Photo by Gadiel Lazcano on Unsplash This festive season, Irish families are bracing themselves for a bill averaging €1,792 for a family of four—a figure that inevitably raises eyebrows in boardrooms and Dáil debates alike. This isn’t merely the cost…

Photo by Henrique Craveiro on Unsplash Elon Musk’s social-media platform, now known simply as X, has initiated nine judicial reviews against Ireland’s media regulator, the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI), with a tenth reportedly in the works before Christmas. While…

Photo by Saad Chaudhry on Unsplash On its first day of trading following the announcement by Standard & Poor’s that building materials giant CRH will be added to the coveted US S&P 500 index, shares in the Irish multinational jumped…

Photo by Saad Chaudhry on Unsplash Ireland has signed an agreement with Australian counterparts to study Australia’s forthcoming ban on social media access for users under 16. This is more than a transcontinental exchange of policy notes — it signals…

Photo by Saad Chaudhry on Unsplash The recent conversion of €18 million in loans into equity by shareholders of the Curragh Racecourse, including high-profile figures like John Magnier and JP McManus, may not make front pages beyond horse racing circles.…

Photo by Henrique Craveiro on Unsplash The Irish Government has announced a significant push to accelerate infrastructure projects by narrowing the grounds on which judicial reviews of planning decisions can be initiated. Accompanying this move is a simplification of the…

Photo by Henrique Craveiro on Unsplash The Irish media regulator has launched a formal investigation into the protocols employed by TikTok and LinkedIn regarding anonymous reporting of suspected child sexual abuse material (CSAM). This move targets the adequacy and accessibility…

Photo by Alexandra Mitache on Unsplash The plaintive voice of a small shop owner in Limerick city lays bare the challenges quietly eroding the backbone of local Irish commerce. With mounting closures, rising operational costs, stubbornly tight labour markets, and…

Photo by Nathan Hurst on Unsplash The latest accounts from Arq, the fashion label spearheaded by influencer-turned-entrepreneur Rosie Connolly, reveal a €2.1 million profit over a six-month period in the second half of last year. On the surface, a half-year…

Photo by Gadiel Lazcano on Unsplash The recent acquisition of The Tuam Herald by Celtic Media Group marks another chapter in the ongoing consolidation of Ireland’s regional press. As one of Galway’s oldest newspapers and among the country’s most venerable…