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Support for Sinn Féin soars to new record level in Red C poll

The survey also finds overwhelming public support for big changes to government housing policy

Department suspends Health Tapes whistleblower as investigation looms

Shane Corr submitted several disclosures to the Public Accounts Committee in recent months after making recordings of department meetings

Analysis: How Sinn Féin is dominating among younger and middle-aged voters

The latest Business Post/Red C poll suggests that Irish politics is now poised for a further shift away from what was once called ‘civil war politics’

Addiction has become a ‘toxic’ issue for gambling industry, says Paddy Power

The public face of the bookmaking giant went on to say that reputational problems had made being in the industry less ‘fun’

Shifting sands: How a wave of sportswashing is changing the world

From elite-level golf to the 2022 World Cup finals, Middle Eastern oil money is altering the parameters of global sport like never before, despite the best efforts of activists to draw attention to the often brutal realities behind the curtain. Will the sheer weight of cash be sufficient to fool enough of the people, all of the time?

Taoiseach told by US billionaire that Shannon LNG venture is ‘shovel-ready’

Wesley Edens, the co-founder of New Fortress Energy, wrote to Micheál Martin last March to make a fresh pitch for the Shannon LNG terminal to go ahead

Snowballing costs of current state projects ‘could scupper future NDP plans’

The Office of Government Procurement has warned that public works yet to be tendered for could be jeopardised by inflation-driven cost overruns in the present

‘I don’t want war, I want peace. I want a world without war’

In Kyiv’s Independence Square, there are tears for a missing soldier and a shrine to the estimated 20,000 foreign volunteers fighting for Ukraine, bedecked with their national flags – among them the Irish tricolour

Government ‘deluded’ about 80% renewable energy by 2030

John Reilly, head of power generation at Bord na Móna, says there are too many bottlenecks in the system for the state’s targets to be met

Irish tech’s young guns: This year’s 30 under 30

From app creators to robotics businesses and everything else you can think of in between, Emmet Ryan breaks down the 2022 edition of the

In Texas, a systems failure that allowed a gunman to kill at will

Across America, revulsion at the massacre of 19 schoolchildren and two teachers in the small Texan town of Uvalde is now turning to rage and disbelief at the incompetence of the local police who stood by as it happened

The big switch: As hundreds of thousands move their bank accounts, just what could go wrong?

With KBC and Ulster Bank leaving the Irish market, their customers are in the process of switching accounts to other banks which are advertising for their business. But plenty of pitfalls lie in wait for the unwary

Investment funds can buy unsold Croí Cónaithe apartments after one year

No provision has been made in controversial scheme to make developers sell unsold apartments to state or reduce prices

Former Facebook moderator to publish book about his experiences

Chris Gray, who was a contractor for CPL in Ireland, has been a vociferous critic of how Facebook treats the moderators that it hires to screen graphic content

Multinational profits hit €100bn for 2020, but tax take shy of 12.5%

Over an eight-year period, Irish subsidiaries of global companies paid less than headline rate, but UCC economist Seamus Coffey says this should not cause concern

Strong support for Central Bank lending rules to be changed, Red C poll shows

Eighty-five per cent of those polled want to reduce the size of deposits for first-time buyers if they can prove they can meet the monthly repayments

English says 40,000 non-EU work permits are in offing to ease labour pressures

Minister beefs up processing team as businesses across Ireland struggle to attract and retain employees

Cork Co Council refuses to install electric car charger in Martin’s holiday home village

Courtmacsherry, where the Taoiseach owns a summer residence, secured a €3,000 grant to buy a new charger for vehicles more than two years ago

Expert says Oireachtas international surrogacy committee is being ‘rushed’

Brian Tobin, deputy head of the School of Law in NUI Galway, has warned that the issue is a ‘legal minefield’

Northern Ireland

State ‘could take case to European court’ over British proposal for Troubles crimes amnesty

New research finds the British government’s proposed bill would breach the European Convention on Human Rights

Qatar World Cup

More than a game: ‘Even if Ireland were playing, I’d have no interest in this World Cup. None’

As the 2022 World Cup edges closer, an information war is playing out: Qatari authorities claim progress has been made on workers’ rights, while critics say conditions remain poor and any changes are purely cosmetic

The Big Interview

‘We agreed the time was right and so we put the family business up for sale’ – Ted Wright of Writech

When the pandemic struck and Writech co-founder Ted Wright found himself working from home, he began questioning what he wanted to do for the next two decades of his life – and the answer involved selling a majority stake in the fire protection systems firm

Anthony Albanese drew on his blue-collar roots to become Australia’s PM, but now comes the hard part

Albanese, the leader of the Labor Party, won over voters by appealing to those who wanted incremental changes to address climate change

Dan O’Brien: What’s causing the inflation crisis if profiteering isn’t the culprit?

Core inflation in the US, where government intervention was excessive, has been rising at twice the rate of the eurozone

Lucinda Creighton: The OECD’s global tax deal may not survive US elections in November

Ireland can now enjoy something of a reprieve, as the OECD has given up hope of any changes whatsoever before 2024

Matt Cooper: Whose fault is it that Johnson is still in power?

Through sheer brass neck and absence of conscience, the British prime minister has ridden out the media storm for the required 11 days, which also reflects badly on those who can’t or won’t oust him

‘It’s not a question of if, it’s a question of when’: EDesk chief shoots for unicorn status

The head of the ecommerce platform says a $1 billion valuation is 'only a matter of time’

Revolut plans to pay its Irish users interest on Vault accounts

The popular digital banking service already offers dividends in other countries including the US, Britain and Poland

Payments firm Klarna clocks up 500,000 users in Ireland in six months

The buy-now-pay-later Swedish company, backed by Japanese conglomerate SoftBank, last week announced plans to cut its workforce by 10 per cent

Virgin in broadband network deal with Siro as it changes strategy

Media giant to offer its services via ESB-Vodafone’s fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) broadband network

All the land’s a stage: The pick of 2022’s summer festivals

What’s better than a summer festival? Very little – and particularly this coming season, when festival goers are finally allowed back to their old hunting grounds after two years of pandemic-related silence. Here, we pick some of the highlights to come across arts, music, food, gardening and literary festivals

Edel Coffey: It’s time for female readers to give themselves permission to be happy

The critical reaction to a recent RTÉ documentary about Maeve Binchy shows us that literary snobbery is still alive and well. Let’s consign it to the oblivion it deserves

Andrea Cleary: Dublin is a city for sale to the highest bidder

A cultural void has developed on Dublin’s increasingly hotel-strewn streets, to the point where the tourists who come here will soon have very little to see

Irvine Welsh interview: ‘I retired when I was 30, and I’ve basically been on a working holiday since then’

Almost three decades after becoming an overnight sensation with Trainspotting, the Scottish author is in no mood to slow down as he prepares to return to Ireland for the Beyond the Pale festival

Symptoms under the spotlight: How new artworks will reflect reality of living with MS

The Art of MS exhibition features 12 original works by people who have multiple sclerosis, to help raise awareness of the disease and give an insight into the wide range of associated symptoms.

Foxrock five-bed family residence is sure to catch the eye

Deepdene, an impressive detached home in turnkey condition, has just come to the market with a guide price of €1.495m

Property in focus

Space is the place as Huckletree goes from strength to strength

The co-working space provider, led by Andrew Lynch, got off to a shaky start but now has seven British sites to add to its Irish hub on Pearse Street in Dublin

Striking period family home a lion’s roar away from Dublin zoo

Built in 1900, Meenmore on Marlborough Road in Dublin 7 has been tastefully updated and modernised to happily house a family

A home of distinction with sea views in Sandycove

No 1 Bayswater Terrace, an elegant 19th-century house with a colourful past, has come down in price from €2.75 million to €2.5 million

Willie O’Reilly: Wagatha Christie case should be a lesson in caution

The libel trial between two English footballers’ wives has gripped the public imagination, but the consequences for those involved could be costly

Rethink Ireland seeks ‘risk capital’ for youth mental health services

Deirdre Mortell, chief executive of the non-profit, says there is a difference between what philanthropic money and government money can do

Amnexis targets first acquisition as it aims to help solve the global healthcare staff shortage

The Irish-headquartered firm, which develops voice assistant technology to reduce medical administration time, is in the process of closing a €1.5 million bridge funding round

Mazda’s tried and tested, but now ‘premium’ CX-5 is treated to a subtle facelift

Despite its old-school feel, the latest model is better and more satisfying to drive than most SUVs of its size