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Block CFO says deep job cuts from AI are an inevitability for companies

The company expects to generate $2 million in gross profit per employee this year following recently announced layoffs, up from $1 million in 2025, write Mark Maurer and Walden Siew, The Wall Street Journal.
The Wall Street Journal.
25th Mar, 2026 - 2 min read

Fresh corporate shake-up at major emergency accommodation group

Filings show new directors were recently appointed to 21 core companies in the Coldec Group for the second time in the past year. The group has taken in over €176m in State payments since 2022.

Niall Sargent
25th Mar, 2026 - 3 min read

Competing claims and “conflicting” orders: Creditors of Ruairí Kelleher face disarray

Last month, creditors of former Immedis boss Ruairí Kelleher agreed to an interpleader hearing to establish who would get what share of a roughly €8m receivership pot. That was thrown into disarray when one creditor moved to swoop the lot.
Francesca Comyn
24th Mar, 2026 - 5 min read

Xi Jinping’s morality crackdown has a new victim: the global wine trade

Beijing has quashed drinking at official events, the latest blow to a once-booming wine market, writes Jon Emont, The Wall Street Journal.
The Wall Street Journal.
24th Mar, 2026 - 5 min read

The back-channel diplomacy behind Trump’s U-turn on Iran

The president backtracked on his threat to strike Iran’s power plants after a series of closed-door discussions led by Middle Eastern intermediaries, write Summer Said, Alexander Ward, Benoit Faucon and Laurence Norman, The Wall Street Journal.
The Wall Street Journal.
24th Mar, 2026 - 5 min read

Turbulent Mayor: Part 1 – The full story of how the Limerick experiment turned toxic

John Moran became Ireland's first directly elected mayor in 2024. Willing to upset even JP McManus, he compares his uncompromising approach to Roy Keane's – but a three-month investigation including more than 40 interviews reveals deep divisions.
Alan English
24th Mar, 2026 - 31 min read

PRSA reckoning: How did a two-year pension loophole impact tax coffers?

Revenue is carrying out a “comprehensive analysis” of PRSA payouts between 2023 and 2025 to determine the loophole's impact before it was closed off. Early evidence points to an exploited system.
Niall Sargent
24th Mar, 2026 - 4 min read

Iranian missile strikes are costing big oil billions in lost revenue

Damaged infrastructure likely to take years to come back online, but price surge helps offset some of the lost production for now, write Collin Eaton and Matthew Dalton, The Wall Street Journal.
The Wall Street Journal.
23rd Mar, 2026 - 4 min read

“ I knew that there were contrasting, competing narratives, and that penetrating that accusation and counter accusation was going to be really difficult. But it was a story that needed to be told”

Ian Kehoe
23rd Mar, 2026

In June 2024, in Limerick, John Moran became Ireland’s first directly elected mayor. It wasn’t just a new role – it was a political experiment. Powers were being decentralised for the first time in more than a century. Moran, a high-profile former secretary general of the Department of Finance and a former banker, ran as an Independent and outflanked the political establishment. And from the start, it wasn’t smooth sailing. Conflicts with councillors, clashes with senior officials, high-profile disputes. So, just what is going on? For the past three months, Alan English has conducted more than 40 interviews and spoken to dozens of other people involved, including the key protagonists. Ahead of a landmark three-part investigation to be published this week on The Currency, English joins Ian Kehoe in the studio to discuss the key issues, the central characters, and why he was reluctant to take on the project initially.

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In picturesque Killiney, a site exposes Ireland’s housing contradictions

In a country missing hundreds of thousands of homes, the prospect of 80 apartments compared to a single mansion should not even be a close contest. Unfortunately, in Ireland, it is.
Ronan Lyons
24th Mar, 2026 - 6 min read

Constantin Gurdgiev: Europe’s energy illusion has collapsed

The current energy shock is not just about war – it is the result of long-term policy failures that have left Europe dependent, exposed, and scrambling for alternatives.

Constantin Gurdgiev
23rd Mar, 2026 - 7 min read

Targeted help only, please: Rewinding the week that was

We’ve been here before: a war, an energy price shock, a government response. Blanket fuel subsidies should be ruled out.
Thomas Hubert
22nd Mar, 2026 - 5 min read

Sam Smyth on Michael Lowry: Justice, politics, and the unchallenged Tribunal report

I sat through nearly every public session of the Moriarty Tribunal and witnessed the tangled web of influence and money firsthand. Lowry now claims injustice but he never challenged the tribunal’s damning findings. And those findings still stand.
Sam Smyth
21st Mar, 2026 - 5 min read

Life, liberty, and the weight of war

From red hats to hourglasses, from city streets to the Oval Office, the US is alive with signals of tension, humour, and frustration.
Siobhán Brett
21st Mar, 2026 - 5 min read

Travels with Looby: Part three – In search of some answers

Between bookshops, galleries and long lunches with friends, Washington feels timeless — yet the distant thunder of war reminds us how closely the city lives with power.
John Looby
20th Mar, 2026 - 4 min read

Peter Kinsella: Oil prices reached $119 today. Here is what I think happens next

Oil’s leap to $119 is more than a price spike – it’s the start of a global economic shock that could drive inflation higher, disrupt supply chains and reshape interest-rate predictions.
Peter Kinsella
19th Mar, 2026 - 5 min read

Travels with Looby: Part two – In search of some answers

A trip to Japan with an old friend who first taught me why Warren Buffett matters becomes a journey through temples, history and boardrooms – and a search for signs that corporate Japan may finally be changing.
John Looby
19th Mar, 2026 - 5 min read

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