Top Stories

From buy-and-build to billion-dollar ambition: Why co-founders Alex and Dan Fox sold Johnson Hana to Eudia

Johnson Hana was preparing its own acquisition spree when Eudia came calling. Now Alex Fox is helping scale an AI-powered legal platform across a trillion-dollar industry.
Ian Kehoe
18th Mar, 2026 - 8 min read

Irish-founded Laing O’Rourke in legal battle with one of the world’s biggest film studios

Shepperton Studios has played host to major film and TV productions but it faces its own drama in a dispute over a multi-million-pound invoice with the construction firm.
Jonathan Keane
18th Mar, 2026 - 2 min read

The banker who outran bombs, kidnappers, and Barings

From surviving the Dublin bombings to driving £300,000 in cash across Ireland at 110mph, Peter Coogan has lived a life as dramatic as any thriller — and he’s still fighting for customers in his 80s.
Paul McArdle
17th Mar, 2026 - 13 min read

Wrights of Howth take action after losing €9.45m airport tender bid

The incumbent Wrights of Howth claims a previous row with the DAA over rates is one of the reasons why it failed to win the latest tender contract for a food and convenience store with heavy footfall in the arrivals hall of terminal one.
Francesca Comyn
16th Mar, 2026 - 3 min read

What to do with €170bn in “idle” Irish deposit accounts? Enter Spark Venture Funding

“Some of them are going to fail," says CEO Chris Burge of the equity crowdfunder "but the upside opportunity is huge for some of those early-stage businesses".
Alice Chambers
16th Mar, 2026 - 10 min read

Belfast’s Harland & Wolff has been pulled from the EU’s shipbreaking list

The list details European and international shipyards for breaking down and recycling EU-flagged vessels but the Belfast yard did not provide the “necessary information for renewal”.
Jonathan Keane
16th Mar, 2026 - 3 min read

A punch in the face, a barefoot general’s fight and the coup that unraveled

A scramble for power in West Africa kicked off 24 hours of gunbattles, betrayal, kidnapping and superstition, writes Michael M. Phillips, The Wall Street Journal.
The Wall Street Journal.
14th Mar, 2026 - 10 min read

How the Iran war unraveled the Gulf’s image as a luxurious safe haven

Missiles and drones have shattered the illusion that ‘you’re not in the Middle East’—and the impact is being felt across the region, write David S. Cloud, Georgi Kantchev, Omar Abdel-Baqui and Caitlin McCabe, The Wall Street Journal.
The Wall Street Journal.
14th Mar, 2026 - 9 min read

“People often compared Keane to Celtic Tiger Ireland but Keane never lived in Celtic Tiger Ireland. This is where Keane and Celtic Tiger Ireland collided”

Dion Fanning
14th Mar, 2026

Roy Keane continues to have a hold over Ireland. Dave Hannigan’s new book ‘We Need to Talk About Roy’ looks at how Ireland shaped Keane and how Keane changed Ireland. He talks to Dion Fanning about the Keane he observed growing up in Cork at the same time and the man he became.

Top Voices

Travels with Looby: Part one – In search of some answers

Stepping away from finance, I set out to travel in search of perspective – and found it in Durham, where ancient faith, industrial memory, and resilient communities meet.
John Looby
18th Mar, 2026 - 5 min read

OpenAI’s bid to allow x-rated talk is freaking out its own advisers

Warnings surface that the company risks creating a "sexy suicide coach" if it begins allowing sexually explicit chats, writes Sam Schechner and Georgia Wells, The Wall Street Journal.
The Wall Street Journal.
17th Mar, 2026 - 7 min read

Why brand strategy determines M&A winners

A clear identity and culture strategy is now central to protecting deal value in Ireland’s mid-market M&A landscape.
Ann Kehoe
16th Mar, 2026 - 5 min read

Ireland’s new St Patrick’s Day pitch in Washington: Rewinding the week that was

Two-way investment may act as a “Donald pleaser” but the core issues of tax and EU regulation are where Ireland is really promoting itself as a bridge to Europe for US business.
Thomas Hubert
15th Mar, 2026 - 6 min read

“There for the taking?” The data says otherwise and Ireland will wait for Scots to crack, again

Maybe Darcy Graham is right to be bullish. Maybe Finn Russell plays the game of his life in the one city that’s never let him do his brilliant thing. Maybe. But the data, the history, and the venue all point the same way.
Brett Igoe
14th Mar, 2026 - 6 min read

Dan O’Brien: Inflation is the least serious of this war’s ramifications

Western economies are much less dependent on oil prices than during the Iranian revolution of 1979. But as Trump heads to China, geopolitical turmoil could be far from abating.
Dan O'Brien
13th Mar, 2026 - 4 min read

Reconsider your failing strategy, Mr. President

Intentional ambiguity won’t serve Trump well during the upcoming midterm elections, writes Jason L Riley, The Wall Street Journal.
The Wall Street Journal.
12th Mar, 2026 - 3 min read

In the face of Trump’s war, stock investors should do nothing or hunt for bargains

In the face of Trump's War, buttressed by Damodaran’s life vests, stock investors should do nothing. And heeding the advice of Buffett, those with cash should be hunting for bargains.
John Looby
11th Mar, 2026 - 3 min read

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