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Yesterday
1st June 2026
Irish drivers are borrowing more to buy cars. Why? And what are the risks?
This week
31st May 2026 - 2nd June 2026
How should Irish investors react to upcoming $1 trillion AI stock market listings?
Last week
24th May 2026 - 30th May 2026
When cars nearly destroyed the companies that made them
Paddy Comyn
Succession plans: Life imitates art as Rupert Murdoch's son targets Vox Media
Steve Dempsey
Workers to protest outside Meta and Covalen offices
Risk to Irish economy from the Middle East war and expansion of AI has intensified
BP ousts Irish chairman Albert Manifold amid 'serious concerns' about his conduct
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Why did rents just see a massive increase?
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The EU is bringing in Digital IDs for citizens – but what are they, and how will it affect you?
The app should allow users to verify their age without giving their date of birth.
Last month
May 2026
Motoring: Should we trust self-driving cars?
Paddy Comyn
Only one supermarket chain makes 'best reputation' top ten, X and Meta are rock bottom
Iran weighs US proposal to end war, as Trump awaits 'right answers'
One in four NGOs 'surviving year to year' as state funding crisis worsens
Taoiseach 'not clear' on why café at Dublin Castle must close for EU presidency
Johnny Ronan's property group is the latest objector to the Stephen's Green Shopping Centre revamp
Watchdog finds 'shocking' levels of problems with holiday car hire and warns drivers to take care
Why young Irish people have much worse pensions than their parents
Private or public sector, today’s young workers are not getting the generous pensions of the past, writes Paul O’Donoghue.
Bumble is killing the swipe and replacing it with AI matchmaking – how romantic
The Late Late Show should learn from SNL - or become a podcast
House prices are still going up by thousands of euros, just not quite as quickly as before
Misinformation is leading to abuse and harassment of staff and volunteers in NGOs
Legislation to scrap Dublin Airport passenger cap to go to Cabinet this month
Car love: I have that strange affliction of seeing cars as having personalities and souls
Paddy Comyn
Glow-in-the-dark sliotar for winter hurling training wins student enterprise award
Irish people are taking out more loans than ever before
Antrim couple awarded £300,000 against Tattle Life have damages set aside
Why one of Ireland’s biggest companies just rejected a €6bn takeover offer
Despite being one of the biggest companies the country has ever produced, DCC is almost entirely unknown to the general public.
April
April 2026
An Irish conundrum: Why do 125 people a year buy a convertible in this country?
Paddy Comyn
FactFind: Was Leo Varadkar right about urban areas ‘paying the bills’ in Ireland?
Varadkar’s comments on rural Ireland caused a stir – but was he right?
Up to four in a room in Dublin 2 house as landlord says it's a hard time 'to make money'
A former Clare Street office now houses up to 22 people paying up to €890 for bed spaces.
Motoring: The quiet death of the manual gearbox
Paddy Comyn
Conor McGregor settles legal action taken by ex-sparring partner over multi-million euro whiskey sale
Beware talk of Dublin's office market recovery, multi-million price drops show it isn't here yet
With vacancy rates hitting 18.6%, the Central Bank warns the capital’s office market could face a “severe” slump until at least 2027.
Motoring: How we can all get a bit more from our fuel
Paddy Comyn
'Serious misjudgement': Fuels for Ireland says blocking depots hurts households, not politicians
Why raising the Irish minimum wage is not bad for business
Studies suggest that increasing the minimum wage has very little impact on employment.
March
March 2026
Explainer: Another critical oil Strait is at risk as the Houthis enter the war
Oil prices have spiked as Houthi rebels target the Red Sea.
Surge in energy prices due to Iran war pushes Irish inflation rate to 3.6%
Two US bidders are in the running to buy Permanent TSB from the State
Aer Lingus swerves Elon Musk row and begins rollout of Starlink-powered free Wi-Fi