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“No good reason” why Kieran Wallace should not be joint liquidator of Steelworks

Justice David Nolan in a judgement today says that Jeff Leo has “very serious questions to answer,” in relation to a business called Steelworks. He also described interest rates charged by Cabriz Finance to a Steelworks subsidiary as "truly eye-watering.”
Tom Lyons
5th Sep, 2025 - 3 min read

“I don’t have to agree with how the British government does its business to have good working relationships”

Sinn Féin’s Northern Ireland Economy Minister Caoimhe Archibald discusses growth, jobs, tariffs, and tax from a cross-border perspective.
Thomas Hubert
4th Sep, 2025 - 5 min read

Intellexa is going to court in Greece. Questions about its Irish base remain

Operators of the notorious spyware company will return to a Greek court this month to face charges of breaching privacy laws. But the mystery of Intellexa’s sanctioned Irish companies still lingers.
Jonathan Keane
4th Sep, 2025 - 3 min read

Businessman Jeff Leo to be grilled over alleged “denuding” of assets

Revelations emerging from a contested liquidation of a Jeff Leo company prompted an urgent application to cross examine the former trader, the court heard.
Francesca Comyn
3rd Sep, 2025 - 3 min read

Michael Flatley wants his money back

The dancer claims he overpaid his loan repayment to Novellus and has amended an existing action in the High Court to try to get the money back.
Alice Chambers
3rd Sep, 2025 - 3 min read

Britain’s foray into protecting children online faces opposition at home and abroad

The UK has set about vastly improving the safety of young people online with legislation that places age checks on pornographic and harmful content. It's facing significant criticism from the privacy campaigners as well as American free-speech absolutionists.
Michael Cogley
3rd Sep, 2025 - 8 min read

Noise limits versus onshore wind targets: How ministers reopened the debate

Ireland’s windfarm development guidelines are almost 20 years old. Based on ministers’ correspondence, new guidelines on noise may ditch international best practice in favour of meeting 2030 targets.
Alice Chambers
3rd Sep, 2025 - 6 min read

Bigger is better: Irish-led SMBC Aviation Capital leads a $7.4bn “transformational” acquisition

GPA alumnus Peter Barrett leads SMBC Aviation Capital. He has just closed a mega-deal which he predicts will change the “leasing landscape” as a small number of aircraft lessors get ever larger.
Tom Lyons
2nd Sep, 2025 - 3 min read

“I wrote a letter for him saying he could travel. He wrote a letter for me saying I could travel and the two of us headed down that morning and we opened up”

Dion Fanning
26th Jul, 2025

Joseph Birchall has led many lives. He talks to Dion Fanning about his time at a kibbutz, his experience in Israel before October 7 and the chance he had in Hollywood.

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Hollow victory: Central Bank retains key role for Israeli bonds approval

The Currency can confirm that the transfer of responsibility to approve the Israeli bonds prospectus to Luxembourg this week applies only to the latest prospectus. The regulator still remains the home member state for the overall Israeli bonds issuance programme.
Niall Sargent
4th Sep, 2025 - 4 min read

Joe Gill: A seismic aircraft leasing transaction rooted in Ireland 

The $28.2 billion takeover of Air Lease Corporation by a SMBC-led consortium marks one of the biggest shifts in global aircraft leasing — and firmly places Dublin at the heart of the industry’s future.
Joe Gill
4th Sep, 2025 - 3 min read

Stuart Fitzgerald: Why strategy comes first – even for a small business

Entrepreneurs are busy with day-to-day operations. But long-term value creation depends on much more structured plans. This three-part series tracking a fictional family business explains how.
Stuart FitzGerald
3rd Sep, 2025 - 6 min read

Thomas Hubert: Inheritance tax should be part of the budget debate again – to hike it

The clamour for more equal treatment from childless people only adds to the economic and social reality that allowing children to inherit €400,000 or more tax-free from their parents has no benefits.
Thomas Hubert
2nd Sep, 2025 - 8 min read

Ancient lessons, modern taxes: Why wealth levies may cost more than they raise

Calls for a wealth tax are growing louder, but history and hard numbers suggest it’s more political theatre than fiscal solution — raising little cash while risking capital flight and political blowback.
Peter Kinsella
1st Sep, 2025 - 5 min read

Tony Ryan’s legacy and Ireland’s crown jewel: Rewinding the week that was

Why aviation leasing is the industry Ireland must protect — and the visionary who built it.

Ian Kehoe
31st Aug, 2025 - 4 min read

Niall Sargent: Purveyor of truth or conveyor belt for propaganda?

Israel is silencing the truth by targeting what remains of the media in Gaza. Western journalists should not be doing the same by continuing to give its empty claims the oxygen of publicity.
Niall Sargent
30th Aug, 2025 - 7 min read

Dan O’Brien: Ireland’s lurch towards pious leftism won’t end well

From higher taxes and expanding public spending to the embrace of progressive causes abroad, the political consensus now leans firmly to the left – leaving little room for debate or alternative visions.

Dan O'Brien
29th Aug, 2025 - 5 min read

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