“Brendan Comiskey didn’t fail and this wasn’t about failure. This was about a cover-up”

After two years of controversy and a growing backlog of cases, the housing minister has appointed new board members to An Bord Pleanála. But who are they and what do they bring to the table?

Edwina Donnellan built her family’s Centra into a pillar of the local Ennis community. Now a multi-million euro business, the 2024 Family Businesswoman of the Year discusses retail, growth and finding her own leadership style.

In May, 12 licences for oyster and clam farming in the Ballyness Bay were granted by the State in a long-running saga over the future of the protected inlet. The next chapter will play out in the High Court.

Patsy McGarry took the same approach to covering Ireland’s churches as he had to Ireland’s politicians. It was a time when that approach was necessary, a turbulent time in Ireland’s history, north and south. He also remembers the only time he saw Nell McCafferty afraid.

A group selling tickets for a second annual Dún Laoghaire Harbour Swim does not have permission for the event to go ahead. What exactly is going on?

David Wall is taking over as the executive chairman of the packaging business set up by a former Digicel CEO.

The Limerick-based and Toronto-listed firm builds software for the life sciences sector but said its business is dependent on a “relatively small number of customers”.

Padraic McKeever didn’t have the grá for teaching so he went into sports kit sales. The brand he founded is now supplying Olympians and All-Ireland winners.

A judge in Berlin told two organisations that their complaints against X should be taken in Ireland, setting the stage for more disputes for Elon Musk’s platform in Irish courts.

The Government want to increase competitiveness through the use of share-based remuneration. However, policymakers are concerned about the rising costs associated with the various tax reliefs on offer.