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Department of Justice sued for €4m over dropped Ipas centre plans in Donnybrook

The Department of Justice axed plans for an Ipas centre housing 41 asylum seekers on the Stillorgan Road due to its size, location, and the current level of need in the sector. The owner of the property claims it has suffered significant loss.
Francesca Comyn
8th Dec, 2025 - 2 min read

Musk, X and Ireland: “Full frontal attack” on regulator’s ability to probe social media giants

Elon Musk and US-based X Holdings Corp, along with the social media company’s Irish entity, are seeking to stop the investigation launched against them by Coimisiún na Meán in a case that challenges the limits of its power and of EU regulation.
Alice Chambers
8th Dec, 2025 - 3 min read

Four parties have expressed interest in investing in foodtech firm Senoptica

Examiner Declan de Lacy said he was optimistic about the prospects of Senoptica exiting examinership after four parties expressed an interested in investing in the company.
Tom Lyons
8th Dec, 2025 - 2 min read

After several pivots, a start-up backed by Anne Heraty has called in the liquidators

Dara & Co was started nearly two years ago by Naomh McElhatton in the area of edtech and personal development. It has appointed liquidators to wind up the company.
Jonathan Keane
8th Dec, 2025 - 1 min read

Department of Agriculture faces Revenue scrutiny of recent tax liability

The tax authority is reviewing the department's Vat and PAYE liabilities from 2021 to 2024 after raising issues during audits. A Vat liability for 2022 was paid but an overall settlement figure is not yet landed on.
Niall Sargent
8th Dec, 2025 - 2 min read

Cardinal Capital Group invests €30m in fast-growing eye-surgery business

Cathedral Eye Clinic, which already operates specialist clinics in Belfast and Birmingham, has plans to open a Dublin facility likely to be located close to the M50.
Tom Lyons
7th Dec, 2025 - 3 min read

Greater Dublin Drainage settlement: Uisce Éireann and ACP concede to planning flaws

A High Court challenge to the €1.3bn sewerage project has ended with Uisce Éireann conceding it submitted incorrect details to the EPA and An Coimisiún Pleanála that it failed to comply with public consultation rules.
Niall Sargent
6th Dec, 2025 - 4 min read

“The desire to get the big shiny celebrity star at the tournament overrides everything else”

The World Cup draw yesterday was a demonstration of FIFA’s priorities. But regimes have recognised since its inception the influence of the competition. Jonathan Wilson talks to Dion Fanning about the power and the glory of the World Cup.
Dion Fanning
6th Dec, 2025 - 6 min read

“I’m not saying Ronaldogate is going to be the thing that brings down Infantino, but it definitely has shifted the general mood.”

Dion Fanning
6th Dec, 2025

When Ronaldo was cleared to play at the World Cup despite his sending off in Dublin, it told something of the modern FIFA and what it prioritises. Dion Fanning talks to Jonathan Wilson about his book on the history of the World Cup and why the tournament may be in jeopardy.

Top Voices

“We legged it to the door”: The Irish security expert keeping executives out of harm’s way

When a business deal in West Africa turned into a potential ambush, Terry McElvaney’s quick thinking saved the day. Now, the founder of Sentinel Risk is bringing elite executive protection to Ireland’s boardrooms.
Paul McArdle
8th Dec, 2025 - 6 min read

So much money, so little time: Rewinding the week that was

Even by Ireland’s record-breaking tax revenue standards, this year’s record is staggering. The Government has one year left to turn this gold mine into housing and infrastructure.

Thomas Hubert
7th Dec, 2025 - 6 min read

Voters shift, tempers flare: America enters a season of sour politics

As Tennessee voters inch leftward and Trump lashes out at immigrants, allies and adversaries alike, Washington is consumed by economic alarm, foreign-policy fog and a restless MAGA base.
Siobhán Brett
6th Dec, 2025 - 5 min read

The EU has taken a gentle approach in its first big DSA action against X

Friday’s €120m fine against Elon Musk’s social media site, which has its EU office in Ireland, is on the lower end of the spectrum. Now is the European Commission ready for a battle with the billionaire on reforms to the platform?
Jonathan Keane
5th Dec, 2025 - 3 min read

John Looby: Britain’s long road to economic purgatory

Rachel Reeves and her recent budget are just the latest victims of a series of historic mistakes. Both are destined to join their recent predecessors as short historic footnotes.

John Looby
5th Dec, 2025 - 4 min read

Stuart Fitzgerald: Stop working hero hours – the best CEOs are ruthless allocators of their time

A business student's perceptive question about whether the payback for long hours justifies the grind didn't get the response it deserved from me. Here's my imperfect attempt at answering her properly.
Stuart Fitzgerald
4th Dec, 2025 - 5 min read

Colm McCarthy: A new era of capital recklessness?

From the Children’s Hospital overshoot to the revival of rail schemes without credible studies, Ireland risks repeating past mistakes as independent evaluation fades and political urgency takes precedence over economic discipline.
Colm McCarthy
3rd Dec, 2025 - 7 min read

Ireland isn’t short of plans – it’s short of a system that can deliver them

The Metrolink challenge, now in mediation until Christmas, highlights an uncomfortable truth: Ireland’s planning and review processes are so fragmented that even broadly supported projects can be frozen by legal disputes, not planning substance.
Ronan Lyons
2nd Dec, 2025 - 11 min read

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