The European nights that changed Irish football
August 8, 2026 5:56 amIt was all nearly worth it, Dermot Keely said, to see Dick Advocaat’s head in his hands. They were different... View Article
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Dan O’Brien: How Irish savers accumulated €1.4tn in net wealth – and what to do with it
August 7, 2026 5:37 amAre we a nation of savers or spendthrifts? With the release last week of data on savings rates in Ireland... View Article
Tom Lyons: The Nama discounts that changed the Irish Nationwide story
August 7, 2026 1:58 amThe economist Colm McCarthy wrote in The Sunday Independent in December 2012 that the cost of bailing out Irish Nationwide,... View Article
Colm McCarthy: Ireland’s chance as Fifa’s old order begins to crumble
August 6, 2026 5:23 amA forgotten sporting lesson has just been taught afresh. Footballs were expensive in the Dublin of my childhood and not... View Article
Ian Kehoe: The economics of hospitality have fundamentally changed
August 5, 2026 3:04 amLast month, I argued that the debate over the restored nine per cent Vat rate for hospitality had fundamentally changed. ... View Article
John Looby: King Canute and the UK’s new king from the North
August 4, 2026 5:27 amEngland revels in its Anglo-Saxon, Norman, Tudor, and Victorian past. Maybe it’s Shakespeare. Maybe it’s Churchill. Maybe it’s Rowling. But... View Article
Nama made billions. Did it miss something bigger? Rewinding the week that was
August 2, 2026 2:03 amIn 2011, I travelled to Sandyford in south Dublin to meet Peter Bacon. A high-profile economist, Bacon had been retained... View Article
An Irish Odyssey: Kieran Cunningham on how Mayo changed its ending
August 1, 2026 5:27 amEven the walls were sweating – and it was a Saturday evening, so formal dress protocols normally don’t apply. But things... View Article
“We asked Glen Hansard to come to a gig. Instead, he said: ‘I’d love to give you a song.’”
August 1, 2026 5:07 amTwenty-five years ago, last March, I met Glen Hansard in the Library Bar in the old Central Hotel on Exchequer... View Article
Can Kelly+Partners crack Europe? It starts in Wexford
July 31, 2026 5:42 amBeating the market isn’t easy. But as I’ve argued before, I think the case for trying is a strong one.... View Article
