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Rogue car traders disqualified: A phoenix firm, a fraud probe, and a Cab judgment later

Trading as Autolines in Co Tipperary, SJK Wholesale Ltd engaged in wilful tax avoidance and bought cars at auction in the UK with money believed by the High Court to be derived from mandate frauds.
Francesca Comyn
21st Jan, 2026 - 5 min read

Senoptica exits examinership, despite misgivings of co-founder

Creditors backed by Steve Gidman's Fortress Technology stepped in to rescue the bio-tech start up with "very valuable" IP. Co-founders Brendan Rice and Steve Comby appeared in court to put their concerns about the proposal on the public record.
Alice Chambers
20th Jan, 2026 - 4 min read

Dunnes Stores’ 20-year legal voyage against a supplier in Cyprus comes to an end

Cyprus’s supreme court ruled in favour of Dunnes Stores in a dispute over alleged unpaid invoices of €67,000, relating to shipments as far back as 2007.
Jonathan Keane
20th Jan, 2026 - 2 min read

Fintech comes for pensions: Zen’s bid to disrupt a paper-based industry

Zen Pensions launched its fully-digital pension product to the Irish market last month but the company also has designs on international markets. CEO Ailish Dooley and chair Conor O'Neill discuss setting up in Ireland, expansion, and breaking even.

Michael Cogley
19th Jan, 2026 - 8 min read

“Insufficient” funding, stress, and high turnover: New judge appointments putting burden on Courts Service

Internal records show senior management concerns that funding and staffing shortfalls will see it struggle to support judicial appointments urgently needed to address chronic shortages in the legal system.

Niall Sargent
19th Jan, 2026 - 4 min read

Brett Igoe on late developers: They didn’t fit the pathway – until they beat it

The system has produced world-class players, but stories like Jerry Cahir’s and Joshua Kenny’s show why a broader, more scientific approach to talent identification is overdue.
Brett Igoe
17th Jan, 2026 - 6 min read

Why Saipan still divides us — and why the film can’t quite face the truth

Fact, myth, and truth blur in the retelling of 2002, but what remains is a revealing portrait of extremism, identity, and belonging.
Dion Fanning
17th Jan, 2026 - 7 min read

Mystery buyer to acquire Ashton’s pub under McKillen Jr-Relm settlement

The agreement between the Dublin businessman and the receivers appointed by his main property lender ends seven months of court battles and paves the way for more sales.
Thomas Hubert
16th Jan, 2026 - 3 min read

“For at least a thousand years the Book of Kells has profoundly shaped Ireland”

Dion Fanning
20th Dec, 2025

James Joyce considered it the most Irish thing we had. It has been here for a thousand years and endured many dramas but there are many mysteries about the Book of Kells. Victoria Whitworth talks to Dion Fanning about what she has come to believe about the Book of Kells’s creation and why Irish monks might have nothing to do with it.

Top Voices

John Looby: Why markets keep ignoring the crashes everyone predicts

Soaring asset prices have revived familiar warnings about debt, bubbles and central bank independence. Yet history shows that acting on well-worn fears can be as futile as building the Maginot Line.
John Looby
19th Jan, 2026 - 3 min read

The Easy name, and the Irish courts: Rewinding the week that was

As Brexit redraws the map, Stelios Haji-Ioannou has found a new courtroom of choice. From forex trading to holiday rentals — and now online fundraising — Ireland has become the frontline in his battle to retain control of the “easy” name.
Ian Kehoe
18th Jan, 2026 - 5 min read

“Hey @grok put bullet holes in her face”: How Grok turned a freedom dream into a dystopian nightmare 

The brainchild of X owner Elon Musk has made the news for stripping women of their clothes following a Hitler scandal mid-last year. Now, whole countries are talking about banning it.
Kate Demolder
17th Jan, 2026 - 6 min read

Dan O’Brien: The return of “might-is-right” is reshaping the world — and Ireland must adapt

As the US and China dominate a "might-is-right" world, Europe’s influence is shrinking. For a small, open economy like Ireland, strategic complacency is no longer an option.
Dan O'Brien
16th Jan, 2026 - 5 min read

Colm McCarthy: Populism, gridlock, and the myth of free roads

Ireland’s aversion to charging motorists has turned congestion into a policy choice. Roads, like water, are scarce — and refusing to price them simply spreads the costs more widely and inefficiently.

Colm McCarthy
15th Jan, 2026 - 6 min read

Streaming solstice and printing presses: Willie O’Reilly on this year’s media trends

The rise of YouTube signals the end of traditional broadcasters’ control over high-quality audio and video production – with the fate of newspapers providing signposts for legacy media.
Willie O'Reilly
14th Jan, 2026 - 4 min read

2026 market outlook: Slower returns, stickier rates and rising political risk

Most US and European investment banks expect another positive year for equities in 2026, albeit at a more modest pace. Rate cuts without recession, a two-speed commodity outlook, and rising geopolitical and inflation risks define a more complex investment landscape.
Peter Kinsella
13th Jan, 2026 - 6 min read

John Looby: We should stand back from simplifying our complex identity

The purity peddlers of Gaeldom are growing louder, but English nationalism’s stubborn urge to drive our closest neighbour into a dead-end shows that trying to force our rich complexity into a bogus simplicity is doomed.
John Looby
12th Jan, 2026 - 4 min read

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