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Policy Editor, Business Post | dmurray@businesspost.ie | Host of #fivedegreesofchange
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Red C Poll: Public split on state encouraging Irish firms into military sector.

The Business Post has been reporting in recent weeks on the government’s plans to remove barriers to the Irish private sectors participation in the EU’s €800bn defence economy plans.

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Red C Poll: Public split on state encouraging Irish firms into military sector
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January 26, 2026 at 10:23 AM
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This investigation into Grok by European Commission to be launched today, having been delayed a week due to Greenland shenanigans last week.
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‘Wrong is wrong’: EU to investigate Grok as Harris says values matter more than money
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January 26, 2026 at 10:18 AM
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Overwhelming majority want Elon Musk’s X banned in Ireland

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Overwhelming majority want Elon Musk’s X banned in Ireland
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January 25, 2026 at 1:31 PM
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Micheál Martin under pressure: Polling reveals collapse in support for both party and leadership

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Micheál Martin under pressure: Polling reveals collapse in support for both party and leadership
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January 25, 2026 at 1:30 PM
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Fianna Fáil in freefall: Party plummets in latest Red C Poll

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Fianna Fáil in freefall: Party plummets in latest Red C Poll
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January 25, 2026 at 1:28 PM
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Budget committee calls for broadening of tax base as corporate tax risk grows

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Budget committee calls for broadening of tax base as corporate tax risk grows
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January 22, 2026 at 9:35 AM
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Irish government MEPs have been split in a controversial vote referring the Mercosur deal to the EU's top court.

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Irish MEPs split on vote referring Mercosur deal to EU’s top court
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January 21, 2026 at 2:43 PM
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Public finances hit from agreed US tariffs could be greater than modelled, finance officials warn.
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Public finance hit from agreed US tariffs could be greater than modelled, finance officials warn
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January 21, 2026 at 2:42 PM
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Daniel Murray: Trump’s Greenland power play leaves Ireland exposed on all sides
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January 20, 2026 at 6:15 PM
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The X Dilemma: Politicians and watchdogs stumble on Grok deepfakes

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The X Dilemma: Politicians and watchdogs stumble on Grok deepfakes
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January 18, 2026 at 12:32 PM
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American Hustle: Harris presses the flesh in California with Apple, OpenAI and Intel

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American Hustle: Harris presses the flesh in California with Apple, OpenAI and Intel
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January 18, 2026 at 12:31 PM
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EU to investigate X’s Grok for suspected breaches of DSA as Simon Harris insists safety is more important than tech billions

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Exclusive: EU to investigate Grok as Harris insists safety is more important than tech billions
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January 18, 2026 at 12:30 PM
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New: Plans for promised marine protection law to be dropped and folded into existing offshore wind consenting scheme.

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Plans for marine protection law to be dropped and folded into existing offshore wind regulations
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June 30, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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Ireland may be more exposed to Trump’s trade war than we think

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Ireland may be more exposed to Trump’s trade war than we think
The use of contract manufacturing in countries like China means Ireland could be further exposed to tariffs on other parts of the world too
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April 2, 2025 at 6:11 AM
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Ireland part of New Fortress Energy’s plans to develop data centres on ‘more than 1,000 acres of land’
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Ireland part of New Fortress Energy’s plans to develop data centres on ‘more than 1,000 acres of land’
The US company behind the controversial Shannon LNG project detailed its plans to facilitate the ‘explosive growth in artificial intelligence’ in its latest annual report
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March 20, 2025 at 6:57 AM
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New: Officials warned Eamon Ryan LNG was necessary even with additional clean energy measures

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Officials warned Eamon Ryan LNG was necessary even with additional clean energy measures
The former minister for environment has requested new analysis be carried out to see if LNG was really necessary
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March 19, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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State spending on private healthcare grows 700% since Sláintecare

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State spending on private healthcare grows 700% since Sláintecare
The Department of Health has also confirmed that it is facing a €400 million hole in its budget from next year due to the removal of private care from public hospitals
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March 17, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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Is Sláintecare achieving the opposite of what it set out to do?

How Sláintecare ‘turbocharged’ the private health system.

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How Sláintecare ‘turbocharged’ the private health system
Eight years on from the launch of the cross-party plan to build a single-tier public health system, private hospitals are booming, the numbers with health insurance are up, and the state has got hooke...
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March 17, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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Circle K second fuel supplier to cease imports of suspicious biofuel
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Circle K second fuel supplier to cease imports of suspicious biofuel
The scale of Pome imports from Malaysia and Indonesia has caused unease across Europe and led to allegations of widespread fraud
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March 15, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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Inver, a major fuel supplier in Ireland, stopped importing ‘suspicious’ biofuel last year over sustainability concerns

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Inver stopped importing ‘suspicious’ biofuel to Ireland over sustainability concerns
There are growing concerns huge volumes of biofuel imports from outside the EU, purporting to be from waste sources, are actually from virgin palm oil
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March 13, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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The EU’s decision to put reciprocal tariffs on €26 billion worth of US goods imports is “reasonable and proportionate” but a deal to avoid them is still possible, Simon Harris has said.

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Simon Harris: Trump’s trade war ‘bad for everyone’ but EU had to respond to US tariffs
The tánaiste said EU tariffs were reasonable and proportionate and added that he hoped a deal could be done with Donald Trump so they wouldn’t be needed
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March 12, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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Revealed: US Embassy raised concerns over Irish LNG and data centre policies before both were changed

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Revealed: US Embassy raised concerns over Irish LNG and data centre policies before both were changed
New documents released to the Business Post show meetings between the US embassy and Eamon Ryan over LNG and data centre policy
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March 12, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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Green Generation’s receivership sparks emergency talks with government on ‘epidemic’ of biofuel fraud

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Green Generation’s receivership sparks emergency talks with government on ‘epidemic’ of biofuel fraud
Irish biomethane producers have said that the scale of biofuel fraud in Europe is leading to an unequal playing field
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March 11, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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Ireland’s phantom exports (goods physically produced elsewhere but registered as exports here on the balance sheets of multinationals) have declined for 2 years in a row, following a decade of exponential growth, new analysis from the Business Post shows.

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Phantom exports coming back to haunt taoiseach ahead of Trump meeting
Figures previously described as ‘farcical’ by Micheál Martin will have to be defended during his Washington trip this week
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March 10, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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Government examining ‘role of private sector’ in delivering LNG as Greens allege ‘climate rollback’
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Government examining ‘role of private sector’ in delivering LNG
Finance minister Paschal Donohoe said the coalition wanted to identify if there was any role for the private sector in delivering the gas
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March 7, 2025 at 9:25 AM