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Do back-to-back courtroom losses herald Meta’s ‘big tobacco’ moment?

Social-media giants confront a potential flood of litigation challenging the design of their products, write Erin Mulvaney, Meghan Bobrowsky, and Erich Schwartzel, The Wall Street Journal.
The Wall Street Journal.
26th Mar, 2026 - 4 min read

Dublin 2 pub refused licence for extension it ran as a “shebeen for many years”

Ryan’s on Camden Street is a well-known bar in Dublin. It has been refused a new drinks licence to extend its bar into adjoining premises after the gardaí argued to do so would “reward the bad behaviour of the applicant”.
Tom Lyons
25th Mar, 2026 - 3 min read

Former solicitor Michael Lynn fails to stop orders aiding the sale of three properties

The jailed solicitor argued that the orders to perfect title and aid a court sale of properties, found to have been sold to Michael Lynn in the 2000s without his legal interest being registered, risked prejudicing his upcoming appeal against his €18m theft conviction.

Francesca Comyn
25th Mar, 2026 - 6 min read

The company where driving the wrong car to work can get you a ticket

Preferred parking at Stellantis headquarters is reserved for company-made cars. Take a spot with your Tesla or Hyundai at your own risk, writes Ryan Felton, The Wall Street Journal.
The Wall Street Journal.
25th Mar, 2026 - 4 min read

Irish-made Voyager tech part of $20bn Anduril mega deal with US military

The Irish company Klas was acquired by Anduril last year, bringing it deeper into the fold of the US military and Palmer Luckey’s ties to the Trump administration, Israel, and Palantir.
Jonathan Keane
25th Mar, 2026 - 4 min read

Block CFO says deep job cuts from AI are an inevitability for companies

The company expects to generate $2 million in gross profit per employee this year following recently announced layoffs, up from $1 million in 2025, write Mark Maurer and Walden Siew, The Wall Street Journal.
The Wall Street Journal.
25th Mar, 2026 - 2 min read

Fresh corporate shake-up at major emergency accommodation group

Filings show new directors were recently appointed to 21 core companies in the Coldec Group for the second time in the past year. The group has taken in over €176m in State payments since 2022.

Niall Sargent
25th Mar, 2026 - 3 min read

Turbulent Mayor: Part 2 – “I could do many other things that would be an awful lot easier”

John Moran says he won a mandate for change and he has been driving it hard, convinced that the prize is big for Limerick and Ireland. Amid the fallout, there is a challenge: locating the truth in the fog of conflict and the murk of accusation and counter-accusation.
Alan English
25th Mar, 2026 - 29 min read

“ I knew that there were contrasting, competing narratives, and that penetrating that accusation and counter accusation was going to be really difficult. But it was a story that needed to be told”

Ian Kehoe
23rd Mar, 2026

In June 2024, in Limerick, John Moran became Ireland’s first directly elected mayor. It wasn’t just a new role – it was a political experiment. Powers were being decentralised for the first time in more than a century. Moran, a high-profile former secretary general of the Department of Finance and a former banker, ran as an Independent and outflanked the political establishment. And from the start, it wasn’t smooth sailing. Conflicts with councillors, clashes with senior officials, high-profile disputes. So, just what is going on? For the past three months, Alan English has conducted more than 40 interviews and spoken to dozens of other people involved, including the key protagonists. Ahead of a landmark three-part investigation to be published this week on The Currency, English joins Ian Kehoe in the studio to discuss the key issues, the central characters, and why he was reluctant to take on the project initially.

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Colm McCarthy: The State cannot afford to provide all-risks insurance for everyone

The best response to the worsening geopolitical outlook is a stronger state balance sheet. The government has chosen to wish it away.
Colm McCarthy
25th Mar, 2026 - 6 min read

In picturesque Killiney, a site exposes Ireland’s housing contradictions

In a country missing hundreds of thousands of homes, the prospect of 80 apartments compared to a single mansion should not even be a close contest. Unfortunately, in Ireland, it is.
Ronan Lyons
24th Mar, 2026 - 6 min read

Constantin Gurdgiev: Europe’s energy illusion has collapsed

The current energy shock is not just about war – it is the result of long-term policy failures that have left Europe dependent, exposed, and scrambling for alternatives.

Constantin Gurdgiev
23rd Mar, 2026 - 7 min read

Targeted help only, please: Rewinding the week that was

We’ve been here before: a war, an energy price shock, a government response. Blanket fuel subsidies should be ruled out.
Thomas Hubert
22nd Mar, 2026 - 5 min read

Sam Smyth on Michael Lowry: Justice, politics, and the unchallenged Tribunal report

I sat through nearly every public session of the Moriarty Tribunal and witnessed the tangled web of influence and money firsthand. Lowry now claims injustice but he never challenged the tribunal’s damning findings. And those findings still stand.
Sam Smyth
21st Mar, 2026 - 5 min read

Life, liberty, and the weight of war

From red hats to hourglasses, from city streets to the Oval Office, the US is alive with signals of tension, humour, and frustration.
Siobhán Brett
21st Mar, 2026 - 5 min read

Travels with Looby: Part three – In search of some answers

Between bookshops, galleries and long lunches with friends, Washington feels timeless — yet the distant thunder of war reminds us how closely the city lives with power.
John Looby
20th Mar, 2026 - 4 min read

Peter Kinsella: Oil prices reached $119 today. Here is what I think happens next

Oil’s leap to $119 is more than a price spike – it’s the start of a global economic shock that could drive inflation higher, disrupt supply chains and reshape interest-rate predictions.
Peter Kinsella
19th Mar, 2026 - 5 min read

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