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Raves, debt and deaths: How a Wall Streeter came to own New York’s biggest club

Andrew Axelrod loaned $120 million to the Brooklyn Mirage. After it went bankrupt, he took over the joint, writes Alexander Saeedy, The Wall Street Journal.
The Wall Street Journal.
27th Feb, 2026 - 9 min read

Americans are leaving the U.S. in record numbers

More citizens are replanting overseas, drawn by a quality of life made easily affordable by the U.S.’s enviable salaries. “I wasn’t expecting to be surrounded by this many Americans”, write Drew Hinshaw and Joe Parkinson, The Wall Street Journal.
The Wall Street Journal.
26th Feb, 2026 - 10 min read

“If you’re flashy in Cork, it won’t go well”: Kevin Canning on red Ferraris and winning trust

The CEO of Quintas Capital doesn't miss a trick when it comes to talking about his private-market investment business, but the story he hasn't told, until now, is his own.
Alan English
26th Feb, 2026 - 12 min read

“Fox in the henhouse”: Logix Aero’s bid to revive its $820k hacker case

Irish aircraft parts trader was duped out of $820,000 when a fraudster intercepted its email exchanges with a Thai dealer. In an appeal, it argues the Thai firm bears some responsibility.
Jonathan Keane
26th Feb, 2026 - 4 min read

“A costly and futile exercise”: Developer seeks examinership amid fierce opposition

Delays and litigation have plagued construction of the Greenside office building in Dublin city centre. Now property group KC Capital is pursuing examinership with debts of over €50 million to secured lender Oaktree.
Francesca Comyn
25th Feb, 2026 - 4 min read

The predawn ambush in a sleepy mountain town that brought down a drug kingpin

Overwhelming force and U.S. intelligence helped Mexico kill cartel boss known as El Mencho, write Santiago Pérez and Kejal Vyas, The Wall Street Journal.
The Wall Street Journal.
25th Feb, 2026 - 5 min read

The sustainable clothing brand getting fossil fuels out of outdoor gear

Kinsale-based Zirkulu has been working to develop truly sustainable alternatives to waterproof gear. Founders Fionn McCarthy and Jack Norman talk about how a lockdown project has morphed into a fully-fledged sustainable brand.
Michael Cogley
25th Feb, 2026 - 11 min read

State’s higher education awarding body landed with €450,000 tax bill

Quality and Qualifications Ireland incorrectly treated external assessors as self-employed contractors for tax purposes. It needed extra funding from its parent department to settle the six-figure tax bill.
Niall Sargent
25th Feb, 2026 - 2 min read

Tech-driven reinvention: “It’s a time for big bets; you can’t sit on the fence on these.”

Ian Kehoe
27th Feb, 2026

Are Irish CEOs moving fast enough on AI? PwC’s latest Irish CEO survey suggests ambition is not the problem. Almost half of business leaders are entering new sectors. More than two-thirds plan international investments in the year ahead — well above the global average. But when it comes to artificial intelligence, the returns remain early. Just 17 per cent of Irish CEOs report revenue gains from AI. Only 23 per cent report cost reductions. Meanwhile, global companies that have embedded AI at scale are two to three times more likely to report meaningful financial returns. The divide is opening. In this episode of The Tech Agenda, Ian Kehoe speaks to Amy Ball, Reinvention Leader at PwC Ireland, and Kieran Little, partner at Strategy&, PwC Ireland, about what “tech-driven reinvention” actually means – and why pilots and experimentation are no longer enough. Ball and Little discuss Ireland’s lower risk appetite, the execution gap between strategy and scale, the governance challenge boards are now demanding answers on, and why this may be “a time for big bets”.

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Tara Shine: Is your business flood-ready? 

Episodes of heavy rains like the start of this year will become more frequent. Here are six steps every company can take to prepare for the next one.
Tara Shine
26th Feb, 2026 - 6 min read

Why the EU wants to watch investment funds more closely – and where Irish resistance is headed

To roll out a European savings and investments union, the debate on centralised vs national supervision could land on a middle-ground solution. Will Ireland and Luxembourg accept it?
Thomas Hubert
25th Feb, 2026 - 7 min read

Some ambition, please: Peter Kinsella on the new national savings and investment scheme

As Simon Harris signals a new savings and investment strategy, it raises a serious question: Can Ireland build a culture of long-term wealth creation while penalising investors at every turn?
Peter Kinsella
24th Feb, 2026 - 5 min read

Joe Gill: Ireland fostered CRH, Kerry Group and Ryanair. But that ecosystem is weakening

We have drawn deeply from the FDI well for decades, and in doing so have allowed dependence – and a degree of complacency – to obscure a fundamental weakness in our industrial policy.
Joe Gill
23rd Feb, 2026 - 4 min read

Bill McMorrow’s Irish legacy: Rewinding the week that was

Bill McMorrow flew into a country on financial life support and started buying. Today, as Kennedy Wilson is taken private in a €1.27bn deal, the scale of that early conviction is clear.

Ian Kehoe
22nd Feb, 2026 - 5 min read

The blame game: When coaching deflection replaces performance analysis

From ‘intent’ to ‘keyboard warriors’ in nine days: what attribution theory tells us about recent messaging by Andy Farrell. Meanwhile, unsparing data on the performance of his Irish players presents a different picture.
Brett Igoe
21st Feb, 2026 - 5 min read

Beauty and brutality: The Irish vision behind Dior and McQueen

As New York, London, Milan and Paris launch another season of fashion weeks, the spotlight falls on two Irish designers at the summit of the industry – Jonathan Anderson at Dior and Seán McGirr at Alexander McQueen.

Anne Harris
21st Feb, 2026 - 6 min read

John Looby: Stock investors should ignore the noise 

Crypto, gold, Trump, the Fed and Forex generate just some of what we should ignore, and we should concentrate instead on protecting our purchasing power.

John Looby
20th Feb, 2026 - 3 min read

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