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Alan Greenspan, influential Fed chairman whose legacy was dimmed by the financial crisis, dies at 100

The ‘maestro’ rivaled the U.S. president for global influence. But his faith in financial markets’ ability to police themselves became an Achilles’ heel, writes Nick Timiraos, The Wall Street Journal.
The Wall Street Journal.
22nd Jun, 2026 - 14 min read

Microsoft’s Satya Nadella: We can’t let AI giants eat the economy

In interview, Microsoft’s CEO offers a blistering critique of AI power balance and calls for earning society’s permission, write Bradley Olson and Tina Li, The Wall Street Journal.
The Wall Street Journal.
22nd Jun, 2026 - 4 min read

From Ireland to Estonia: Confusion surrounds xAI’s European home

Elon Musk’s AI company is telling defendants in a lawsuit that Ireland is the location for EU legal action against it while at the same time directing DSA complaints to Estonia.
Jonathan Keane
22nd Jun, 2026 - 3 min read

Vegas was once America’s bargain vacation. Now it’s a luxury destination

Like the U.S. economy broadly, Las Vegas increasingly relies on a smaller group of well-off people, writes Rachel Louise Ensig, The Wall Street Journal.
The Wall Street Journal.
21st Jun, 2026 - 5 min read

“Trump became Pope Leo’s PR man”: Biographer on the quiet pontiff taking on a noisy world

A new biography of Pope Leo looks at the character of the man who has taken on Donald Trump and JD Vance while making the protection of the human race in a time of AI his key goal. The author Fr Michael Collins speaks to Dion Fanning.
Dion Fanning
20th Jun, 2026 - 4 min read

The former drug dealer whose shows make millions without Hollywood

Silk White’s D.I.Y. movies and TV shows are profiting from growing audiences on free streaming services like Tubi and Roku, writes Ben Fritz, The Wall Street Journal.
The Wall Street Journal.
20th Jun, 2026 - 3 min read

They bet the company on AI. It paid off with a $3.6bn sale

Intercom’s $3.6 billion sale to Salesforce is not just a huge sum of money. It is also an incredible story of restarting a start-up that had plateaued by reinventing it for the AI-age.

Tom Lyons
20th Jun, 2026 - 4 min read

“It makes it more fun”: Can an Irish producer with Love Island credits save classical music?

Recently, Timothée Chalamet told us opera is over. Now, Louis Ryan, a producer who’s worked with Bill Whelan, Hozier and features on the Adolescence soundtrack, insists he’s wrong.
Kate Demolder
20th Jun, 2026 - 5 min read

“Pope Leo mentioned that he’d been to Ireland a few times, but he said on one occasion some guy physically attacked him.”

Dion Fanning
20th Jun, 2026

Pope Leo spoke forcefully about the war in Iran and earned Donald Trump’s displeasure. His biographer Fr Michael Collins talks to Dion Fanning about what motivates a man his friends consider bland and the issues and intellectual obsessions that drive him.

Top Voices

Is the Irish food industry “eating its seed potatoes”? – Rewinding the week that was

The industry that spawned Kerrygold and Kerry Group projects a cutting-edge image, from R&D to marketing. Yet it has fallen one-third short of a modest innovation spending target.
Thomas Hubert
21st Jun, 2026 - 6 min read

Paul Flynn: Nobody knows what’s coming next – and that’s the beauty of it

For years we complained about predictability. We knew who the contenders were and by the semi-finals onwards we were usually left with the same names. Nobody can say that now.

Paul Flynn
20th Jun, 2026 - 4 min read

Inside Intercom: 10 lessons from a front-row seat to an Irish tech success story

As a journalist, colleague and long-time observer, I saw how Eoghan McCabe and his co-founders built one of Ireland's most influential technology companies, culminating in its recent $3.6 billion sale to Salesforce.

John Collins
19th Jun, 2026 - 8 min read

Two finalists, two playbooks: What the data says about Leinster v Bulls

From territory and phase count to scrum dominance and red-zone efficiency, the season's numbers reveal the strengths, weaknesses and winning formula for both URC finalists.
Brett Igoe
18th Jun, 2026 - 6 min read

Flutter was primed to thrive in the US, so why has its share price plummeted

The Paddy Power and Betfair owner was well placed to excel as the US opened up to sports betting, but the emergence of prediction markets like Kalshi have slowed its growth while tax and policy changes elsewhere have also weighed it down.
Michael Cogley
18th Jun, 2026 - 6 min read

John Looby: We need to talk about money

Money will always fascinate. Much of human drama – for good or ill – is driven by it. The seeking of it, the losing of it, the glorying of it and the despising of it.
John Looby
17th Jun, 2026 - 3 min read

Goldhawk bites the dust: How The Phoenix went from must-read to surviving on past glories

The magazine that could once genuinely claim to have made life uncomfortable for people in high places had lost its way in recent years. The pity is that it now looks too late for someone with the right stuff to step in and revive it.
Alan English
16th Jun, 2026 - 7 min read

More family homes than families: Why one tenure can no longer house Ireland

Smaller households, longer lives and changing family patterns are transforming housing demand. Yet Ireland remains wedded to a model designed for a country that no longer exists.
Ronan Lyons
16th Jun, 2026 - 8 min read

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