Photo by Saad Chaudhry on Unsplash As 2026 looms, the murmur of regulatory teeth finally being shown towards dodgy box users — those who stream subscription content illegally via set-top boxes — might be turning into a growl. While enforcement…
Photo by Saad Chaudhry on Unsplash The recent handover of a €60,000 painting by RTÉ to a Dublin-based gallery has grabbed headlines more for its symbolic resonance than sheer monetary value. At face value, this is a straightforward dispute over…
Photo by Saad Chaudhry on Unsplash The recruitment landscape, never known for proceeding at a leisurely pace in the tech sector, is undergoing a transformation as artificial intelligence increasingly takes the helm in candidate interviews. What used to be a…
Photo by Saad Chaudhry on Unsplash At the start of next month, An Post will raise the price of a standard stamp by 20 cent to €1.85, a move that, while seemingly minor in isolation, offers a window into the…
Photo by Henrique Craveiro on Unsplash Come January 1, 2029, the eurozone will welcome a new member—not a country, but an entirely new form of money: the digital euro. The European Central Bank’s (ECB) long-gestating project finally goes live, transforming…
Photo by Saad Chaudhry on Unsplash Michael O’Leary, CEO of Ryanair, Ireland’s flagship airline and one of Europe’s most audacious business figures, was recently candid to say the least, calling out then Taoiseach Micheál Martin as “useless”. This wasn’t a…
Photo by Henrique Craveiro on Unsplash Lansdowne Oil and Gas has secured litigation funding from a US law firm to pursue a claim exceeding $100 million against the Irish Government relating to the Barryroe oil and gas field in the…
Photo by Henrique Craveiro on Unsplash The recent revelation that Nutriband’s Dublin-based subsidiary faces an involuntary strike-off for neglecting to file annual returns for seven years is more than a footnote in corporate oversight. It’s a reminder of the thin…
Photo by Henrique Craveiro on Unsplash Vodafone Ireland has been ordered by the Commission for Communications Regulation (ComReg) to refund €894,000 to approximately 20,000 customers who were incorrectly charged roaming fees. The telecom giant’s lapse, as flagged by Ireland’s regulatory…
Photo by Saad Chaudhry on Unsplash The Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) has forecast no meaningful increase in Ireland’s housing output next year, a projection that feels less like breaking news and more like déjà vu stamped across the…