“Delay is fatal” to the Dublin taskforce’s recommendations to revitalise the capital city, An Post chief executive David McRedmond has said, calling on the Government to set €1 billion aside in Budget 2026 to deliver the plan. Ian Curran reports.

Five years after German bank Wirecard collapsed, the man accused of leaving a €1.9 billion hole in its balance sheet is now living as a Russian intelligence officer – or asset – in Moscow. Derek Scally has the details.

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