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Dan O’Brien: How do Irish incomes compare?

In just 20 years, Ireland has caught up remarkably fast on its neighbours while avoiding the rise of income inequality, especially between generations. While policy issues exist for the future, they are less acute than elsewhere in Europe.

Dan O'Brien

30th Oct, 2026 - 4 min read

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The last ghosts of FTX are being purged in Kells

An accountant in Co Meath has been made a director of the collapsed crypto giant’s lone Irish presence. The subsidiary is due to be wound down as FTX’s notorious tale comes to an end.

Jonathan Keane

30th Oct, 2026 - 2 min read

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Up close with O’Brien: Why he quit the media business and fights “that f**kwit Zuckerberg”

Denis O’Brien says Irish business journalists "haven't a clue" and was angered by his media portrayal here but, after getting out of radio and newspapers, the billionaire has a bigger enemy now. He lets fly in an in-depth interview.

Alan English

29th Oct, 2026 - 23 min read

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McKillen Jr hits back at his foes’ allegations: “No real interest in finding accommodation”

Paddy McKillen Jr, the hospitality entrepreneur, is trying to secure a personal insolvency arrangement despite the opposition of two lenders. He has now filed affidavits denying he has "hidden anything" from anyone.

Tom Lyons

29th Oct, 2026 - 12 min read

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No discrimination, rather “a concerted effort” to reverse the appointment of the Port of Cork’s CEO

Thomas Hunter McGowan, a candidate for the position ultimately won by Ann Doherty in 2024, has lost his WRC case against the State-owned company for gender discrimination.

Alice Chambers

29th Oct, 2026 - 5 min read

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How Bolsonaro fled Brazil: decoys, a private jet and a friend in the White House

After losing Brazil’s election, Flávio Bolsonaro fled to Miami in an elaborate operation aided by Trump’s inner circle and Argentina’s president, write Vera Bergengruen, Samantha Pearson, Ryan Dubé and Philip Wegmann, The Wall Street Journal.

The Wall Street Journal.

29th Oct, 2026 - 5 min read

Executive exodus at Irish-Chinese helicopter lessor GDHF

On Tuesday, the CEO and CFO of GD Helicopter Finance, a Chinese-owned and Irish-headquartered aviation lessor, announced their departures from the business.

Jonathan Keane

29th Oct, 2026 - 2 min read

UK budget keeps government on track to stay within rules

Treasury chief John Healey said the government remained on track, but with headroom of £15 billion, writes Paul Hannon, The Wall Street Journal.

The Wall Street Journal.

28th Oct, 2026 - 3 min read

From a kitchen table to a Dublin jewellery institution: The Appleby family prepares for the next generation

Appleby Jewellers is an unlikely modern retailer: a third-generation family business, a specialist craft-based workshop, and a destination shop where customers are warmly welcomed and encouraged to take their time. Its next big opportunity is brought by the next generation and the succession planning associated with that.

Ian Kehoe

28th Oct, 2026 - 6 min read

China’s car industry is wowing the world—but crashing at home

Domestic sales have plunged, but the state-supported sector’s needed shakeout hasn’t begun; ‘so many competitors’, write Stephen Wilmot and Katrina Northrop, The Wall Street Journal.

The Wall Street Journal.

28th Oct, 2026 - 7 min read

How to build a solar farm on shifting sands

“You had us trying to get three different parties into a hotel room in Carlow, going, can we sort this out because it's costing us millions," says TJ Hunter, MD for Ireland and UK at Perigus Energy.

Alice Chambers

28th Oct, 2026 - 7 min read

Keeping Pace: Why Richard Carr co-founded an AI marketing business

Richard Carr ran Accenture Song in Dublin after previously leading the creative agency Rothco. Why has he founded Pacey.ai?

Tom Lyons

28th Oct, 2026 - 5 min read

“Highly irregular and deeply concerning”: Liquidators appointed to Liberty Recycling

In a rare move, the Charities Regulator petitioned the High Court to appoint liquidators to the charity after it became the subject of a Garda investigation into "suspicious transactions" involving “substantial international funds”.

Alice Chambers

27th Oct, 2026 - 4 min read

Paul Howard: “I think we’ll have a united Ireland within my lifetime. I’m not sure we’ll have a rail link to the airport within my lifetime.”

Dion Fanning

24th Oct, 2026

The author of a new novel, A Nation Once Again, has some questions about the prospect of Irish unity. “What can we live with? We don’t like it, but what are we prepared to live with to live in peace?” Howard says Ireland's Call would make for a perfect new national anthem "because nobody likes it, but nobody vehemently hates it. And anyone who tells you they hate it, they’re exaggerating. It’s a song written to inspire absolute indifference.” He says he grew up in an era when events in Northern Ireland were "the first three items on the news", but the reality for people under 35, “especially in this part of the island", is entirely different. "They don’t really have any connection to the Troubles or any memory of the Troubles. It’s so remote from their experience, you might as well be talking to them about the Boer War as talking to them about the Troubles."

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Alphabet still has the ingredients to win in an AI pullback

The tech giant is no longer loved by investors, despite its many advantages, writes Asa Fitch, The Wall Street Journal.

The Wall Street Journal.

29th Oct, 2026 - 4 min read

Peter Kinsella: What now for the oil market?

Oil prices are likely to remain elevated even if a peace deal is reached in the Middle East, with damaged refining capacity and the need to rebuild depleted inventories prolonging the supply-demand squeeze.

Peter Kinsella

29th Oct, 2026 - 4 min read

Willie O’Reilly: Changing how the TV licence fee is collected would help fix RTÉ’s broken funding model

Today, An Post charges around €15m to ineffectively collect what it can. Instead, collecting the licence fee through the standard electricity bill could ensure all households contributed – and lower the fees significantly.

Willie O'Reilly

28th Oct, 2026 - 4 min read

Anthropic’s “adjusted” profit exposes Wall Street’s earnings game

AI developer’s losses were flip side of big gains for Amazon and Alphabet, writes Jonathan Weil, The Wall Street Journal.

The Wall Street Journal.

27th Oct, 2026 - 3 min read

Ronan Lyons: Demand, not supply, underneath the changing market conditions

With house price inflation slowing and a significant rise in second-hand homes available for sale, it is tempting to conclude that supply is finally recovering. But weakening demand is playing a significant role in the cooling market.

Ronan Lyons

27th Oct, 2026 - 6 min read

The secrets behind an Irish retail giant’s longevity: Rewinding the week that was

We rightly celebrate the FDI and start-ups, but often overlook indigenous firms built over generations. As it celebrates 150 years, Musgrave, the group behind SuperValu and Centra, is a case in point.

Ian Kehoe

25th Oct, 2026 - 5 min read

“I said to Haughey: ‘How do you get away with it?’”

Dick Spring, the former tánaiste and Labour Party leader, spoke memorably about his encounters with Charles Haughey at the launch of Vincent Browne's new book on Ireland's most controversial taoiseach.

Tom Lyons

24th Oct, 2026 - 3 min read

A confidential source – and the full story of the botched investigation that failed Brian Stack and his family

In 2006 I was given 20 minutes to read and remember an explosive document that revealed the full extent of how key evidence in the fatal shooting of the chief prison officer at Portlaoise was lost.

Barry Cummins

24th Oct, 2026 - 18 min read

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