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Google’s global affairs boss wants Ireland’s EU presidency to push simplification

The tech giant's chief lobbyist, Kent Walker, was speaking in Dublin on EU tech regulation, Ireland’s role and “short-term pain for long-term gain” with artificial intelligence.

Jonathan Keane
11th Feb, 2026 - 3 min read

‘Makes absolutely no sense’: Expert challenges hotel loan accounting

More than 1,500 personal transactions worth over €4m flowed through a director’s loan account at Tinakilly House, a court has heard, as an expert accountant questioned the financial management of the Wicklow hotel and a related Spanish venture.
Francesca Comyn
10th Feb, 2026 - 6 min read

Set up to fail: How plans to overhaul the Susi grant system went south

Released records show the reasons for the project’s failure – underestimated costs, lack of resources, and a complex build – are eerily familiar to why other ambitious IT projects from the State went awry.
Niall Sargent
10th Feb, 2026 - 4 min read

How a delivery deal between UPS and Temu unravelled into a €37m court battle

Based in Dublin, the European headquarters of the Chinese e-commerce platform was "persistently late” in discharging invoices according to claims in new High Court proceedings.
Francesca Comyn
9th Feb, 2026 - 3 min read

From protests to a €12m claim: Developer of proposed Coolock Ipas centre sues for damages

Government officials indicated they were under “ferocious” pressure to develop Ipas accommodation, the High Court was told. Then protests erupted and the State did a U-turn on plans to develop multiple asylum centres.
Francesca Comyn
9th Feb, 2026 - 5 min read

The Chinese factory that opened in the U.S. and clobbered its rivals

President Trump has pressured trading partners for investment in U.S. manufacturing plants. What if local industries can’t compete? Writes Gavin Bade, The Wall Street Journal.
The Wall Street Journal.
9th Feb, 2026 - 7 min read

“We weren’t out there selling”: How partner talks for Boundless turned into an acquisition

The HR tech start-up is being acquired by Payoneer. CEO Dee Coakley talks to The Currency about how the deal came to be and where it will fit into the Nasdaq-listed firm.
Jonathan Keane
9th Feb, 2026 - 5 min read

A rock and a hard place: Nature concerns and “unauthorised” piping sinks Healy-Rae quarry planning bid

An Taisce brought the planning appeal against the grant of retention planning to Sunville Construction Ltd, a company owned by the political dynasty, to keep processing rock at a quarry near Crohane. The rock is used in road construction, and clients include the local authority.
Niall Sargent
9th Feb, 2026 - 3 min read

“The brief was very simple… to get us up on our own two feet and not be totally reliant on government agencies,”

Ian Kehoe
11th Feb, 2026

Every March, the St Patrick’s Day transforms Dublin — but few people know the man helping to turn a single parade into one of Ireland’s biggest cultural and economic events. Richard Tierney is the CEO of St Patrick’s Festival, the organisation behind Ireland’s national celebration. In thispodcast with Ian Kehoe, Tierney explains how the festival has evolved into a multi-day, citywide programme — with free daytime events, night-time culture and thousands of participants — while still carrying the weight of national identity at home and abroad. Coming from a background in live entertainment and major commercial deals, Tierney was brought in with a clear brief: make the festival financially sustainable without losing its cultural soul.

Top Voices

John Looby: The dollar is losing more than ground

Exchange rates fluctuate. Reserve currency status does not. As allies question American stewardship and rivals seek alternatives, the greenback’s role as the world’s trusted anchor faces its sternest test in half a century.
John Looby
11th Feb, 2026 - 3 min read

Willie O’Reilly: The real cost of public service broadcasting

As RTÉ recruits a new CFO, candidates will be faced with the reality that inflation has eroded much of the organisation’s dwindling revenue for the past two decades.
Willie O'Reilly
9th Feb, 2026 - 4 min read

Larry Murrin and the proxy war consuming Bord Bia: Rewinding the week that was

The sustained campaign against Bord Bia’s chair is not really about Brazilian beef or conflicts of interest. It is a wider battle over Mercosur, power and the future direction of Irish agri-food policy.
Ian Kehoe
8th Feb, 2026 - 5 min read

Code orange: Irish Rugby heading to status red reality check in Paris

The stats say Ireland competed. The scoreboard — and the eye test — said otherwise. France’s 36-14 dismantling in Paris exposed an Irish side struggling for identity, cohesion, and conviction.
Brett Igoe
7th Feb, 2026 - 5 min read

Siobhán Brett: The Epstein files and the theatre of accountability

The mass release of the Epstein files has produced embarrassment, outrage and online blood sport. What it hasn’t produced is clarity.
Siobhán Brett
7th Feb, 2026 - 5 min read

Tara Shine: 10 lessons I learned from eight years in business 

Change by Degrees, the business co-founded by Tara Shine and Madeleine Murray to help companies and their staff achieve “sustainability as a superpower”, is closing down in the face of green policy roll-backs.
Tara Shine
6th Feb, 2026 - 6 min read

Ireland is having a culinary moment – it’s crucial we support those who created it

Restaurateurs speak of a complex industry grappling with significantly inflated costs, well-heeled new market entrants, and changing consumer habits. But culinary excellence is still shining through and it's imperative that is supported.
Michael Cogley
5th Feb, 2026 - 5 min read

The Russia problem: Elsa Desmond deserves a straight answer about her Olympic heartbreak

Allowances in sport for neutral athletes from Russia are opaque, undermining the enforcement of bans and sanctions and are making “political chess pieces” out of Irish athletes.

Jonathan Keane
4th Feb, 2026 - 6 min read

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