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Business
June
June 2026
Gross Domestic Product
Irish people know our GDP is skewed - but there’s a reason everyone pays attention to it
The GDP system works well enough for most countries. But not for Ireland.
The Morning Lead
Can consumers really opt out of supermarket loyalty schemes when some price differences are so big?
Civil liberties campaigners say consumers have a right to consent to their data being collected – but when opting out means paying more, do we really have a choice?
family matters
King Charles pays the rent for Andrew's adult children, says new report into royal family
Great
Elon Musk could soon become the world's first trillionaire, as SpaceX to debut on stock market
May
May 2026
FactCheck
The EU is bringing in Digital IDs for citizens – but what are they, and how will it affect you?
The app should allow users to verify their age without giving their date of birth.
TROUBLESOME TECH
Only one supermarket chain makes 'best reputation' top ten, X and Meta are rock bottom
Ronan Group
Johnny Ronan's property group is the latest objector to the Stephen's Green Shopping Centre revamp
summer stress
Watchdog finds 'shocking' levels of problems with holiday car hire and warns drivers to take care
Analysis
Why young Irish people have much worse pensions than their parents
Private or public sector, today’s young workers are not getting the generous pensions of the past, writes Paul O’Donoghue.
On the up
House prices are still going up by thousands of euros, just not quite as quickly as before
How to choose a car
Car love: I have that strange affliction of seeing cars as having personalities and souls
Analysis
Why one of Ireland’s biggest companies just rejected a €6bn takeover offer
Despite being one of the biggest companies the country has ever produced, DCC is almost entirely unknown to the general public.
April
April 2026
FactCheck
FactFind: Was Leo Varadkar right about urban areas ‘paying the bills’ in Ireland?
Varadkar’s comments on rural Ireland caused a stir – but was he right?
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