Full coverage: Data

For younger adults in Ireland, the gap between how they expected to live and how they actually live has become stark. New European research shows that this experience is not uniquely Irish.

From trackside fibre optics to AI-driven strategy, Formula 1’s tech evolution is transforming racing, broadcasting, and decision-making — with every byte of its 650 terabytes per weekend shaping the sport’s future.

Trump’s latest firing over bad job data isn’t just political theatre — it echoes a worrying global trend.

Investing in companies as diverse as oil terminals to media groups taught Roger Courtney the value of data to business decision-making. He now runs Sunstone, a market intelligence company.

Eoin O’Reilly, EY’s Irish leader for AI and data, explains how AI can unlock value creation for organisations, and outlines why AI has gone from “can-do” to “must-do” for companies. He also talks about the work of EY’s AI Labs and how organisations can embrace responsible AI.

Data protection and privacy is now integral to every part of business. Emma Ritchie, KPMG Law LLP's head of data protection and privacy, explains how it has become an important part of the firm's offering.

The European Commission sent an infringement notice to Ireland over its failure to appoint an authority to oversee the Data Governance Act.

The Currency talks to Ireland's top law firms about how their disputes practices have mushroomed into multi-disciplinary teams that take on everything from billion-euro data privacy suits to the barter account at RTÉ.

There is no projection in which the demand for data will fall in the coming decades. Creating data, housing data, manipulating data, deriving value from data - we are moving into an era when economic progress is going to become coincident with data.  

The Chinese-owned social media platform has already made it clear it is not happy with the regulator's decision. Now TikTok has lodged a judicial review aimed at overturning the Data Protection Commission's findings.