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Workhuman, “Project Whiskey” and its battle with investor ICG drags on

An attempt by minority investor ICG to gain access to the software company's privileged legal advice on a collapsed acquisition deal from 2023 has been rejected by the High Court.
Francesca Comyn
19th Jun, 2026 - 3 min read

“An absence of clear national policy”: Manna to cease all drone deliveries in Ireland

Manna Air Delivery has ended its Irish delivery business, saying the lack of a national policy framework makes it impossible to trade. It will continue investing in R&D in Ireland but its drones will now fly elsewhere.
Tom Lyons
19th Jun, 2026 - 3 min read

Crazy rich returns lure cabbies and even kids to red-hot Asian markets

Global success of AI-related companies in South Korea, Taiwan and Japan stokes market fever, write Jiyoung Sohn in Seoul, Joyu Wang in Taipei and Junko Fukutome in Tokyo, The Wall Street Journal.
The Wall Street Journal.
19th Jun, 2026 - 7 min read

51 years in Loughlinstown: Inside Eurofound and the “mega drivers” in the labour market

The only EU agency based in Ireland was founded more than 50 years ago, carrying out research into European living and working conditions.
Jonathan Keane
19th Jun, 2026 - 11 min read

Warsh overhauls how the Fed talks and keeps markets guessing on rates

In debut as chairman, Kevin Warsh stripped away the central bank’s policy hints and committed to bringing inflation down—but wouldn’t say what that will take, writes Nick Timiraos, The Wall Street Journal.
The Wall Street Journal.
18th Jun, 2026 - 4 min read

The empire behind the fall: Mapping Cathal O’Connor’s property interests

Cathal O’Connor has weeks to put his business affairs in order before starting a custodial sentence for the violent assault of three teens. The Currency examines the scale of the property network, multi-million euro assets, and projects in the pipeline.
Niall Sargent
18th Jun, 2026 - 10 min read

Just who is behind the Galway plant-hire business that owes €106m to Revenue?

LPS International Plant Limited, a Co Galway plant-hire business, owes a staggering €106m to Revenue in undeclared Vat, interest and penalties, and is now in liquidation. How did it get here?
Jonathan Keane
17th Jun, 2026 - 2 min read

Abu Dhabi’s sovereign wealth fund is buying a stake in the Greenlink interconnector

Mubadala is pumping $200 million into a joint venture with existing investors to take control of the electricity cable connecting Ireland to the UK.
Jonathan Keane
17th Jun, 2026 - 2 min read

“Pope Leo mentioned that he’d been to Ireland a few times, but he said on one occasion some guy physically attacked him.”

Dion Fanning
20th Jun, 2026

Pope Leo spoke forcefully about the war in Iran and earned Donald Trump’s displeasure. His biographer Fr Michael Collins talks to Dion Fanning about what motivates a man his friends consider bland and the issues and intellectual obsessions that drive him.

Top Voices

Inside Intercom: 10 lessons from a front-row seat to an Irish tech success story

As a journalist, colleague and long-time observer, I saw how Eoghan McCabe and his co-founders built one of Ireland's most influential technology companies, culminating in its recent $3.6 billion sale to Salesforce.

John Collins
19th Jun, 2026 - 8 min read

Two finalists, two playbooks: What the data says about Leinster v Bulls

From territory and phase count to scrum dominance and red-zone efficiency, the season's numbers reveal the strengths, weaknesses and winning formula for both URC finalists.
Brett Igoe
18th Jun, 2026 - 6 min read

Flutter was primed to thrive in the US, so why has its share price plummeted

The Paddy Power and Betfair owner was well placed to excel as the US opened up to sports betting, but the emergence of prediction markets like Kalshi have slowed its growth while tax and policy changes elsewhere have also weighed it down.
Michael Cogley
18th Jun, 2026 - 6 min read

John Looby: We need to talk about money

Money will always fascinate. Much of human drama – for good or ill – is driven by it. The seeking of it, the losing of it, the glorying of it and the despising of it.
John Looby
17th Jun, 2026 - 3 min read

Goldhawk bites the dust: How The Phoenix went from must-read to surviving on past glories

The magazine that could once genuinely claim to have made life uncomfortable for people in high places had lost its way in recent years. The pity is that it now looks too late for someone with the right stuff to step in and revive it.
Alan English
16th Jun, 2026 - 7 min read

More family homes than families: Why one tenure can no longer house Ireland

Smaller households, longer lives and changing family patterns are transforming housing demand. Yet Ireland remains wedded to a model designed for a country that no longer exists.
Ronan Lyons
16th Jun, 2026 - 8 min read

Candidate sentiment survey: Part one – AI and the workplace

More than 1,300 candidates, from junior management to C-suite level, completed The Panel's Candidate Sentiment Survey. In part one of the findings, we examine the implications of AI on the workplace.
Paul McArdle
15th Jun, 2026 - 5 min read

Graham Platner shows America that the left-of-centre cannot hold either

Democrats appear ready to get behind a candidate who could "stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody" without losing any voters.
Siobhán Brett
14th Jun, 2026 - 6 min read

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