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“He wasn’t a Lord to be looked up to, he was the king of the paedophiles”

Chris Moore has spent a lifetime pursuing the Kincora story. His new book contains startling revelations about how far the establishment went to protect those who were part of the ring including Lord Mountbatten.
Dion Fanning
2nd Jun, 2025 - 5 min read

Roxane Gay: “I do think that people want an explanation oftentimes for why someone is fat”

The author, essayist and academic talks healthcare malpractice, the failed promise of diversity, and writing a romance novel with Magic Mike.
Kate Demolder
2nd Jun, 2025 - 7 min read

Naoise Dolan: “Politically, it’s been a relief to be back in Dublin”

Recently announced as the inaugural Iput writer-in-residence, Naoise Dolan talks to The Currency about identity, innovation, the centenary of Virginia Woolf's Mrs Dalloway and why "it’s immensely worthwhile to keep talking about the same things".
Kate Demolder
31st May, 2025 - 7 min read

Parades and paychecks: A nation at odds with itself

As Trump’s second term barrels forward with spectacle, tariffs, and foreign posturing, the cracks at home are widening. From food stamps to fighter jets, Siobhan Brett asks: how long can the president sell strength abroad while Americans tighten their belts?

Siobhán Brett
31st May, 2025 - 6 min read

After the exit: How Susan Spence sold her business and found her next purpose

After more than three decades at the helm of Softco, Susan Spence and her brother Jim Coffey sold their software firm for over €100 million. Spence reflects on the strategy, succession planning, and timing that made the deal possible.
Tom Lyons
31st May, 2025 - 5 min read

Groups of partners in Eversheds Sutherland Ireland are appointing different advisors as they mull what is next

After merger talks between partners in Eversheds Sutherland Ireland and William Fry collapsed last week, what happens next has become very unclear. Factions have emerged.

Tom Lyons
30th May, 2025 - 2 min read

Key company in Bernard McNamara property empire in liquidation with €21.5m deficit

It is the latest in a string of receiverships and insolvencies to hit McNamara companies this year.
Niall Sargent
30th May, 2025 - 1 min read

Energia progresses multi-billion sale as market watches for bellwether deal

The sale of the utility has been start-stop for years. It is finally progressing to accepting initial bids on what will likely be the biggest deal of the year.
Alice Chambers
30th May, 2025 - 3 min read

“I think there was an incredible level of protection. MI5 and the British state went out of their way to conceal what it was that MI5 were doing.”

Dion Fanning
2nd Jun, 2025

Regnum Defende is the motto of MI5, but defending the realm seemed to matter more than the defending its subjects. Chris Moore has spent a lifetime pursuing the Kincora story and he talks to Dion Fanning about the obstacles that were placed in his way and those who bravely told him their stories of abuse.

Top Voices

The State can’t build what it can’t manage: Rewinding the week that was

It says a lot about the capacity of our state that it can grasp and grapple with Donald Trump more easily and with more surety than putting bricks on top of other bricks in fields outside of towns and cities.

Ian Kehoe
1st Jun, 2025 - 5 min read

Play, pause, coach: Why Irish sport must professionalise its coaching pathways

Despite demanding peak performance from athletes, Irish sport still tolerates underqualified coaches on the sidelines.
Brett Igoe
31st May, 2025 - 6 min read

RTÉ’s Oireachtas gigs: A new band – but the song remains the same

A renewed media committee quizzed the broadcaster’s equally refreshed leadership line-up one year on from the Ryan Tubridy-fronted payments controversy, but still ignored the crucial commercial aspect of its model.
Willie O'Reilly
30th May, 2025 - 4 min read

Trade wars, tribute logic, and a rejection of shared rules: Welcome to the post-consensus economy

The global order built on centuries of economic insight has been upended by a new age of erratic, transactional policy. Investors and allies alike are left navigating a landscape where the rules no longer apply.
John Looby
29th May, 2025 - 3 min read

In the firing line: The questions that PAC should have for the Arts Council

Director Maureen Kennelly’s oversight of the agency's failed IT project will likely be raised at the committee on Thursday. Senior department officials should also be quizzed about what they knew and when.

Niall Sargent
28th May, 2025 - 7 min read

Niall Sargent: Exclusion of services from Occupied Territories Bill a major step back by Government

Why is the inclusion of services in the Occupied Territories Bill sending a shiver down the spine of the cabinet? And why would removal of services from the bill be so damaging?
Niall Sargent
27th May, 2025 - 6 min read

Employers and housing: It’s getting personal

The challenge of finding accommodation for staff is evolving from a major concern expressed in anonymised business surveys into a toxic mix of unhealthy attitudes and practices.
Thomas Hubert
27th May, 2025 - 3 min read

Paul McArdle: Get with the programme – Why Shopify’s mandatory AI use policy is a game changer

The e-commerce company has become the first major employer to tell its staff that they must use artificial intelligence tools in their everyday work. Will others follow suit and what impact will it have on workers?
Paul McArdle
26th May, 2025 - 8 min read

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