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“Alarm bells” raised at PAC over serious overspend on Susi IT system

The committee will call on the City of Dublin ETB, which operates the student grant system, to explain a €4m overspend on the as-yet-completed project. The Currency reported the project's ongoing issues including removal of the original contractor in 2021.
Niall Sargent
15th Jan, 2026 - 3 min read

Ireland’s fund industry thrives — but tougher marketing rules are setting it apart in Europe

The European Securities and Markets Authority’s latest report on fund marketing materials notes how rules from country-to-country still differ, despite efforts for greater harmonisation.
Jonathan Keane
15th Jan, 2026 - 2 min read

Interim examiner appointed to East Coast Bakehouse

Co-founded by entrepreneurs Michael Carey and Alison Cowzer, East Coast Bakehouse employs 78 people in Drogheda. An interim examiner has been appointed to help save the business.

A. Chambers and T. Lyons
14th Jan, 2026 - 2 min read

“We can meet a societal need and impact in a positive way

As AI reshapes how people learn and teach, Dr Mary Kelly, the new president of Hibernia College Group, explains how technology is being embedded into teacher training — and why exporting that expertise is now a global opportunity.
Rosaleen McMeel
14th Jan, 2026 - 6 min read

Exclusive: An Austrian bank is in talks to buy Finance Ireland

Finance Ireland has been reported to be up for sale for over a year. Now a €10 billion Austrian bank, which already has Irish interests, is seeking to buy it.

Tom Lyons
13th Jan, 2026 - 1 min read

“The template seems to be that we’ll agree everything else and sell farmers down the river”

The EU-Mercosur trade deal is moving ahead but the Irish Farmers’ Association is game-planning its final effort to get the agreement tossed out by the European Parliament.
Jonathan Keane
13th Jan, 2026 - 4 min read

Privacy watchdog wins right to challenge TikTok stay in the Supreme Court

Last year, TikTok was fined €530m by the DPC and ordered to bring its data transfers to China into line with EU privacy law. The High Court stayed the ruling as the platform argued the damage caused would be in the billions. That stay is now set for an urgent Supreme Court appeal.
Francesca Comyn
13th Jan, 2026 - 3 min read

Firm-first: Stephen Holst on leading a law firm and his second term

Stephen Holst is managing partner of McCann FitzGerald, a law firm with 680 people and deep roots in Irish business.

Tom Lyons
13th Jan, 2026 - 14 min read

“For at least a thousand years the Book of Kells has profoundly shaped Ireland”

Dion Fanning
20th Dec, 2025

James Joyce considered it the most Irish thing we had. It has been here for a thousand years and endured many dramas but there are many mysteries about the Book of Kells. Victoria Whitworth talks to Dion Fanning about what she has come to believe about the Book of Kells’s creation and why Irish monks might have nothing to do with it.

Top Voices

Streaming solstice and printing presses: Willie O’Reilly on this year’s media trends

The rise of YouTube signals the end of traditional broadcasters’ control over high-quality audio and video production – with the fate of newspapers providing signposts for legacy media.
Willie O'Reilly
14th Jan, 2026 - 4 min read

2026 market outlook: Slower returns, stickier rates and rising political risk

Most US and European investment banks expect another positive year for equities in 2026, albeit at a more modest pace. Rate cuts without recession, a two-speed commodity outlook, and rising geopolitical and inflation risks define a more complex investment landscape.
Peter Kinsella
13th Jan, 2026 - 6 min read

John Looby: We should stand back from simplifying our complex identity

The purity peddlers of Gaeldom are growing louder, but English nationalism’s stubborn urge to drive our closest neighbour into a dead-end shows that trying to force our rich complexity into a bogus simplicity is doomed.
John Looby
12th Jan, 2026 - 4 min read

Corporate failures defy economic gravity: Rewinding the week that was

Much like insolvency figures, the Irish-taxable profits of multinationals are better than they should be. Nobody knows exactly for how long.
Ian Kehoe
11th Jan, 2026 - 4 min read

Succession or scramble: Irish rugby’s defining test of leadership is coming

As Andy Farrell, Leo Cullen and a host of senior coaches approach contract expiry after the next World Cup, Irish rugby is nearing a once-in-a-generation moment. Recent provincial chaos suggests the system that once excelled at succession planning will face an unprecedented challenge.
Brett Igoe
10th Jan, 2026 - 5 min read

Siobhán Brett: Absolute resolve abroad, absolute disorder at home

One operation looked like a clean win on screen. The other turned into a bleak cycle of footage, outrage and denial. Together, they say a lot about America’s relationship with force.
Siobhán Brett
9th Jan, 2026 - 5 min read

Whatever the outcome of Mercosur, the EU needs to get the finger out on better trade deals

Ireland says no but Mercosur may very well pass today – after 25 years of to-and-fro. The thorny issues at play and drawn-out negotiations send a bad signal to other would-be trading partners.
Jonathan Keane
9th Jan, 2026 - 3 min read

Thomas Hubert: Four more years for US multinationals to line State coffers

The US is claiming “victory” over a side deal to the OECD minimum tax agreement until the end of the Trump presidency. Ireland will find it hard to resist the temptation of spending the money while it has it.
Thomas Hubert
8th Jan, 2026 - 4 min read

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