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This month
December 2025
Analysis
Ireland's true housing disaster emerges - renting into old age
The pension system works on the assumption that people have little ongoing housing costs by the time they retire. If that no longer holds true, it’s a major worry.
Paul O'Donoghue
14 Dec
33.5k
Analysis
Why headlines of Irish household wealth ‘doubling' don’t tell the full story
If you were surprised at those headlines during the week and were looking for a simple answer … well, there is one.
Paul O'Donoghue
7 Dec
13.4k
Last month
November 2025
The Morning Lead
Ireland has 'struck oil' with corporation tax, but should learn from the UK about how to use it
The State can save or spend the ‘windfall’ taxes it’s received in recent years – but what should it do?
30 Nov
21.2k
74
Analysis
Why is private investing so complicated in Ireland?
The vast majority of Irish people don’t invest at all, outside of their home or pension – and there’s an Irish-specific reason many don’t.
Paul O'Donoghue
23 Nov
19.5k
29
Analysis
Why Ireland's most toothless housing crisis measure is finally getting an overhaul
Could we finally be doing something nationally about dereliction?
Paul O'Donoghue
16 Nov
21.8k
33
Analysis
The Irish government still has no idea how it will fix the rent crisis
The country has set targets when it comes to the delivery of housing, but we haven’t defined the result we want. What does success mean?
Paul O'Donoghue
9 Nov
23.3k
143
This year
2025
Analysis
In the middle of a housing crisis, why are Irish builders so unproductive?
With many Irish construction firms stuck in their ways, it’s unlikely new housing development will rise quickly any time soon.
Paul O'Donoghue
21 Sep
44.7k
99
Analysis
Time to call it - there's no evidence of an Irish restaurant closure crisis
The government is expected to reduce the VAT rate for the food sector from 13.5% to 9% due to this ‘crisis’. But there’s very little evidence that it exists.
Paul O'Donoghue
31 Aug
19.2k
78
help to buy
Why boosting the Help to Buy scheme misses the bigger problem with housing policy
Demands to raise the Help to Buy limit ignore one key problem: we still don’t know if the scheme actually works.
Paul O'Donoghue
6 Jul
10.5k
37
Analysis
Ireland’s €550m hospitality VAT cut seems based on little evidence - other than lobbying
The government is pledging hundreds of millions to cut hospitality VAT — but where’s the evidence it’s needed?
Paul O'Donoghue
29 Jun
14.0k
80
Analysis
Why interest rate cuts are good news for Irish homeowners - but likely no help for buyers
Paul O'Donoghue
8 Jun
14.3k
Analysis
Growth, jobs, wages: there are plenty of positives on the sunny side of Ireland's economy
Paul O'Donoghue
1 Jun
13.4k
66
Analysis
Ireland’s 'right to request' remote work law is useless - it should be overhauled
One prominent employer has called the law a ‘toothless tiger’. Frankly, that feels kind.
Paul O'Donoghue
18 May
20.0k
Analysis
We're in a housing crisis. We need to double the height of Dublin's planned new town
Paul O'Donoghue
11 May
39.3k
122
irlande douze points
Eurovision brings cash to host cities - but does it pay for national broadcasters to stage it?
The expense of broadcasting the trans-continental contest had been steadily rising.
Paul O'Donoghue
Updated 5 May
9.8k
27
wind energy
Ireland's plans to become the 'Saudi Arabia of offshore wind' were dealt a major blow last week
Ambitious plans to meet the country’s electricity needs are at a tipping point.
Paul O'Donoghue
22 Apr
52.2k
70
Analysis
How strong is Ireland's economy? Multinational companies make it almost impossible to tell
13 Apr
19.6k
billion dollar question
Ireland’s potential crisis: Will Trump tariffs make US companies move their intellectual property?
If multinationals have to start paying 20% tariffs on profits they’re shifting to Ireland, they might find it less attractive to move that money here.
Paul O'Donoghue
3 Apr
10.1k
24
RELATED
Big pharma not subject to US tariffs for now, but there's worry we're not out of the woods
3 Apr
Explainer: What is a tariff and why has Trump just slapped a 20% one on EU goods?
2 Apr
The Morning Lead
The US Commerce Secretary says Ireland runs a 'tax scam'. Does he have a point?
Tariffs could change the game for US firms on where to declare their profits – and pay tax, writes Paul O’Donoghue.
The top 10 corporate taxpayers in Ireland are all American.
Will the US do something to stop Ireland’s so-called ‘tax scam’?
Paul O'Donoghue
31 Mar
25.7k
95
Business Analysis
Why an Irish-listed ‘clean-tech’ firm's valuation plummeted from over €200m to under €10m
Paul O'Donoghue
23 Mar
27.7k
Emigration
The forgotten ‘Dresden Affair’ - the tragic incident which ended mass Irish emigration to Argentina
Paul O'Donoghue
16 Mar
29.9k
Analysis
Why Irish taxpayers will never recover all the money used to bail out AIB
Paul O'Donoghue
16 Feb
29.1k
74
Business Analysis
Planned €500m VAT subsidy for Irish restaurants shows how easy it is to spend taxpayers' money
Paul O'Donoghue
26 Jan
25.6k
91
your money
Why Irish banks kept mortgages cheap for homeowners - while savers got a raw deal
Paul O'Donoghue
19 Jan
14.7k
Last year
2024
business reacts
US markets loved Trump's election but this side of the pond, not so much - here's why
Paul O'Donoghue
7 Nov 2024
10.9k
52
Overtourism
Anti-tourism protests are escalating at Irish holiday hotspots in Spain - here's why
27 Oct 2024
51.9k
81
Analysis
Ireland is a big winner from corporate profit shifting - but are we the bad guys?
Paul O'Donoghue
15 Sep 2024
14.1k
70
Analysis
Want to work remotely? Don't expect Ireland's new 'right to request' law to help
Paul O'Donoghue
25 Aug 2024
35.8k
47
Analysis
Why mortgage interest relief could end up making Ireland's housing market even more dysfunctional
30 Jul 2024
18.0k
34
Looking Forward
The best time to build a new Luas line was 10 years ago - the second best time is now
Paul O'Donoghue
7 Jul 2024
24.3k
51
Rental Sector
Why the main shareholder in Ireland’s biggest private landlord has given up after 10 years
30 Jun 2024
42.6k
38
Analysis
Ireland is not a country where house prices are meant to fall
19 May 2024
59.7k
100
Rental Sector
How a boardroom war could decide the fate of 3,700 Dublin apartments
14 Jan 2024
42.9k
All time
Analysis
Why Ireland's corporate tax bonanza could keep increasing - despite being riskier than ever
10 Dec 2023
23.2k
74
RELATED
Fiscal watchdog slams 'everything now' approach in Budget 2024
7 Dec 2023
Decision to throw out €13bn Apple tax case must be revisited, advisor to European court says
9 Nov 2023
Analysis
Why Ireland’s official housing targets are (probably) way off the mark
30 Jul 2023
15.3k
49
Greedflation
Is Ireland once again a 'Treasure Island' for supermarkets?
21 May 2023
40.8k
55
building and property
Starbucks has faced almost no penalty for opening stores without planning approval
3 Mar 2018
6.9k
0
Startups and tech
'I went from working in a flash office in Dublin to a laneway in Ennis. It was a shock'
28 Feb 2018
3.3k
0
Startups and tech
The head of the last National Broadband Plan bidder has suddenly resigned
27 Feb 2018
1.8k
0
building and property
A huge investment firm has taken control of Ireland's biggest hotel
26 Feb 2018
4.2k
0
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