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Film world’s fascination with boxing – and the story of the Irish pioneer who blazed a trail for Katie Taylor

The world's best directors and actors have long been drawn to pugilistic characters – and now a new film starring Sydney Sweeney tells the story of women's boxing's answer to the 'Thrilla in Manila', a fight that featured Drogheda-born world champion Deirdre Gogarty.
Kieran Cunningham
29th Nov, 2025 - 8 min read

McManus-backed lender has financed private Ipas operators, accounts show

Novellus’s Irish office is driving growth of the billionaire family’s UK finance business. New filings show the lender is watching for changes to Ipas and “potential impact on future business opportunities”.
Niall Sargent
28th Nov, 2025 - 3 min read

Russian losses: CDB Aviation has clawed back over $250m on stranded aircraft

Having bowed out of insurance litigation last May, CDB Aviation has been settling with insurers on its beached Russian assets. But one case that went the distance looks set to deliver a multi-million euro payout.
Francesca Comyn
28th Nov, 2025 - 3 min read

“Shouldn’t have been in range it was”: O’Brien contests damages but accepts defamation charge

O’Brien’s barrister told the High Court the award of damages totalling €823,500 to two human rights solicitors was “one of the largest" in recent years and asked for a stay until an appeal was heard.
Alice Chambers
28th Nov, 2025 - 4 min read

DAF Trucks dispute: Director prevents board removal as legal battle rumbles on

Businessman Patrick Ferriter who owns 30 per cent of DAF Truck Services (Cork) Ltd is embroiled in a “hard fought” case with his majority shareholders. A judgment has prevented his fellow directors removing him from its board.
Tom Lyons
28th Nov, 2025 - 3 min read

“We really like the Irish market”: August Equity eyes more deals as it deploys €400m fund

The London-based private-equity firm has been investing in Ireland for five years. CFO Daniel Venn and manager Michael Coates outline their plans for the firm's latest fund.
Michael Cogley
28th Nov, 2025 - 10 min read

Green shoots (and ladders): State climate-friendly procurement slowly improving

State bodies have the purchasing power to encourage the market to produce greener goods and services. New data shows signs of improvement in green procurement but with plenty of room to improve.
Niall Sargent
28th Nov, 2025 - 4 min read

“Getting to that stage”: Version 1 CEO on US expansion, investing in AI and a looming exit

Swiss private-equity firm Partners Group acquired the Irish digital transformation business in 2022. New CEO Roop Singh talks about the prospect of a sale and building out its business in the US.
Michael Cogley
27th Nov, 2025 - 4 min read

“I think we lag in adoption. I don’t think we lag in ambition”

Ian Kehoe
25th Nov, 2025

Irish business leaders are increasingly convinced that AI agents — autonomous systems capable of analysing information, making decisions and taking action — will reshape the workplace more profoundly than the internet did. Yet despite that conviction, adoption remains stubbornly slow. In this episode of The Tech Agenda, Ian Kehoe explores the findings of PwC Ireland’s new survey on AI agents, speaking with Robert Byrne, Technology Data & AI Partner at PwC Ireland, and Laoise Mullane, Director and AI Adoption Lead in PwC’s Workforce Advisory practice. Together, they unpack the contradiction at the heart of Agentic AI among Irish businesses: soaring ambition on one side, cautious adoption on the other. Byrne explains how Irish organisations are starting with back-office productivity gains but have yet to take the bigger leap toward rethinking process and operating model transformation. Mullane highlights the workforce dimension — the trust gaps, the mindset barriers and the cultural unease that arise when technology begins to act rather than simply assist. The Tech Agenda with Ian Kehoe podcast series is sponsored by PwC.

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Misreading the mixed signals on planning: Rewinding the week that was

Frustration about housing and infrastructure has led to confusion between private interests, environmental obligations, and the processes at play to balance them against the public good.
Thomas Hubert
30th Nov, 2025 - 6 min read

Andy Farrell’s Ireland fought the law – and the law won. Now it’s time to react and recalibrate

Irish players are getting penalised for actions that have been coached into them – deliberate, trained behaviours that are all about pushing boundaries. The problem is that referees now have their number.
Brett Igoe
29th Nov, 2025 - 5 min read

The Irish economy is just hitting a soft patch – unless risks materialise

The slowdown is not yet pointing to a recession. But why run both a security and political risk when there is no need to run either?
Dan O'Brien
28th Nov, 2025 - 5 min read

Willie O’Reilly: Irish-made TV faces the hypocrisy of viewers

The majority of television watched in Ireland is imported, mostly from the UK. Public clamour for indigenous programming doesn’t match the private choices made in Irish homes.
Willie O'Reilly
27th Nov, 2025 - 3 min read

Return to stability or the nightmare before Christmas: UK to wean off debt but growth question remains

The chancellor’s budget manages to create £22bn (€25.1bn) in desperately needed fiscal headroom as tax rises look to reduce the public finances' reliance on debt in the long term. But the question of growth still looms large.
Michael Cogley
26th Nov, 2025 - 6 min read

Ronan McGovern: Why build data centres in Ireland at all?

The high-risk stall in data-centre development raises deeper questions about how the national grid procures electricity, how green it is, and when it is available for use.
Ronan McGovern
26th Nov, 2025 - 6 min read

Get in early and pass special laws: Lessons from France on how to get a metro built

France is broke but can double the size of the Paris metro, while cash-rich Ireland faces another judicial review in Dublin. Are there any lessons to be learned?
Thomas Hubert
25th Nov, 2025 - 4 min read

Peter Kinsella: The return of the UK’s doom loop?

Chancellor Rachel Reeves is set to ditch her plans to increase income taxes but, should November's budget do little to kickstart Britain's stagnant economy, it may force a rethink.
Peter Kinsella
25th Nov, 2025 - 5 min read

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