Top Stories

The long-feared Persian Gulf oil squeeze is upon us

Traffic through the Strait of Hormuz has ground to a virtual halt, unleashing the most severe energy crisis since the 1970s and threatening the global economy, write Joe Wallace, Summer Said, Rebecca Feng and Georgi Kantchev, The Wall Street Journal.
The Wall Street Journal.
9th Mar, 2026 - 8 min read

Defective blocks: Expert rows delay one of the “most distressing cases” in the State

A technical dispute between experts put a handbrake on testing samples from a Donegal quarry, alleged to be the source of defective blocks affecting thousands of homes and stalling the progress of pathfinder cases for over 2,500 lawsuits.
Francesca Comyn
9th Mar, 2026 - 7 min read

Project Oasis and a frustrated Middle East deal: SolarWinds’ WRC dispute

A former sales manager at the cybersecurity company’s Irish office, serving the Middle East market, contested his firing but failed in his claim that it was retaliation for whistleblowing.
Jonathan Keane
9th Mar, 2026 - 5 min read

Reading the table: Crowley, Farrell and the hand Ireland struggled to play

Twickenham's glow lasted two weeks. Jack Crowley held all the cards against Wales — and struggled to play the right card.

Brett Igoe
8th Mar, 2026 - 5 min read

Ready for Cheltenham: Paul Byrne on taking on the big firms – and his friend JP McManus

The co-founder of FitzBet will have a pitch on the rails at next week's festival, after paying £325,000 for the privilege, but it's small beer in his expanding operation. In a rare interview, he opens up about the business of betting.
Johnny Ward
7th Mar, 2026 - 19 min read

“I wrote a letter to a guy called AJF O’Reilly in the HJ Heinz Food Company in Pittsburgh. Me, a total loser. I couldn’t believe he wrote back”

Kingsley Aikins is a master networker. His new book explains why everyone needs a network, not just for their career but for the most important aspects of human existence.

Dion Fanning
7th Mar, 2026 - 5 min read

America’s ‘most luxurious ski town’ is tearing itself apart

Telluride is in a pitched battle with the eccentric owner of its luxury resort; an attempted ‘coup’ ends in scandal, writes Jim Carlton, The Wall Street Journal.
The Wall Street Journal.
7th Mar, 2026 - 8 min read

Beware the Ides of March: Opportunity knocks again for Heimir’s Ireland, 40 years after Big Jack’s bow

A friendly defeat against Wales in March 1986 was the first step on Jack Charlton's road to glory. Four decades later, Charlton's arch critic Eamon Dunphy thinks Hallgrimsson can become the third Ireland manager to go to a World Cup.

Kieran Cunningham
7th Mar, 2026 - 9 min read

“Tony O’Reilly was very bright but at school his headmaster said to him ‘If you don’t knuckle down, you’ll end up selling newspapers’.”

Dion Fanning
7th Mar, 2026

A letter to Tony O’Reilly changed Kingsley Aikins’s life. His new book on networking looks at how human connection is fundamental to how we live well. He talks to Dion Fanning about the power of human connection, what we lost during lockdowns and his experience working for Tony O’Reilly.

Top Voices

Zippay’s arrival in 2026 is not fashionably late – but the competition is welcome

The pillar banks hope to claw back some of the market share conceded to fintechs like Revolut with its new payments service. Whether it's a case of too little, too late remains to be seen.
Michael Cogley
10th Mar, 2026 - 6 min read

John Looby: We should consciously fight our risk aversion

For deep and ancient reasons, we hate uncertainty and fear change. But for the long-term investor, volatility is not risk. The desire to dampen it is a costly distraction.
John Looby
9th Mar, 2026 - 3 min read

The State paid landlords €2.9bn in 2024. Was this the peak? Rewinding the week that was

One overlooked aspect of the housing crisis has been the Government’s dominant role in the accommodation market. While policy is shifting, fortunes continue to be made.
Thomas Hubert
8th Mar, 2026 - 5 min read

Niall Sargent: When emergency becomes permanent, a broken model takes hold

With accommodation payments flowing to private providers since the early days of direct provision, is the State cementing a profitable enterprise model at the expense of a state-led, refugee-centred system?
Niall Sargent
6th Mar, 2026 - 4 min read

Dan O’Brien: A dangerous new war – but limited economic threat to Ireland

As oil and gas markets react to escalating tensions, the key question for Ireland is whether higher energy prices will trigger another inflation shock – or remain contained.
Dan O'Brien
6th Mar, 2026 - 4 min read

A new state savings scheme won’t fix Ireland’s broken savings system

If we are serious about building long-term financial resilience for households – and reducing long-term pressure on the State – this is the moment to step back and design a joined-up savings and investment framework that will still make sense in 20 or 30 years’ time.
Stephen Felle
5th Mar, 2026 - 7 min read

From “allocating funding” to a “development mindset”: A bid to make science work for the country

Under new CEO Diarmuid O'Brien, Research Ireland's inaugural strategy aims to transform the country's innovation output. Can thousands of new PhDs and a more entrepreneurial approach answer Mario Draghi's critique of European competitiveness?
Michael Cogley
4th Mar, 2026 - 5 min read

The worst of both worlds? Resetting rents in a market with no slack

Ireland’s experience over the past decade shows that rental crises cannot be managed indefinitely through emergency measures. Controls introduced as temporary responses tend to become permanent, and permanent systems need to be designed for the long haul.
Ronan Lyons
3rd Mar, 2026 - 7 min read

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