Top Stories

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.
The Wall Street Journal.
4th Nov, 2026 - 3 min read

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.
The Wall Street Journal.
4th Nov, 2026 - 5 min read

BlackBee founder grilled over investors’ money as liquidators seek answers

David O’Shea told the High Court that €1.48m raised for a forestry bond was in the liquidators’ account, while disputing the suggestion that investors had lost their money.
Francesca Comyn
3rd Nov, 2026 - 5 min read

US pushes to restore Russian gas sales to Europe via Ukraine

Idea is intended to unlock energy ceasefire between Moscow and Kyiv but it faces resistance in European capitals, write Yaroslav Trofimov, Drew Hinshaw, and Joe Parkinson, The Wall Street Journal.
The Wall Street Journal.
3rd Nov, 2026 - 5 min read

The ad industry’s antidote to AI: pencils, clay and stop-motion

Consumer distaste for machine-generated advertising is driving a boom in the painstaking work of handmade commercials, writes Katie Deighton, The Wall Street Journal.
The Wall Street Journal.
3rd Nov, 2026 - 3 min read

After the tech boom came the cuts. Now Flipdish is betting on AI

Flipdish was forced to slash jobs in the tech downturn of 2022, just months after a billion-euro valuation. Chief executive Conor McCarthy talks to The Currency about its strategising since.
Jonathan Keane
3rd Nov, 2026 - 6 min read

Ex-US media regulator Tom Wheeler: “I think we have a lot to learn from the EU”

The former FCC chair discusses big tech and AI, the need for a new approach to regulation in the US, and mounting pressure on broadcasters ahead of the US midterms.
Hannah McCarthy
3rd Nov, 2026 - 7 min read

“Owned at all material times” by Russia: EasyJet pushes back on GTLK’s “vague” Irish company

Citing EU and UK sanctions law, the British airline stands by its termination of leases with the Irish-registered, Russian-owned lessor and is challenging claims of $72m in damages.
Jonathan Keane
2nd Nov, 2026 - 3 min read

“There are depths, but I am always trying to get to the top of the mountain and trying to win against the odds and enjoy winning this battle, please God, for many more years against the odds that face me.”

Dion Fanning
31st Oct, 2026

Timmy McCarthy became a global sensation in 2024 when his basketball commentary at the Olympics reached a new audience. He talks to Dion Fanning about the road that led to that moment, the cancer that he deals with every day and the business career he forged while carrying shame about leaving school at 15.

Top Voices

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?

Ronan Lyons
3rd Nov, 2026 - 6 min read

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.
Paul McArdle
2nd Nov, 2026 - 6 min read

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.
Ian Kehoe
1st Nov, 2026 - 5 min read

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.
Joe Haslam
31st Oct, 2026 - 11 min read

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.
Brett Igoe
31st Oct, 2026 - 5 min read

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.
Tom Lyons
31st Oct, 2026 - 5 min read

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.
Dan O'Brien
30th Oct, 2026 - 4 min read
Google

Alphabet still has the ingredients to win in an AI pullback

The tech giant is no longer loved by investors, despite its many advantages, writes Asa Fitch, The Wall Street Journal.
The Wall Street Journal.
29th Oct, 2026 - 4 min read

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