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“A real anticlimax”: How crossed wires between Government and industry sent interest tax reform back to the drawing board

We already know much of what will be in the budget. What won’t be, however, is a delayed reform of Ireland’s tax regime for corporate debt interest.
Thomas Hubert
5th Oct, 2026 - 15 min read

The 38-year-old captain who fought off cockpit attack on FlyDubai flight

Smit Machchhar is hailed for his heroism after being stabbed on Flight 1073, write Krishna Pokharel and Aakash Hassan, The Wall Street Journal.
The Wall Street Journal.
4th Oct, 2026 - 4 min read

Seven years after Delaney, the FAI’s flag is still planted in shifting sands

The last two weeks have taken quite a toll on Ireland's young footballers, with another challenge still to come. Meanwhile, mixed messaging from senior FAI people hasn't helped in a difficult environment.

Kieran Cunningham
3rd Oct, 2026 - 8 min read

“Some elements of Sinn Féin grassroots did become radicalised to an extent by the far right”

Siobhán Fenton's years working with Sinn Féin were eventful and saw a fracturing of the alliance of voters the party hoped would take them to power.
Dion Fanning
3rd Oct, 2026 - 6 min read

The visionary director who convinced Tom Cruise to take on his weirdest role yet

Alejandro González Iñárritu cast the Hollywood star as a bombastic Texas oil baron in ‘Digger,’ bringing the actor back to art-house cinema after almost two decades focused largely on action blockbusters, writes Esther Zukerman, The Wall Street Journal.
The Wall Street Journal.
3rd Oct, 2026 - 3 min read

Irish-backed Superfy wins major smart-bins contract in Melbourne as it prepares for its first raise

Entrepreneur Ronan Quinlan has been building Superfy since he left Taoglas, the business he co-founded. It is planning to raise its first external capital to expand more globally.
Tom Lyons
2nd Oct, 2026 - 2 min read

Maurice Regan – Part 2: “That judgment will go on John Magnier’s headstone”

In the second part of a major interview with The Currency, Maurice Regan talks about his businesses, his €200 million deal with Gerry Gannon, Irish horseracing, an extraordinary friendship, and what comes next for the Barne Estate.

Tom Lyons
2nd Oct, 2026 - 15 min read

Data centre power demand hits 1,000MW blackout risk safety threshold

EirGrid warns this is the point where the grid cannot support the shock of a major drop in data centre demand as they disconnect from the grid when faults occur. New rules are coming but will take time to bed in.
Niall Sargent
1st Oct, 2026 - 8 min read

“There definitely was a sense of doublethink among some voters around the issue of the housing crisis, which didn’t become apparent until Mary Lou had given that exact figure of €300,000”

Dion Fanning
3rd Oct, 2026

Siobhán Fenton went to work for Sinn Féin hoping to make a difference when they achieved power in the south. Instead, from 2020 to 2024, the party moved further from power. She talks to Dion Fanning about how and why it all went wrong.

Top Voices

Dan O’Brien: The Government has spent years raising the tax burden. Now it should start cutting it

The public is paying more tax, the state is spending more money and businesses are increasingly frustrated. Budget 2027 should be about broadening the tax base and lowering rates.
Dan O'Brien
2nd Oct, 2026 - 5 min read

Are there early warning signs of another tech “correction” heading into Budget week?

As multinationals trim workforces and IDA and Enterprise Ireland early warning reports increase, is a structural shift happening in plain sight? And what would it mean for our tax take and future budgets?
Niall Sargent
1st Oct, 2026 - 4 min read

“We do see risks for workers’ protection”: MEPs prepare a fight back against McGrath’s EU Inc

Commissioner Michael McGrath is championing EU Inc, a new framework to help companies scale, but MEPs have reservations about what it will mean for worker representation.
Jonathan Keane
29th Sep, 2026 - 4 min read

What the Navy, a Tipperary farm, and losing a child taught Marie Gleeson about leadership

The executive coach and former naval officer argues that leadership is about far more than rank or authority – and that people often underestimate the effect their behaviour has on those around them.
Paul McArdle
28th Sep, 2026 - 7 min read

If 12.5% is not enough, what is Ireland’s advantage? Rewinding the week that was

PwC tax policy lead Peter Reilly argues that Ireland needs to use its record corporation tax receipts to invest in the infrastructure, innovation, and tax reforms needed to compete for the next generation of investment.

Ian Kehoe
27th Sep, 2026 - 5 min read

Barry Cummins: Ireland has 51 unidentified bodies. There may be a way to name them

Current Irish laws don’t go far enough to assist gardaí and scientists in identifying unnamed people who lie in graves across the country but recent forensic breakthroughs could change this, writes Barry Cummins.
Barry Cummins
26th Sep, 2026 - 13 min read

More than a game: Has the FAI and Government failed the test on Israel?

From the Government's bold move in 1999 to halt a Euro qualifier against Yugoslavia to today’s position to go ahead and play Israel, has Ireland traded moral leadership for a fixture behind closed doors?
Niall Sargent
25th Sep, 2026 - 8 min read

The world economy is holding up. France is where the trouble may start 

Ireland has emerged from another global economic shock in relatively good shape, with its relationship with the US looking secure and the energy hit proving manageable. But France could become the big economic risk of 2027.
Dan O'Brien
25th Sep, 2026 - 5 min read

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