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“Immediate future of Liffey Swim is in doubt” as rival organisers fail to reach agreement

Leinster Open Sea, the historic organiser of the event, has applied for an interlocutory injunction against Swim Ireland to stop the governing body running its own Liffey Swim. Both want a compromise, none has so far been found.

Alice Chambers
18th Jul, 2025 - 7 min read

“I had nothing to hide”: Barne owner given “secret” phone to contact Maurice Regan

The hereditary owners of the 751-acre estate in the Golden Vale delayed finalising a contract with Coolmore boss John Magnier and sought to "wriggle out" of an exclusivity agreement with the bloodstock billionaire, the court has heard.
Francesca Comyn
18th Jul, 2025 - 3 min read

JP McManus company snaps up Massimo Dutti building on Grafton Street

The building was put on the market earlier this year by the commercial property developer Iput, guided at just under €19m. McManus already owns two buildings on the bustling shopping thoroughfare.

Niall Sargent
17th Jul, 2025 - 1 min read

Why the European Commission wants to levy its own corporation tax and how it would work

The initial proposal for the next EU budget includes small but unprecedented direct taxation of large businesses by Brussels.

Thomas Hubert
17th Jul, 2025 - 3 min read

Kroll’s global CEO Jacob Silverman on crisis, capital, and cyber threats

Jacob Silverman, global CEO of risk advisory giant Kroll, is navigating a rapidly shifting landscape. He shares insights on leadership, private equity, and staying present in an unpredictable world.
Ian Kehoe
17th Jul, 2025 - 11 min read

Johnny Ronan is working on a plan to build a new hospital in Dublin

A report commissioned by the developer estimates that a new healthcare facility on the site of the former Irish Glass Bottle factory could cost up to €190 million and treat 70,000 patients in its first year.

Tom Lyons
17th Jul, 2025 - 3 min read

Bloodstock tycoon “slightly hostile” before €15m handshake for Barne Estate, court hears

Richard Thomson-Moore, the hereditary heir of the Barne Estate, said he shook on a "price", not a deal, for the 751-acre property with the Coolmore boss John Magnier.
Francesca Comyn
16th Jul, 2025 - 5 min read

Powerscourt Distillery back in receivership as examinership bid dropped

Two shareholders have withdrawn a High Court petition to place Powerscourt Distillery into examinership, leaving the business once again in receivership.

Ian Kehoe
16th Jul, 2025 - 2 min read

“They didn’t like a lad who was writing about music asking for Jack Charlton’s number because I was walking in on their pitch.”

Dion Fanning
12th Jul, 2025

In Pure Gold, Eamon Carr details the extraordinary encounters and the background stories that led to his weekly interviews in the Evening Herald. As a co-founder of the seminal Irish band Horslips, Carr has terms of reference not available to all. He tells Dion Fanning about the secret to making it as an interviewer.

Top Voices

For years, we designed apartments for families that didn’t exist. Will the new changes help?

After decades of restrictive planning rules that ignored shifting household demographics, new guidelines on apartment standards mark a significant — if overdue — course correction.
Ronan Lyons
17th Jul, 2025 - 6 min read

Flight plan for growth: Part four – How to keep Ireland’s edge in aircraft leasing

Aircraft leasing is one of Ireland’s greatest economic success stories, but global competition is heating up. To stay ahead, policymakers must double down on what works.

Joe Gill
15th Jul, 2025 - 4 min read

Candidate sentiment survey: Part one — expectations, remote working, and the balance of power

Some 1,796 candidates—from junior management to “C” suite level—completed The Panel's Candidate Sentiment Survey. In part one of the findings, we look at hybrid working future expectations and the shifting balance of power.
Paul McArdle
14th Jul, 2025 - 6 min read

Company failures, personal consequences: Rewinding the week that was

When directors abuse the trust placed in them, the fallout can be devastating—not just for creditors, employees, or the taxman, but for the public at large.

Ian Kehoe
13th Jul, 2025 - 4 min read

Paul Flynn: I shouldn’t say this, but I have a soft spot for Meath. This is why

Paul Flynn admits something no one expected — a soft spot for Meath, shaped by friendship, legacy, and a changing GAA landscape.

Paul Flynn
12th Jul, 2025 - 4 min read

Two months on, the Spanish blackout casts a long shadow on a record of growth and integration

Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez was proving that socialism could work in Spain, but then the lights went out. Now, for the first time since he became prime minister in June 2018, he’s looking vulnerable.
Joe Haslam
12th Jul, 2025 - 14 min read

Ireland’s budget blind spots: Capital commitments and the cost of abandoning neutrality

Warnings about unsustainable spending have gone unheeded as government promises mount, from regional wish lists to defence upgrades. Neutrality has quietly delivered one of Ireland’s greatest fiscal dividends, and abandoning it could cost more than any infrastructure project ever has.

Colm McCarthy
11th Jul, 2025 - 6 min read

Is there a monetary tsar in the White House?

The United States is now in the unprecedented position of being the issuer of an unanchored global reserve currency. However reluctantly, the rest of the world is now in the unenviable position of being the user of the unanchored US dollar.
John Looby
10th Jul, 2025 - 4 min read

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