Arthur Beesley and Barry O’Halloran have the details of how much the saga has cost, while Barry analyses why the settlement came about. In Agenda, Joe Brennan looks at where some of Ireland’s biggest companies stand on the hybrid working debate. The EU and India agreeing a trade deal last month has big implications for Irish trade, none more so than whiskey. In his column, Eoin Burke-Kennedy looks at why cutting duties on exports to India is so important for the industry. Bitcoin, blockchain, dogecoin...the list of digital money terms goes on and on.

Source: The Irish Times February 06, 2026 15:57 UTC