in homebuilding. What happens next?

AI and jobs: “The human-reserved task becomes judgement and review”

Recruitment technology guru Raymond Pennie tries all the new AI tools so we don’t have to. He has a clear view of what robots will do – and what they won’t.

The families behind Ireland’s supermarket success stories: Rewinding the week that was

Behind Ireland’s familiar shopfronts are independent retailers who have built sizeable businesses, created local jobs, and often expanded into hospitality.

Spain is in mourning but an election will still take place in one month

Amid literal and metaphorical train wrecks, Spain’s choice is between continuation with the social democracy of PSOE's Pedro Sánchez and a new direction under the firm authoritarianism of Vox's Santiago Abascal, writes Joe Haslam in Madrid.

Ireland by the numbers: The data behind Farrell’s November challenge

An examination of Ireland’s rececent statistics reveal a team that defends well under pressure but struggles to create clean breaks, exploit the maul and convert possession into points. The November Tests offer a chance to respond.

The day Denis O’Brien interviewed me for a job – and other unfiltered encounters

With his private jet waiting, he said he wanted business covered differently when hiring me at Newstalk. Twenty years and much turbulence later, DOB remains a unique kind of operator.

Dan O’Brien: How do Irish incomes compare?

In just 20 years, Ireland has caught up remarkably fast on its neighbours while avoiding the rise of income inequality, especially between generations. While policy issues exist for the future, they are less acute than elsewhere in Europe.