Top Stories

Glenstal Abbey is set to close within two years

The prestigious Limerick boarding school whose past pupils include John Magnier, Henry de Bromhead and Paddy Cosgrave is set to close within two years.

Tom Lyons
23rd Oct, 2026 - 2 min read

Unpaid rent, students in limbo and creditors circling: Icot College goes into liquidation

The English language school’s collapse with €2.5m in debt has left more than 1,000 students and 97 staff with many questions about how the business ended up in such distress.
Jonathan Keane
23rd Oct, 2026 - 3 min read

Two of Ireland’s first wind farms in 20 years were to be greenlit by Christmas. One has just been delayed again

Despite an increasingly optimistic tone from the top, the Oriel wind farm was hit with a second request for information from An Coimisiún Pleanála that will push a decision into 2027.
Alice Chambers
23rd Oct, 2026 - 5 min read

Abdul El-Sayed tests whether an unapologetic progressive Muslim can win

Michigan Democrat’s faith is at center of one of most important Senate races, write John McCormick, Sabrina Siddiqui, and Will Hobson, The Wall Street Journal.
The Wall Street Journal.
23rd Oct, 2026 - 7 min read

Very real, very quick: Bravado left at the door as entrepreneurs cut to the chase

The 2026 Entrepreneur Experience was based around the themes of trust and connection. Once again, the level of honesty and vulnerability at Ballymaloe House Hotel showed why the event is different.
Alan English
23rd Oct, 2026 - 6 min read

Ireland’s €170bn savings market is Raisin’s next big target 

Eoghan O’Hara, Ireland head for Raisin Bank, talks about how the fintech plans to capitalise on Irish deposit rates while “democratising” the EU savings market.
Alice Chambers
23rd Oct, 2026 - 10 min read

Manguard back in profit after “significant challenges” with Revenue

Accounts for the security company, which employs 800 people, reveal significant "historical" issues with the Revenue Commissioners but it has agreed a repayment plan as it returns to profit.

Tom Lyons
22nd Oct, 2026 - 4 min read

Mark Zuckerberg threatened to leave California. Meta’s board cut him a deal.

Meta’s CEO feared a proposed billionaire tax would force a major share sale, threatening his voting control, write Meghan Bobrowsky, Laura J. Nelson, and Paul Kiernan, The Wall Street Journal.
The Wall Street Journal.
22nd Oct, 2026 - 3 min read

Paul Howard: “I think we’ll have a united Ireland within my lifetime. I’m not sure we’ll have a rail link to the airport within my lifetime.”

Dion Fanning
24th Oct, 2026

The author of a new novel, A Nation Once Again, has some questions about the prospect of Irish unity. “What can we live with? We don’t like it, but what are we prepared to live with to live in peace?” Howard says Ireland's Call would make for a perfect new national anthem "because nobody likes it, but nobody vehemently hates it. And anyone who tells you they hate it, they’re exaggerating. It’s a song written to inspire absolute indifference.” He says he grew up in an era when events in Northern Ireland were "the first three items on the news", but the reality for people under 35, “especially in this part of the island", is entirely different. "They don’t really have any connection to the Troubles or any memory of the Troubles. It’s so remote from their experience, you might as well be talking to them about the Boer War as talking to them about the Troubles."

Top Voices

Dan O’Brien: The implications of Trump’s tilt towards Russia are enormous for Europe

Donald Trump's actions often amount to attention-seeking gestures, but sometimes they need careful consideration. His changed position on Ukraine to favour Russia comes with enormous consequences for the entire continent.
Dan O'Brien
23rd Oct, 2026 - 5 min read

Colm McCarthy: The Government is courting another hangover if things go wrong again

The Government has gambled that corporation tax receipts will rescue budget profligacy indefinitely – a gamble that could even pay off, at least for a while. But failures to limit public spending show a conscious absence of caution.
Colm McCarthy
22nd Oct, 2026 - 5 min read

Constantin Gurdgiev: Japan’s carry trade is unravelling. Europe should take note

Japan borrowed cheaply to invest in riskier assets. Now the cost of that strategy is rising, threatening the world’s second-largest bond market and sending a warning to heavily indebted governments across Europe.
Constantin Gurdgiev
20th Oct, 2026 - 7 min read

Paul McArdle: In praise of good old in-person networking

Attending business events can seem daunting, or its benefits uncertain. The right approach is “just do it”.
Paul McArdle
19th Oct, 2026 - 6 min read

The Invisible Hand of Maria Edgeworth review: A light on the dismal science

Maria Edgeworth argued that education and economic opportunity could ameliorate poverty. She carried her beliefs into novels, writes Diana Furchtgott-Roth, The Wall Street Journal.
The Wall Street Journal.
18th Oct, 2026 - 4 min read

A flashy AI Summit with an unclear message: Rewinding the week that was

Ireland’s EU presidency hosted its AI Summit in Dublin this week, bringing together big-name speakers from the tech industry, but just who exactly was this all for?
Jonathan Keane
18th Oct, 2026 - 3 min read

More than one “thundering disgrace”: The shockwaves from a 50-year-old murder

A new book explores the sequence of political events that surrounded the October 1976 murder of Garda Michael Clerkin by a suspected rogue IRA faction. Michael was my cousin.
Paul McArdle
17th Oct, 2026 - 9 min read

Dan O’Brien: Economies are proving incredibly resilient to shocks

As energy prices continue to rise, the IMF is the latest forum to explore the lack of economic crisis in the face of repeated assaults. It will take a few more shocks to know if economies have become durably more resilient.
Dan O'Brien
16th Oct, 2026 - 4 min read

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