A crisis-era trade, a €36m paper loss, and a 19-year tax battle
March 18, 2026 5:36 amIn late 2007, as global markets teetered on the brink of a financial abyss, three Irish taxpayers entered into a... View Article
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The banker who outran bombs, kidnappers, and Barings
March 17, 2026 5:22 am“Is that Peter Coogan with you?” I had just arrived at a city-centre restaurant and spotted my friend – a... View Article
Wrights of Howth take action after losing €9.45m airport tender bid
March 16, 2026 2:05 pmWrights of Howth has brought a legal challenge against the Dublin Airport Authority (DAA) after it lost out on a... View Article
What to do with €170bn in “idle” Irish deposit accounts? Enter Spark Venture Funding
March 16, 2026 5:36 amOn December 8 last year, guests packed a meeting room in Dublin’s Fitzwilliam Hotel for a pitching session by Spark... View Article
Belfast’s Harland & Wolff has been pulled from the EU’s shipbreaking list
March 16, 2026 5:32 amBelfast shipyard Harland & Wolff has been removed from the EU’s list of approved ship recycling facilities. The EU maintains... View Article
A punch in the face, a barefoot general’s fight and the coup that unraveled
March 14, 2026 5:27 amCOTONOU, Benin—Perhaps Maj. Gen. Abou Issa should have realized he was facing a coup d’état when a junior soldier punched... View Article
How the Iran war unraveled the Gulf’s image as a luxurious safe haven
March 14, 2026 5:21 amThe president of the United Arab Emirates, Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed, strolled through the sprawling Dubai Mall on March 2,... View Article
The making of Roy Keane in the Ireland he was trying to escape
March 14, 2026 5:17 amA couple of months after Roy Keane had left Saipan in 2002, Manchester United came to Dublin to play a... View Article
Adobe CEO to depart after 18 years amid AI disruptions
March 13, 2026 3:16 pmAdobe said Chief Executive Shantanu Narayen, credited with leading the software company’s transformation over the past 18 years, will step... View Article
Tinakilly: “I’m not looking for vengeance. I’m just extremely sad we’ve arrived at this”
March 13, 2026 2:04 pm“I had no choice. It breaks my heart we are here in this court case today,” Gerard Lane told the... View Article
