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The Currency is an online publisher offering insightful, dynamic and brave stories, commentary and investigations. We give our members an edge in business.

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Vincent Browne@vincentbrowneOct 27
Thank you, all.
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“Highly irregular and deeply concerning”: Liquidators appointed to Liberty Recycling by @aflchambers. thecurrency.news/articles/24…
“Highly irregular and deeply concerning”: Liquidators appointed to Liberty Recycling

“Highly irregular and deeply concerning”: Liquidators appointed to Liberty Recycling

The Charities Regulator has applied to the High Court to appoint provisional liquidators to Liberty Recycling. It asked Justice Brian Cregan to appoint Shane McCarthy and Cormac O’Connor of KPMG as...

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Paul Howard@AkaPaulHowardOct 24
Really enjoyed talking to @dionfanning and @thecurrency about why I think there will be a united Ireland in my lifetime. thecurrency.news/articles/24…
Paul Howard: “What are the sacred cows you would be prepared to slay for a united Ireland?”

Paul Howard: “What are the sacred cows you would be prepared to slay for a united Ireland?”

Here is the premise of Paul Howard’s A Nation Once Again, a devastatingly funny and piercingly perceptive novel that unpicks the absurdities in the unity question, among many other absurdities. The...

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thecurrency.news/articles/24… #Haughey @eriu_books @thecurrency @TomLyonsBiz @vincentbrowne
“I said to Haughey: ‘How do you get away with it?’”

“I said to Haughey: ‘How do you get away with it?’”

Dick Spring, the former tánaiste and Labour Party leader, spoke memorably at a packed launch of Vincent Browne’s new book Charles Haughey: Glory, Greed and Guns in the Royal Irish Academy (RIA) last...

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Much of Trump's bluster is best ignored. Not his shift towards openly favouring Russia over Ukraine. It has enormous implications for the security of the entire European continent. Today's column.
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@danobrien20: The implications of Trump’s tilt towards Russia are enormous for Europe thecurrency.news/articles/24…
Dan O’Brien: The implications of Trump’s tilt towards Russia are enormous for Europe

Dan O’Brien: The implications of Trump’s tilt towards Russia are enormous for Europe

The US president, with an energy matched only by his narcissism, places himself at the centre of world affairs in a way no other human being has ever done. For many commentators, this has resulted in...

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Declan Lynch@declynchwriterOct 19
Really it was a barrel of laughs talking to @dionfanning at @thecurrency about my book Roll Away The Stone - When Journalism Was The Best Job In The World. thecurrency.news/articles/24…
How journalism used to work: Declan Lynch on when the mavericks were kings

How journalism used to work: Declan Lynch on when the mavericks were kings

It was Tennessee Williams who said that the only complete person was a complete idiot. Roll Away the Stone: When Journalism was the Best Job in the World is Declan Lynch’s memoir of a life in...

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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

“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’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

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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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 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

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

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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“You cannot possibly pin the future prosperity of Ireland on the continued economic rationality of the US”
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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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