Top Stories

Costly and deadlocked: Charting a tricky path for the row over the children’s hospital

Six years into the litigation, the proceedings to resolve who bears the cost of overruns at the new children's hospital has become almost as unwieldy as the underlying dispute.
Francesca Comyn
19th Feb, 2026 - 7 min read

Mark Goodman adds tea brand to health foods portfolio

Niks Tea has been blending and packaging organic brews in Dublin for 24 years. Its founder has been bought out by Independent Irish Health Foods.
Thomas Hubert
18th Feb, 2026 - 2 min read

Landlord rights win out in Bewley’s row over iconic Harry Clarke windows

A six-year row over the ownership of Harry Clarke's stained glass windows in Bewley's has been comprehensively resolved in landlord RGRE's favour. In a statement, the group welcomed the win after a "lengthy" and sometimes "farcical" legal dispute.
Francesca Comyn
18th Feb, 2026 - 2 min read

Eamon Waters’ next act: Building a circular economy empire

Plans for the Huntstown circular economy hub next to the family's Bia Energy bioenergy plant, stalled since 2024 due to a planning appeal, has now received the green light from the planning commission.
Niall Sargent
18th Feb, 2026 - 2 min read

Fraud, bribery, and the 200 jobs that never were: The collapse of ASG’s Irish expansion

Allstate Sales Group collapsed and its CEO faces serious fraud charges in the US, entangled with the company’s bungled Irish expansion and its hiring drive that never got going.
Jonathan Keane
18th Feb, 2026 - 5 min read

Enhanced cooperation: Enrico Letta makes his case for a deeper unified EU market in Irish visit

The EU’s largest economies want to push ahead with the Savings and Investment Union despite reservations from Ireland around a two-speed Europe and centralising of power.
Jonathan Keane
18th Feb, 2026 - 6 min read

The 500-year-old Beretta gun dynasty is betting big on the U.S.

The Italian company has taken a stake in American rival Ruger as part of a push to win more business in the U.S., writes Alistair MacDonald, The Wall Street Journal.
The Wall Street Journal.
17th Feb, 2026 - 4 min read

Leveraging AI to offset the US dollar’s decline: two lessons from Kerry’s annual results

Kerry Group failed to sparkle in 2025 as it regrouped following the sale of legacy Irish dairy processing, introduced a more aggressive digital transformation programme, and faced a geopolitical challenge different from tariffs.
Thomas Hubert
17th Feb, 2026 - 4 min read

“The brief was very simple… to get us up on our own two feet and not be totally reliant on government agencies”

Ian Kehoe
11th Feb, 2026

Every March, St Patrick’s Day transforms Dublin — but few people know the man helping to turn a single parade into one of Ireland’s biggest cultural and economic events. Richard Tierney is the CEO of St Patrick’s Festival, the organisation behind Ireland’s national celebration. In thispodcast with Ian Kehoe, Tierney explains how the festival has evolved into a multi-day, citywide programme — with free daytime events, night-time culture and thousands of participants — while still carrying the weight of national identity at home and abroad. Coming from a background in live entertainment and major commercial deals, Tierney was brought in with a clear brief: make the festival financially sustainable without losing its cultural soul.

Top Voices

I wanted Hollywood to accept me. So I made the biggest mistake of my career

In an exclusive book excerpt, the former CEO of Sony Entertainment Michael Lynton opens up about his role in unleashing one of the worst cyberattacks in corporate history, writes The Wall Street Journal.
The Wall Street Journal.
19th Feb, 2026 - 8 min read

SME Ireland still plays an upbeat part in the world’s strange symphony

As multinationals continue to support the domestic economy, one must wonder – when will cost-of-living concerns become a drag on Irish businesses' growth?
Stuart Fitzgerald
19th Feb, 2026 - 4 min read

Colm McCarthy: The cost of neutrality is about to soar

We like to think neutrality keeps costs down and choices simple. In a Europe that’s rearming at speed, that assumption is starting to look expensive.
Colm McCarthy
18th Feb, 2026 - 6 min read

Ronan Lyons: Europe needs to account for the in-betweeners

Accounting rules designed for macroeconomic surveillance now shape housing policy in powerful ways, increasingly including independent social providers like Ireland's AHBs on government balance sheets.
Ronan Lyons
17th Feb, 2026 - 7 min read

Peter Kinsella: The strong dollar era is over

For decades, Washington defended the greenback in word if not always in deed. Now, with Trump abandoning the script and investors scrambling to hedge, the USD’s overvaluation is being exposed – and Asia looks set to drive the next wave lower.
Peter Kinsella
16th Feb, 2026 - 6 min read

Stripe and the $140bn question: Rewinding the week that was

The country has produced industrial titans and dealmakers. The Collisons have taken a different route, embedding Stripe at the heart of global commerce and thinking in decades, not quarters.
Ian Kehoe
15th Feb, 2026 - 6 min read

Brett Igoe: Ireland used to kill teams at turbo speed. Now we can’t execute it

Remember when Ireland were the side that thrived in chaos? When the pace lifted, we got sharper. Now, when it speeds up, we’re the ones making the mistakes.
Brett Igoe
13th Feb, 2026 - 6 min read

Dan O’Brien: Ireland ranks surprisingly high in EU housing league

Housing trends in Ireland compare more favourably with peer countries than one might believe, including for younger people – but this does not mean current policy is adequate.
Dan O'Brien
13th Feb, 2026 - 4 min read

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