Top Stories

America’s data center build-out is falling way behind schedule

Google, which is raising a fresh $80 billion, has a strategy for getting around the biggest bottleneck, write Katherine Blunt, The Wall Street Journal.
The Wall Street Journal.
3rd Jun, 2026 - 4 min read

Online tickets platform Tickets.ie has announced it is going into liquidation

Owned by German music and ticketing group DEAG, the company behind Tickets.ie has announced plans to go into liquidation. The unexpected move has "shocked" Irish festival organisers.

Tom Lyons
3rd Jun, 2026 - 2 min read

A new front opens in the trade secrets battle over electric air taxis

Vertical Aerospace and Archer Aviation are in a patent dispute in the US. Meanwhile, Vertical is pursuing a case against a former employee in the UK that moved to its chief rival.
Jonathan Keane
3rd Jun, 2026 - 4 min read

Palestinian social network UpScrolled keeps data in Ireland as part of shift to Europe

The platform was founded last year and has seen user numbers surge. It has relocated its HQ to The Netherlands and is storing its data in Ireland in a bid to reduce reliance on the US.
Jonathan Keane
2nd Jun, 2026 - 4 min read

€2bn in investment, €10bn in revenue: AWS is expanding in Ireland, but now slower than elsewhere

New figures from Amazon’s cloud-computing division show that it is no longer ploughing money as fast into Irish data centres as it is globally.
Thomas Hubert
2nd Jun, 2026 - 2 min read

Pride groups plan for a future without some of their biggest corporate sponsors

Large companies, some of them government contractors, have cited economics and political pressure in pulling their sponsorships of Pride events, writes Patrick Coffee, The Wall Street Journal.
The Wall Street Journal.
2nd Jun, 2026 - 4 min read

The CEO of St Vincent’s Private Hospital is taking on the top job in Charter Medical

Brian Fitzgerald was previously deputy chief executive of the Beacon Hospital. He now joins Charter Medical to lead its €85 million expansion.

Tom Lyons
2nd Jun, 2026 - 1 min read

The financial engineering behind iLiv’s expanding rental business

Having acquired hundreds of rental homes across Irish cities, the young Dublin firm has reshuffled the funding of its first portfolio.
Thomas Hubert
2nd Jun, 2026 - 3 min read

“One of the things I think is very interesting is that our national flag is the most anti-nativist flag you could think of.”

Ian Kehoe
30th May, 2026

What next for Sinn Féin? Since the by-election in Dublin Central and Galway West, the party has been scrutinised. Where does it stand on immigration? Is it moving away from the other left wing parties? Eoin Ó Broin talks to Dion Fanning and makes a case for the progressives.

Top Voices

A tale of two rentals: What rooms tell us about Ireland’s supply problems

Relief of pressure on renters will require something recent rule change alone cannot deliver: viability. This is the foundation on which new homes for rent will be built at scale across Ireland.
Ronan Lyons
2nd Jun, 2026 - 6 min read

Why it matters if OpenAI or Anthropic wins the IPO race

There is much to gain for the company that moves faster, writes Asa Fitch, The Wall Street Journal.
The Wall Street Journal.
2nd Jun, 2026 - 3 min read

Mercury Engineering’s remarkable rise: Rewinding the week that was

The company founded by Frank O’Kane and Joe Morgan on a quiet Dublin street now sits at the heart of Europe’s fast-growing digital infrastructure economy.
Ian Kehoe
31st May, 2026 - 4 min read

Paul Flynn: A rivalry ignited – and a rulebook undermined

The GAA’s disciplinary process has long been a source of ridicule. And despite everything, the suspicion still lingers that a suspension is not a punishment, but the opening move in a negotiation.

Paul Flynn
30th May, 2026 - 4 min read

Stuart Fitzgerald: The domestic economy is put to the test

The resilience of Irish SMEs to global shocks cannot be taken for granted. The glacial pace of policy responses should accelerate before a scenario reminiscent of the financial crises unfolds.
Stuart Fitzgerald
29th May, 2026 - 4 min read

The verdict is in: Social media giants failing to police their platforms

Over the last year, the Irish-based Appeals Centre Europe examined 24,000 cases from social media users looking to overturn platform decisions to remove content or ban accounts. It has also flagged serious issues with social media giants leaving hate speech on platforms.

Niall Sargent
28th May, 2026 - 4 min read

As SpaceX IPOs, X reveals the decline of its Irish-based business

The Dublin office of the social media platform formerly known as Twitter has lost revenue, haemorrhaged staff and accumulated legal disputes under Elon Musk’s ownership. Meanwhile, its competitors thrived.
Thomas Hubert
27th May, 2026 - 5 min read

Permanent standby: Why has the State’s arms overflight probe stalled?

The 20-month investigation into alleged arms overflights to Israel has effectively become a permanent "work in progress", raising doubts about the State's convictions on Palestine, neutrality, and rule of law.
Niall Sargent
26th May, 2026 - 4 min read

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