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Blank Street has grown into a $500m cafe chain in six years. Ireland may be its next target

The New York chain, backed by investment giants like General Catalyst and Tiger Global, operates over 100 outlets across the US and the UK. Now, it has opened an Irish company.
Michael Cogley
12th Mar, 2026 - 3 min read

Assets of Galway medtech firm Megadale snapped up by US company

Megadale makes equipment for the medtech and life-sciences sectors but a cancelled contract by a major multinational forced the company into liquidation.
Jonathan Keane
12th Mar, 2026 - 2 min read

Silicon Valley’s new obsession: Watching bots do their grunt work

Techies compare notes on how long their fleet of virtual interns can labor away without making a mistake, writes Kate Clark, The Wall Street Journal.
The Wall Street Journal.
12th Mar, 2026 - 3 min read

Staff let go at Crawford Art Gallery amid major €93m redevelopment

Internal documents show the Cork gallery recently made seven of its 25 staff members redundant with departmental approval, provisioning €200,000 for the process. The revamped gallery will reopen in 2028.
Niall Sargent
12th Mar, 2026 - 3 min read

After the turbulence: Pat Byrne on letting go of CityJet and why he’s not finished yet

After steering CityJet through growth and crises, founder Pat Byrne has exited the airline he built — again. However, the entrepreneur has no intention of retiring.

Ian Kehoe
12th Mar, 2026 - 7 min read

Michael Lynn: “I was once a practising solicitor and rightfully am no longer”

The former solicitor appeared remotely from prison to deal with a legacy civil case involving three of his properties. Last month, he dropped a Supreme Court appeal against his sentence for stealing circa €18m but still has an appeal against conviction pending.
Francesca Comyn
11th Mar, 2026 - 3 min read

The boom in autism therapy is Medicaid’s fastest-growing jackpot

Some companies have found lucrative opportunities to capitalize on a growing need, billing long hours and extracting payments as high as $800 an hour, write Christopher Weaver, Tom McGinty and Anna Wilde Mathews, The Wall Street Journal.
The Wall Street Journal.
11th Mar, 2026 - 9 min read

Aidan Garcia’s next round: Bringing WTS Global to Ireland

Former boxer-turned-tax and insolvency specialist Aidan Garcia has agreed a partnership with German tax practice WTS Global that will see his Dublin firm Sabios become WTS Ireland.
Tom Lyons
11th Mar, 2026 - 5 min read

“Tony O’Reilly was very bright but at school his headmaster said to him ‘If you don’t knuckle down, you’ll end up selling newspapers’.”

Dion Fanning
7th Mar, 2026

A letter to Tony O’Reilly changed Kingsley Aikins’s life. His new book on networking looks at how human connection is fundamental to how we live well. He talks to Dion Fanning about the power of human connection, what we lost during lockdowns and his experience working for Tony O’Reilly.

Top Voices

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

Zippay’s arrival in 2026 is not fashionably late – but the competition is welcome

The pillar banks hope to claw back some of the market share conceded to fintechs like Revolut with its new payments service. Whether it's a case of too little, too late remains to be seen.
Michael Cogley
10th Mar, 2026 - 6 min read

John Looby: We should consciously fight our risk aversion

For deep and ancient reasons, we hate uncertainty and fear change. But for the long-term investor, volatility is not risk. The desire to dampen it is a costly distraction.
John Looby
9th Mar, 2026 - 3 min read

The State paid landlords €2.9bn in 2024. Was this the peak? Rewinding the week that was

One overlooked aspect of the housing crisis has been the Government’s dominant role in the accommodation market. While policy is shifting, fortunes continue to be made.
Thomas Hubert
8th Mar, 2026 - 5 min read

Niall Sargent: When emergency becomes permanent, a broken model takes hold

With accommodation payments flowing to private providers since the early days of direct provision, is the State cementing a profitable enterprise model at the expense of a state-led, refugee-centred system?
Niall Sargent
6th Mar, 2026 - 4 min read

Dan O’Brien: A dangerous new war – but limited economic threat to Ireland

As oil and gas markets react to escalating tensions, the key question for Ireland is whether higher energy prices will trigger another inflation shock – or remain contained.
Dan O'Brien
6th Mar, 2026 - 4 min read

A new state savings scheme won’t fix Ireland’s broken savings system

If we are serious about building long-term financial resilience for households – and reducing long-term pressure on the State – this is the moment to step back and design a joined-up savings and investment framework that will still make sense in 20 or 30 years’ time.
Stephen Felle
5th Mar, 2026 - 7 min read

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