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A 500-mile road trip through Scotland taught me to love whisky in a new way

I skipped the tour buses and big-name distilleries and hit the road to find a deeper understanding of Scotch’s role in the country, writes Sebastian Modak, The Wall Street Journal.
The Wall Street Journal.
24th Jan, 2026 - 6 min read

Whatever you say, say nothing: Sport’s uneasy relationship with the media

Today's sports stars receive media training in the art of how to engage without giving much away. With the GAA's 2026 national leagues getting under way and rugby's Six Nations being launched this week, don't expect that to change.
Kieran Cunningham
24th Jan, 2026 - 9 min read

John Purdy believed in Irish business. He led from the front as a founder, a mentor, and friend

Only this week John Purdy closed the sale of the Ergo Group for over €100 million, after building it up from two people in 1993. He leaves an incredible business legacy.

Tom Lyons
23rd Jan, 2026 - 5 min read

US Justice Department opens criminal probe into Silicon Valley spy allegations

Subpoenas seek information on allegations that Deel, valued at around $17 billion, recruited a spy inside a rival company, writes Rolfe Winkler, The Wall Street Journal.
The Wall Street Journal.
23rd Jan, 2026 - 2 min read

Tracworx, backed by big names in Irish tech, is calling in liquidators

The Limerick start-up has raised funding from Frontline Ventures and angel investors like Des Traynor but has scheduled a creditors meeting next month with a view to appointing liquidators.
Jonathan Keane
23rd Jan, 2026 - 2 min read

British and Irish accountancy firm AAB plans to grow to 120 people in Cork

Backed by Goldman Sachs Alternatives, AAB is on the acquisition trail in Cork. It hopes to double in size there by year end.
Tom Lyons
23rd Jan, 2026 - 1 min read

Inflection points to failure: The missed chances to halt Art Council’s €6.5m runaway IT disaster in its tracks

Niamh Brennan’s 270-page forensic report lays bare the management and governance problems at the embattled agency, as well as poor departmental oversight, which saw the project go astray over six years.
Niall Sargent
23rd Jan, 2026 - 11 min read

The seized Moscow airport linked to an Irish company is up for auction

The Kremlin seized Domodedovo Airport last year, alleging an Irish financing company was used to obscure foreign influence on its ownership. It’s now on the market for €1.4bn.
Jonathan Keane
23rd Jan, 2026 - 3 min read

“For at least a thousand years the Book of Kells has profoundly shaped Ireland”

Dion Fanning
20th Dec, 2025

James Joyce considered it the most Irish thing we had. It has been here for a thousand years and endured many dramas but there are many mysteries about the Book of Kells. Victoria Whitworth talks to Dion Fanning about what she has come to believe about the Book of Kells’s creation and why Irish monks might have nothing to do with it.

Top Voices

I know I’m running out of time, but I’m not quite ready to let the game go

This year I'll turn 40, so why I am still playing club football almost seven years after finishing with Dublin? Maybe it's because I'm trying to show my kids something
Paul Flynn
24th Jan, 2026 - 5 min read
Wall Street Journal

Go around and strangle things

Wall Street uses roll-ups to buy growth. There’s a much more effective alternative, writes Andy Kessler, The Wall Street Journal.
The Wall Street Journal.
23rd Jan, 2026 - 3 min read

From bubble to brittle: Why Ireland’s housing crisis won’t pop

Unlike the Celtic Tiger boom, today’s price rises are matched by rising rents. That tells a different story – one of chronic shortage, institutional rigidity and mounting social costs.
Ronan Lyons
22nd Jan, 2026 - 7 min read
Wall Street Journal

Best for Irish and global business: What our new Wall Street Journal partnership means for members

From today, all members of The Currency can avail of a free subscription to The Wall Street Journal. We will also publish some of its best global stories on our website while continuing our commitment to unique, quality Irish business journalism.

Ian Kehoe
22nd Jan, 2026 - 2 min read

Byron Fry: Space is becoming financial infrastructure. Is Ireland ready?

For a country that built one global industry out of aircraft that rarely land here, the idea that its next significant leasing business might be in orbit should no longer feel out of this world.
Byron Fry
21st Jan, 2026 - 10 min read

Strategic autonomy to atavistic anatomy? Europe’s drift into geopolitical backwaters

The US no longer sees Europe as a part of the "collective West", but rather a declining vestige of past alliances that are to be replaced by the hegemony of the America First. To date, Europe has had no response.
Constantin Gurdgiev
20th Jan, 2026 - 9 min read

John Looby: Why markets keep ignoring the crashes everyone predicts

Soaring asset prices have revived familiar warnings about debt, bubbles and central bank independence. Yet history shows that acting on well-worn fears can be as futile as building the Maginot Line.
John Looby
19th Jan, 2026 - 3 min read

The Easy name, and the Irish courts: Rewinding the week that was

As Brexit redraws the map, Stelios Haji-Ioannou has found a new courtroom of choice. From forex trading to holiday rentals — and now online fundraising — Ireland has become the frontline in his battle to retain control of the “easy” name.
Ian Kehoe
18th Jan, 2026 - 5 min read

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