In the two weeks following the last general election on November 29, 2024, the dust settled and it became clear that the outgoing Fianna Fáil/Fine Gael-led coalition would remain in government once it had found a new partner. It was time for lobbyists to go back to work. “Dear Minister Burke, Intel calling…” was the subject line of the email that landed in Minister for Enterprise Peter Burke’s inbox on December 13, 2024, days before the new Dáil sat for the first time. Leonard Hobbs, government affairs leader at Intel Ireland, was picking up from Burke’s previous visits to the…

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