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Epstein files: Keir Starmer on the brink, and Irish connections explored
It’s been a rough week for UK prime minister Keir Starmer. First, he offered a direct apology to the victims of Jeffrey Epstein’s sex-trafficking net…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
How Dunnes Stores won Ireland’s shopping war
Ireland’s high street – or main street if you prefer – has seen quite the evolution over the past hundred-odd years. Today, it is an arena of mixed f…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
The inside story of Ozempic and the race to cure obesity
How did weight-loss drugs move from medical niche to global phenomenon Aimee Donnellan, Reuters columnist and author of Off the Scales: The Inside St…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Indo Politics – By-Elections Loom and Bord Bia under fire
Whilst heavy rain and winds battered parts of the East coast this week, temperatures rose inside Leinster House. As Bord Bia chairman Larry Murrin ap…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Michael Flatley’s Lord of the Dance: Chaos behind the curtain
The 30th anniversary of Michael Flatley’s Lord of the Dance spectacle threatens to be overshadowed by turmoil behind the scenes. Those with tickets …
1 month, 3 weeks ago
10 years on: How ‘The Regency’ changed Irish gangland forever
Ten years ago today, a gun attack at the Regency Hotel sent shockwaves through Ireland and marked a turning point in modern gangland history. In broa…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Radio Wars: RTÉ and Newstalk go to battle as Claire Byrne takes the hot seat
Claire Byrne kicked off her new mid-morning broadcast gig this week, signalling a new chapter in Ireland’s radio wars as Newstalk and RTÉ square up. …
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Melania: The Movie – We saw it, so you don’t have to...
Amazon stumped up $75m for a Melania Trump documentary that opened to dismal reviews and even worse box-office returns. So, why invest in such a prec…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
‘We saved 14 houses from the sea’: What climate change looks like in Ireland
We Irish have always talked about the weather. It’s our great shared obsession - the small talk, the punchline and the meme that does the rounds when…
1 month, 4 weeks ago
‘One strong punch’: Trinity law graduate gets six-year sentence for killing Limerick student after Greek trial
Anne O’Brien saw her son leave for a holiday on a Greek island, only to return home in a coffin. For more than four years, the family of Niall O’Brie…
1 month, 4 weeks ago