The Risk Register: “Fatal” hazards identified at legacy mine sites

Alleged financial irregularities and vehicle safety certification issues led the High Court to appoint provisional liquidators to Reward Catering, owned by Swedish listed firm, Teqnion.

Harry Kane is among several professional footballers that invested in tech company StatSports, which has now sold a majority stake to Sony.

A media start-up and a retail giant share one goal: levelling the playing field. Niamh Tallon and Eimear O’Sullivan discuss sponsorship with purpose, grassroots investment, and the long game for equality in sport.

A recent audit found department-wide internal financial controls were unsatisfactory. A follow-up audit of the department's communications division also turned up serious concerns over how procurement rules were followed, including over tendering for €735,000 in contracts.

Vat reduction was the clearest Budget 2026 success for the Buswells NGO and lobby-group crowd. Everyone else had to settle for compromises in a budget that the finance minister said could not achieve everything.

The capital allocations in Budget 2026 simply confirm those in the National Development Plan. The Government’s challenge is “barriers to delivery,” Jack Chambers said.

It’s a big mixed bag this year. The hospitality sector got its much anticipated Vat cut and R&D tax credits were expanded. Film and games will be happy but start-ups are left feeling cold.

The Government hopes to boost delivery as it lags behind targets amid a constant crisis. But will the moves have the desired effect and what for those trying to get on the housing ladder or struggling to make rent?

The businessman behind a hotel and two city-centre Dublin pubs accepts he traded recklessly and will be disqualified as a director for a period yet to be determined by the court.

The privacy ruling restricting access to European data in China will have a “severe impact” on the platform, TikTok claims as it pushes to extend a stay on penalties including a €530m fine over data transfers.