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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

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

Scrums and sliding doors moments: Paul Wallace reflects on life in and out of rugby

He could have been a banker, but he was a dynamic tighthead prop just as rugby was going professional. There would be other cases of what might have been, but now he's pushing hard with a new venture.
Alan English
7th Feb, 2026 - 17 min read

Filipino businesswoman Virginia Lane gives evidence in bitter Tinakilly House row

Lane, the wife of Irish-born businessman Gerry Lane, gave her evidence today in relation to a dispute between the couple and their hotel co-investor Denis Connolly.
Tom Lyons
6th Feb, 2026 - 5 min read

The American and Chinese economies are hurtling toward a messy divorce

The breakup is focused on sensitive matters now considered national-security issues, including semiconductors, food and energy, write Lingling Wei and Jeanne Whalen The Wall Street Journal.
The Wall Street Journal.
6th Feb, 2026 - 7 min read

“Ireland has an excellent opportunity to become an island of creators”

US AI company Partsol Global has moved its headquarters to Dublin. CTO John Callahan explains how its defence-built AI is used to combat terrorism, how it’s entering the private sector, and why Ireland could become a major AI hub.
Michael Cogley
6th Feb, 2026 - 13 min read

“It is all about class interests. I don’t forget that. It doesn’t make me have some swivel-eyed hatred for these people, but it does mean I’m not particularly interested in being friends with them”

Dion Fanning
2nd Feb, 2026

What drives Paul Murphy? Maybe not what you think. In this podcast, the People Before Profit TD talks to Dion Fanning about losing his father, why the left must not narrowly focus on class, and why it is important that he doesn’t care what people think.

Top Voices

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

Political rhetoric vs tangible reality: Constantin Gurdgiev on the India-EU trade deal

Sold as the “mother of all deals”, the India–EU free-trade agreement turns out to be much less dramatic than the hype suggests. It moves slowly, covers less ground than advertised and leans heavily on symbolism.

Constantin Gurdgiev
4th Feb, 2026 - 5 min read

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