Fraud, bribery, and the 200 jobs that never were: The collapse of ASG’s Irish expansion
February 18, 2026 5:32 amIn May 2019, IDA Ireland held a dual event in Sligo and Waterford to cut the ribbons on two new... View Article
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Enhanced cooperation: Enrico Letta makes his case for a deeper unified EU market in Irish visit
February 18, 2026 5:02 amEnrico Letta, one of the champions of the EU’s competitiveness bent, is floating a structure for making central supervisory authorities... View Article
The 500-year-old Beretta gun dynasty is betting big on the U.S.
February 17, 2026 1:01 pmGARDONE VAL TROMPIA, Italy—For 500 years the Beretta family has made guns in this Alpine valley. Now the world’s oldest... View Article
Supreme Court strikes down Trump’s global tariffs
February 17, 2026 1:01 pmWASHINGTON—U.S. President Donald Trump’s global tariffs are illegal, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Friday, in a stinging repudiation of a... View Article
Leveraging AI to offset the US dollar’s decline: two lessons from Kerry’s annual results
February 17, 2026 11:38 amThe market greeted Kerry Group’s unremarkable annual results with a five per cent drop in the company’s share price when... View Article
Exclusive: A deal no one could explain – and the Port of Cork couldn’t control
February 17, 2026 5:32 amReflecting the winding path of the River Lee, the Port of Cork operates at multiple locations around the city. The... View Article
On the ground with crews battling to keep the lights on in Ukraine
February 17, 2026 5:01 amKYIV, Ukraine—It was late January, and an elite Ukrainian team grabbed their tools for a special operation critical to their... View Article
Maurice Regan buys out his long-term partner in one of Dublin’s biggest pub groups
February 16, 2026 6:38 pmThe successful construction entrepreneur Maurice Regan has bought out the investment vehicle of his long-term business partner Michael Breslin in... View Article
“Entirely without foundation”: UK philanthropy site takes on Easygroup trademark challenge
February 16, 2026 1:50 pmThe strapline of the website Easyfundraising.org.uk is “you spend, brands donate”. The idea is simple: Participating retailers pay the site... View Article
U.S. and Europe, no longer kindred souls, enter a marriage of convenience
February 16, 2026 1:01 pmMUNICH—Ask a European official who attended this weekend’s Munich Security Conference about the state of the trans-Atlantic relationship, and you’re... View Article
