Thomas Hubert: Further Ryder Cup funding should be conditional on Adare Manor financial transparency

Ireland is the only European country offering free water and Uisce Éireann is the only Irish semi-state which has the majority of its staff on the payroll of agencies it cannot control. Something has to give.

The Entrepreneur Experience offers that retreat-style distance from the reality and breakneck pace of a start-up, something that is absolutely invaluable. Hopefully, the participants at this year’s event felt the same.

Donald Trump brings chaos, rhetorical or otherwise. The Irish economic model is based on certainty. The priority for the next government, regardless of its composition, will be to maintain this certainty amid such chaos. Much depends on it.

Several established stars are showing signs that their best years are behind them, yet Andy Farrell must weigh whether they can cope with one more campaign against the need to blood the next generation.

America has spoken. The world is now trying to make sense of what it means. To unreal Donald Trump’s success, Sam Smyth is joined in New York by defence lawyer Barry Scheck, author and one-time New York gossip columnist Joanna Molloy, and Jamie Smyth, US energy editor of The Financial Times.

Simon Harris joined a vast array of political premiers to trigger elections in 2024. The results of some will have an enormous impact on the new Government's in-tray.

Trump’s first-term tariffs were small and on a limited number of goods. A blanket tariff on all imports of at least 10% is almost incomparable and would have an outsized impact on Ireland.

Justice Twomey used a commercial court judgment to excoriate serial litigants and to advocate for changes to prevent the abuse of the Irish justice system. As legal caseloads increase, the judge makes a number of valid points.

As inflation continues to fall, it appears that the damage done by the recent inflationary cycle is minimal. If elections don't mess it up, the near future looks assured.

By any metric, Nepal is a poor country with limited public services. Yet, Ireland could take a leaf out of Nepal’s book and become literate in land values, writes Ronan Lyons in Kathmandu.