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Full coverage: Germany

As it hosts Euro 2024, can Germany believe its own fairytale again? 

The good performance of the German team so far has echoes of the 2006 World Cup. There are good football reasons for this, but it has yet to translate into a wider positive national feeling.

Fergal Lenehan
29th Jun, 2024 - 8 min read

Good Nazi, bad Nazi: As Europe’s politics moves towards the far right, its cinema engages with its fascist past

The Zone of Interest's Oscar win put the spotlight on Germany's difficult relationship with its past, but this is just one of many films exploring ordinary Nazi complicity across the continent. In its own way, Ireland is next, writes Fergal Lenehan in Leipzig.

Fergal Lenehan
30th Mar, 2024 - 12 min read

Germany and us: Rewinding the week that was

From the rise of the far right to dealing with energy shocks and EU plans for the harmonisation of corporation tax, Ireland has a lot to gain by keeping a close eye on developments in Berlin.

Thomas Hubert
18th Feb, 2024 - 5 min read

Germany leads the moral uprising as the ghost of fascism casts its shadow across Europe

Germans have taken to the streets in mass protests against the far-right AfD party. There is now a growing need for a widespread pro-democracy coalition throughout Europe including Ireland, Fergal Lenehan writes from Leipzig.

Fergal Lenehan
17th Feb, 2024 - 7 min read

Sean Keyes on investing: Industry is draining out of Europe

One thing the European economy has always had going for it is its strong industrial sector. But thanks to bad luck, and a few big policy blunders, that's changing very quickly.

Sean Keyes
14th Feb, 2024 - 4 min read

What are the top movies on German TV this Christmas? Everything from a Czech Cinderella to Nazi-era entertainment

The great tradition of settling down on Christmas night to watch the family movie is still very much alive in Germany. But there’s no place for The Towering Inferno in Fergal Lenehan’s list of what Germans watch at this time of year.

Fergal Lenehan
23rd Dec, 2023 - 7 min read

Rising Sons: How two friends are building a €100m European hair loss treatment business

Will Kennedy and Adrian Gilbane have backgrounds in brand, science and business. They have just raised €6.75m in debt and equity from some well-known names, and they’ve big plans.

Tom Lyons
14th Dec, 2023 - 6 min read

Having sold a majority stake in his accountancy firm, Anthony Casey is now hunting for 20 more firms to do the same

Earlier this year, German accountancy firm ETL acquired 51% of Noone Casey. Anthony Casey talks about the deal and the ETL model.

Ian Kehoe
20th Nov, 2023 - 6 min read

Are you being served? Not any more in Germany where the great department stores are falling victim to the retail revolution

Germany gave the world some of the largest department stores. They were retailing cathedrals opulently designed with marble staircases, rare woods and living palm trees. Today, many are closed, shuttered and decaying all across the country. What happened?

Fergal Lenehan
20th Sep, 2023 - 8 min read

Faking Hitler: The 1980s forged Diaries and the biggest media scandal of post-war West Germany

Diaries alleged in the 1980s to have been written by Adolf Hitler portrayed him as knowing little about the ongoing Holocaust. This was the main clue that the notebooks were fake.

Fergal Lenehan
17th Mar, 2023 - 7 min read
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