International

Sahel nations must unite to contain raging violence: UN chief | National

Sahel nations must unite to contain raging violence: UN chief | National

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called Tuesday for Sahel nations to put aside their differences to tackle m...

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BBC caught in crossfire of polarised political and media landscape | National

BBC caught in crossfire of polarised political and media landscape | National

Accused of being biased by some, defended as a champion of impartiality by others, the BBC is once again the subj...

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Lebanese say Israel preventing post-war reconstruction | National

Lebanese say Israel preventing post-war reconstruction | National

When engineer Tarek Mazraani started campaigning for the reconstruction of war-battered southern Lebanon, Israeli...

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Currency

$257m, 17 years: Tullow Oil’s long-running dispute with a French manufacturer will move ahead

$257m, 17 years: Tullow Oil’s long-running dispute with a French manufacturer will move ahead

A judge in the UK has cleared the way for a $257 million (€221.7 million) dispute between Tullow Oil and a French tubing manufacturer, ...

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The €100m plan: Karl Fitzpatrick on scaling Chevron College

The €100m plan: Karl Fitzpatrick on scaling Chevron College

When I last met Karl Fitzpatrick in 2020, Chevron College was in the middle of the pandemic and navigating what he described as a turni...

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With projects winding down, German engineering firm Exyte’s revenues in Ireland have halved

With projects winding down, German engineering firm Exyte’s revenues in Ireland have halved

Exyte, the German engineering firm behind several data-centre and pharma projects, has seen its revenue in Ireland tumble further as mo...

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Willie O’Reilly: Irish-made TV faces the hypocrisy of viewers

Willie O’Reilly: Irish-made TV faces the hypocrisy of viewers

Some claim the Irish are comfortable with hypocrisy. They say we don’t always recognise ourselves in the mirror. Critics claim we say o...

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Return to stability or the nightmare before Christmas: UK to wean off debt but growth question remains

Return to stability or the nightmare before Christmas: UK to wean off debt but growth question remains

Depending on who you believe, Thursday’s budget was either the delivery of Labour’s mandate, which sought to bring reckless spending un...

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Dark horses win “hugely competitive” offshore wind round with market-beating bid

Dark horses win “hugely competitive” offshore wind round with market-beating bid

The wind energy industry in Ireland and Europe has been anticipating the results of the Tonn Nua offshore wind auction for months. Bidd...

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Investor dispute brings insect farming start-up before the High Court

Investor dispute brings insect farming start-up before the High Court

A leading investor in the pioneering insect farming business Hexafly is suing the company weeks after it completed a capital restructur...

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Inside Sonder’s collapse: A US bankruptcy drags down a stable Irish business

Inside Sonder’s collapse: A US bankruptcy drags down a stable Irish business

On Tuesday, a creditors’ meeting was held for Sonder Hospitality Ireland Limited but it was largely a box-ticking exercise. The once hi...

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