Top Stories

EU Commissioner Michael McGrath has fixed his eye on Shein and Temu

The EU justice commissioner said he plans to raise the issue of product safety and standards on platforms like Shein and Temu with the Chinese authorities.
Jonathan Keane
26th Jun, 2025 - 4 min read

The Butler brothers are going to be restricted as directors. What happened?

Ciaran and Colum Butler are to be restricted from company directorships following a High Court ruling over a failed Starbucks lease in Dublin 2. What happened, and what did the judge say about some of Ireland’s top insolvency experts?

Tom Lyons
26th Jun, 2025 - 8 min read

Licovolt secures backing from Davenham Switchgear founder John Corcoran

Licovolt’s technology offers a new way to extract critical minerals from spent battery materials efficiently and with less emissions. The UCD spin-out is now backed by Davencor Holdings, the family office of John Corcoran.
Tom Lyons
26th Jun, 2025 - 3 min read

Keywords Studios joins up to “crucial” Hollywood AI union deal

A year-long strike by video game voiceover performers in Hollywood, including at Keywords-owned Blindlight, has come to an end in a deal with Sag-Aftra.
Jonathan Keane
26th Jun, 2025 - 2 min read

Ireland scolded by the EU over implementation of terrorist content rules

Ireland has completed three out of four stages in designating an authority for tackling terrorist content online. The European Commission wants it to get a move on with the final stage.
Jonathan Keane
25th Jun, 2025 - 2 min read

Yes, Deel was behind corporate surveillance — but court hears it’s not that simple

New details presented in court shows Deel hired a private investigator who in turn engaged another party to surveil Keith O’Brien; the company denies any intimidation, while legal anonymity has been temporarily granted to the alleged surveillors.
Francesca Comyn
25th Jun, 2025 - 3 min read

‘You’re Not Selling Time’: Paul Lynch on art, identity, and the high cost of creation

After a whirlwind year promoting Prophet Song, Paul Lynch reflects on writing as vocation, the discipline it demands, and the existential cost of ignoring his craft.

Alison Cowzer
25th Jun, 2025 - 3 min read

Businessman Mark Reihill pursues French telco entrepreneur Stephane Fund for €1.3 million

Mark Reihill has claimed in court he loaned €2 million to Stephane Fund but €1.3 million of it has not been repaid. Fund, a technology entrepreneur who previously ran a property company with his brother-in-law Brendan Mullin, is preparing his defence.
Tom Lyons
25th Jun, 2025 - 3 min read

“Discipline is freedom, you have to be very disciplined. I work Monday to Friday. I don’t work weekends, and I tend to write in two writing sessions in the day.”

Alison Cowzer
25th Jun, 2025

Booker Prize-winning author Paul Lynch joins Alison Cowzert to reflect on the intense demands and deeper meaning of a writer’s life. After 18 months promoting his acclaimed novel Prophet Song, Lynch still has plenty to say — about the discipline of writing, the risks of pursuing it as a vocation, and why, for him, there was never really a choice. “The thing about true vocation is you don’t have a choice,” he says. “To do anything else is to risk a loss of core identity.” In a wide-ranging conversation, Lynch discusses the role of the artist, the importance of state support for writers, and why Prophet Song — a novel often described as dystopian — is in fact a mirror to the modern world. Arts Matters is supported by HLB Ireland.

Top Voices

Anne Harris on Veronica Guerin: June 26, 1996, was the day the illusion cracked

Veronica Guerin’s killing, 29 years ago today, exposed more than a single act of brutality — it revealed how organised crime, institutional silence, and civic complacency were eroding Ireland’s moral core.
Anne Harris
26th Jun, 2025 - 8 min read

Talk thirty to me: Why long-end bond yields are rising

Fiscal policies and inflation have changed the way investors consider long-term government debt. Who wins?
Peter Kinsella
25th Jun, 2025 - 5 min read

Flight plan for growth: Part one – Developing an all-island aviation strategy

Shaping an all-island aviation strategy in Ireland is one of the five policy recommendations set out in “A Pathfinder for Irish Aviation”. Over the next number of weeks, Joe Gill, a co-author of that report, will expand on each of these policies for The Currency.

Joe Gill
24th Jun, 2025 - 4 min read

Niall Sargent: EU review of Israeli trade agreement too little, and far too late

The Commission says it is a vocal advocate of the rule-based international order. How it acts now may give a small glimmer of hope this is still the case, but it is acting far too late for the Palestinian people.
Niall Sargent
23rd Jun, 2025 - 5 min read

John Collins: RTÉ and Arts Council fiascos show the State is still far away from best practice on IT projects

The recent revelations that the Arts Council and RTÉ both wrote down millions on large IT projects suggests that the lessons of the past with other failed State-led technology projects have still not been learnt.
John Collins
23rd Jun, 2025 - 10 min read

What Citywest says about Ireland: Rewinding the week that was

The story of Citywest over the years reflects the transformation of Ireland - boom, bust, foreign capital, a pandemic and a state struggling to deal with the surge in asylum applications.

Ian Kehoe
22nd Jun, 2025 - 5 min read

We have all encountered minor versions of Gjert Ingebrigtsen on the sidelines on Saturday mornings

The story of Gjert Ingebrigtsen — and many parents like him — reveals how children’s sport is increasingly shaped by adult ambition and professional pressure.
Dion Fanning
21st Jun, 2025 - 6 min read

Beyond the bank: The new landscape of SME finance in Ireland

Irish SMEs have become more financially savvy since the 2008 crash, and the funding options available to them have also evolved.
Stuart FitzGerald
20th Jun, 2025 - 6 min read

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