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Ready for Cheltenham: Paul Byrne on taking on the big firms – and his friend JP McManus

The co-founder of FitzBet will have a pitch on the rails at next week's festival, after paying £325,000 for the privilege, but it's small beer in his expanding operation. In a rare interview, he opens up about the business of betting.
Johnny Ward
7th Mar, 2026 - 19 min read

“I wrote a letter to a guy called AJF O’Reilly in the HJ Heinz Food Company in Pittsburgh. Me, a total loser. I couldn’t believe he wrote back”

Kingsley Aikins is a master networker. His new book explains why everyone needs a network, not just for their career but for the most important aspects of human existence.

Dion Fanning
7th Mar, 2026 - 5 min read

America’s ‘most luxurious ski town’ is tearing itself apart

Telluride is in a pitched battle with the eccentric owner of its luxury resort; an attempted ‘coup’ ends in scandal, writes Jim Carlton, The Wall Street Journal.
The Wall Street Journal.
7th Mar, 2026 - 8 min read

Beware the Ides of March: Opportunity knocks again for Heimir’s Ireland, 40 years after Big Jack’s bow

A friendly defeat against Wales in March 1986 was the first step on Jack Charlton's road to glory. Four decades later, Charlton's arch critic Eamon Dunphy thinks Hallgrimsson can become the third Ireland manager to go to a World Cup.

Kieran Cunningham
7th Mar, 2026 - 9 min read

Startup Ireland hopes to back 1,000 new start-ups in five years. How does it plan to do this?

A briefing document obtained by The Currency reveals a plan that is big on ambition but with details still to emerge. This is what it says.

Tom Lyons
6th Mar, 2026 - 2 min read

“This is a reality show, the stage is the Oval Office”: Scaramucci on St Patrick’s Day

During a fireside chat in Dublin on Wednesday, the former Trump communications chief offered advice for the Taoiseach's visit, criticised the US president's attacks on Iran, and derided his former taskmaster as an "ageing dowager".
Michael Cogley
6th Mar, 2026 - 6 min read

“If people look at me and say I’m crazy, I know I’m on to something”

Morgan Pierce, CEO of SolarSmart, retraces a career encompassing the early days of personal computing, Curves, cryptocurrency, and founding a company at 55.
Alice Chambers
6th Mar, 2026 - 17 min read

Shane Curran’s Evervault just raised $25m. Here’s how the deal came together

Founded in 2019, Evervault wants to encrypt all online sensitive data. It has just closed a series B round led by Ribbit Capital founded by Venezuelan-born billionaire tech investor Micky Malka.

Tom Lyons
5th Mar, 2026 - 4 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

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

From “allocating funding” to a “development mindset”: A bid to make science work for the country

Under new CEO Diarmuid O'Brien, Research Ireland's inaugural strategy aims to transform the country's innovation output. Can thousands of new PhDs and a more entrepreneurial approach answer Mario Draghi's critique of European competitiveness?
Michael Cogley
4th Mar, 2026 - 5 min read

The worst of both worlds? Resetting rents in a market with no slack

Ireland’s experience over the past decade shows that rental crises cannot be managed indefinitely through emergency measures. Controls introduced as temporary responses tend to become permanent, and permanent systems need to be designed for the long haul.
Ronan Lyons
3rd Mar, 2026 - 7 min read

Joe Gill: Iran war explains why airline shares trade lower than other companies’

In a business exposed to pandemics and geopolitical threats, the risk of taking on debt is higher for airlines. This has consequences for their shareholders, whether they are governments or stock-market investors.
Joe Gill
2nd Mar, 2026 - 3 min read

Lessons from Frank: Back to school in Barcelona

A week at IESE Business School on Enterprise Ireland’s Leading Edge programme challenged 20 Irish business leaders to rethink strategy, leadership – and what we do about loyal employees like Frank Nash.

Paul McArdle
2nd Mar, 2026 - 5 min read

How Irish folk musicians put me back on my feet: Rewinding the week that was

The open mind and sheer energy of the current Irish music scene would do you good. It is tapping into a solid tradition without falling into the trap of fake purity.

Thomas Hubert
1st Mar, 2026 - 6 min read

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