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Smiles Dental Group is being acquired by a British family-owned dental group

The price being paid for the 20-strong chain of dental practices is not known. But its proposed new owner is an experienced trade buyer.
Tom Lyons
30th Sep, 2026 - 1 min read

He was rejected by Goldman out of college. Now he’s poised to run the bank

John Waldron has said he didn’t do well on the firm’s financial modeling test when he applied for a job decades ago, writes Jasmine Li, The Wall Street Journal.
The Wall Street Journal.
30th Sep, 2026 - 3 min read

Coldec Group company snaps up €6m Westmoreland Street property

Mer Blanc Properties is part of a loose network of companies involved in emergency accommodation for refugees and homeless people. The city centre property comes with planning for a 38-room hotel.
Niall Sargent
30th Sep, 2026 - 2 min read

Slices of business savvy: How a former auctioneer became one of Ireland’s best-regarded pizza makers

Reggie White left the property world during the crash and went to Ballymaloe cooking school. A trip to San Francisco put him on the trail of the perfect pizza – and he is relentless in the quest.
Johnny Ward
30th Sep, 2026 - 12 min read

“It’s challenging our traditional assumptions”: Irish Life’s Roisin Kelly on the rise of the 100-year life

As people expect to live and work for longer, Irish Life’s Roisin Kelly says employers need to rethink everything from career structures and benefits to how different generations work together.

Ian Kehoe
30th Sep, 2026 - 7 min read

I tried Meta’s Muse AI agent. It’s helpful and scary at the same time

The more data you hand over, the more this talented personal assistant can do for you, writes Nicole Nguyen, The Wall Street Journal.
The Wall Street Journal.
29th Sep, 2026 - 4 min read

Tax breaks, grants and energy costs: How Ireland rolled out the red carpet for Intel

When the Government was re-elected, the semiconductor multinational was in crisis. But intense lobbying since then has meant that when Intel became ready for a €5bn investment, so was Ireland.
Thomas Hubert
29th Sep, 2026 - 18 min read

Chasing the drone “gold rush”: Kenny Jacobs on Manna’s US ambition

Manna raised $50m in April and expects to raise again next year as it pushes into America. Company chair Jacobs says it expects to move into grocery delivery.

Tom Lyons
29th Sep, 2026 - 4 min read

When everything stops, what has to keep running?

Ian Kehoe
1st Oct, 2026

What happens when a business suddenly can’t operate as normal? It could be a cyberattack, a cloud outage, a critical supplier failing or some other major disruption. In that situation, you can’t necessarily keep everything running. So the crucial question is: what has to keep working? That is the thinking behind PwC’s Minimum Viable Company framework — identifying the smallest set of capabilities that must remain operational to keep an organisation viable through severe disruption. In this episode of The Tech Agenda, Ian Kehoe is joined by Moira Cronin, Digital Risk and Resilience Partner at PwC Ireland, and Rachel Higham, an experienced non-executive director and former FTSE 100 CIO, to talk about what genuine resilience looks like, how companies identify what is truly critical, and what boards should be asking before a crisis happens. The Tech Agenda podcast series is sponsored by PwC.

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“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

More than a game: Has the FAI and Government failed the test on Israel?

From the Government's bold move in 1999 to halt a Euro qualifier against Yugoslavia to today’s position to go ahead and play Israel, has Ireland traded moral leadership for a fixture behind closed doors?
Niall Sargent
25th Sep, 2026 - 8 min read

The world economy is holding up. France is where the trouble may start 

Ireland has emerged from another global economic shock in relatively good shape, with its relationship with the US looking secure and the energy hit proving manageable. But France could become the big economic risk of 2027.
Dan O'Brien
25th Sep, 2026 - 5 min read

Conor Brady: Garda whistleblowing allegations must be examined further

The latest allegations on RTÉ mark continued tension between An Garda Síochána’s imperatives of transparency and national security. Independent offices on protected disclosures and on security already exist to take them up.
Conor Brady
24th Sep, 2026 - 7 min read

Safeguards, beef, and smoke and mirrors: The Mercosur debate is back

The European Commission recently suspended Brazilian beef imports into the bloc, reigniting a fierce debate over the EU-Mercosur trade deal and how its safeguards are working.
Jonathan Keane
23rd Sep, 2026 - 3 min read

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