Markham Nolan

Irish Olympian Eve McMahon made history in 2025 as Ireland’s first World number 1 in sailing. With Los Angeles 2028 in her sights, can she maintain momentum?

A rare manufacturing success story, Soothing Solutions’ all-female founding duo are scaling their patented Tonstix children’s lozenges globally — and turning to crowdfunding to fuel their next stage of growth.

Facial recognition was sold as a convenience — faster boarding passes, safer streets, smarter security. Instead, it’s ushering in an era of constant surveillance where anonymity is vanishing, and your face is the password you can’t change.

Once Olympic outsiders, Ireland’s sailors are now serial medal contenders. Behind the podium surge is a radical rethink of how a small island funds, trains and fuels its talent.

Wicklow sailor Pamela Lee was credited with high seas heroism for her part in an English Channel rescue after a night-time hit-and-run left a sailing boat "annihilated".

Meath sailor Tom Dolan made history in 2024, winning the Solitaire du Figaro. Now he’s going after the greatest prize in ocean racing: solo, non-stop, around the world.

Vince McMahon created a unique brand of altered reality entertainment. As it permeates beyond his wrestling world, former WWE staffer Markham Nolan reflects on what it means for the future of American politics.

When a CEO is intrinsic to the brand they represent, they have an added burden. When they speak, write or tweet, they are their brand in a very real sense, and their words become the brand’s words. Paddy Cosgrave put himself in this category.