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“Uncertainty and anxiety”: @HorseSportIRL Ireland employees urge minister @martinheydonfg to greenlight contract writes @TomLyonsBiz thecurrency.news/articles/23…

“Uncertainty and anxiety”: Horse Sport Ireland employees urge minister to greenlight contract

Staff at Horse Sport Ireland, the insolvent national governing body for showjumping and equestrian sports, have written to the Minister for Agriculture, Martin Heydon, to tell him they are “deeply...

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Tom Lyons@TomLyonsBizSep 16
Serious pressure on Irish retailers. This is just published on @thecurrency. thecurrency.news/articles/23…

BabyDoc Shop’s rapid growth ends in liquidation as consumer spending falls

BabyDoc Shop, a nursery retailer with stores in Deansgrange, Co. Dublin and Limerick as well as online, has gone into liquidation after a sharp fall in consumer spending and trading in 2026. The...

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Irish officials flagged “high risk” before sign-off on dual-use exports to Israeli arms industry writes @Niall_Sargent thecurrency.news/articles/23…

Irish officials flagged “high risk” before sign-off on dual-use exports to Israeli arms industry

The Government approved exports of military-capable dual-use goods to the Israeli weapons industry at the height of the country’s assault on Gaza despite officials raising serious concerns over...

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Daniel Hussey
@DanielHussey2Aug 22
What a week. I delve into each medalist’s background, what supports are there for them and whether this golden Era for Irish Athletics is sustainable. @thecurrency ✍️ thecurrency.news/articles/23…

Four medals tell only part of the Irish athletics story

Four medals in Birmingham. Two golds, a silver and a bronze left Ireland ninth on the European medal table at the European Athletics Championships. Those medals came from four athletes with very...

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Unseated and insolvent: Inside Horse Sport Ireland’s financial crisis by @TomLyonsBiz thecurrency.news/articles/23…

Unseated and insolvent: Inside Horse Sport Ireland’s financial crisis

Horse Sport Ireland (HSI), the national governing body for showjumping and equestrian sports, has applied for an interim examiner to be appointed over its Irish operations.  In a highly unusual move...

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Dita Von Teese to the High Court: What went wrong at Harvey Nichols. The luxury retailer arrived in Dundrum with huge ambitions and a spectacular opening party. Court filings now reveal a very different story writes @ipkehoe thecurrency.news/articles/23…

Dita Von Teese to the High Court: What went wrong at Harvey Nichols 

If the liquidation was subdued, almost understated, the opening was anything but. On September 8, 2005, a string of Irish fashionistas, television personalities, and socialites made their way to the...

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Tom Lyons@TomLyonsBizAug 7
This is an important story with some incredible detail in @thecurrency on Irish Nationwide and Nama. It also contains the first comment by the Fingleton family on the passing of former Irish Nationwide managing director Michael Fingleton. thecurrency.news/articles/23…
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Conor Brady: EU presidency is Irish security forces’ biggest challenge since the Troubles
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Finance by design: Part 1 – The data (and the billions) behind Ireland’s Iref tax debate
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Liquidators appointed to five Greg Kavanagh companies over €2.2m tax debt
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Inside the White House campaign to overturn a World Cup red card
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Warnings persist over €1.2bn childcare IT platform that “fundamentally needs replacing”
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Paul McArdle: AI is brilliant. The bill, and the odd hallucination, is the problem
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Why Alan Wyley wants to donate “secure energy that we could use and choose not to”
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What Ireland’s EU presidency can achieve: Rewinding the week that was
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How grief, sport and friendship shaped a thriving Dublin gym
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Former construction directors fear “irreparable” reputational damage from contractor lawsuit
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Brexit, Burnham, Farage: Dan O’Brien on the future of Irish-British relations
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