Tomorrow's front page. Pick up a copy in stores or subscribe at businesspost.ie: 🗞️ McGrath rebukes Varadkar over budget promises 🗞️ US firms warn state over corporate tax plans 🗞️ Kevin Bakhurst's first 30 days at RTÉ

A superb winner of our Captain's Prize. An t-uasail Padraic O’Gaora wins the big one at Ballesteros Course.

Further changes to the senior management team at Waystone, the Dublin-headquartered financial services group. Full story on Business Post businesspost.ie/news/waystone-…

Credit Unions target €12bn investment fund towards state infrastructure projects businesspost.ie/news/credit-un…

Tomorrow's front page. Pick up a copy in stores or subscribe at businesspost.ie: 🗞️ RTÉ braces for legal action over Bakhurst's reforms 🗞️ Ramped-up bank levy and limited mortgage relief in budget plans 🗞️ 'Second carbon tax' will add 10% to bills

In today's Business Post: -PSNI data breach ‘mirrors Snowden leaks in terms of possible impact’ - Infant formula firm Bobbie tipped as a unicorn - Entrepreneur Pat leads raise for hair transplant chain - Alviere withdraws from e-money authorisation process

Good story here from Michael Brennan in today’s Business Post Eamon Ryan is set to introduce a new “second carbon tax” on fuel, oil and gas businesspost.ie/politics/new-s…

PwC probes Peter McVerry Trust’s finances after ‘cashflow problems’ businesspost.ie/article/pwc-pr…

New report from Lisney shows Dublin's office vacancy rate was 15.7% at end of June – it was 6.9% in March 2020. Also interestingly, more than 34% of the new office space completed in 2022 is still available businesspost.ie/news/long-term…

A panacea or a problem? Eamon Ryan's department is examining allowing businesses to build their own power lines but the public consultation is stacked with stark warnings businesspost.ie/politics/priva… via Business Post

Tomorrow's front page. Pick up a copy in stores or subscribe at businesspost.ie: 🗞️ O'Brien pushes landlord tax cuts and developer backstop 🗞️ Fears RTÉ bailout will rise to €35m 🗞️ Central Bank faces fine from watchdog over data breach

Tomorrow's front page. Pick up a copy in stores or subscribe at businesspost.ie: 🗞️ Rivals outbid DAA for airport land 🗞️ Varadkar wants EU billions to pay farmers for climate actions 🗞️ Stripe rejected FAI's sponsorship approach

Big tech news alert: Irish fintech Wayflyer strikes $1bn financing deal businesspost.ie/article/irish-…

This is another massive win for Ireland on the pharma FDI front as Japanese company Astellas announces a €330m investment to build a new fill-finish facility in Tralee, Co Kerry. Full story in this morning’s Business Post businesspost.ie/news/astellas-…

Completely personal one here. But an idea also worth considering is to start paying Child Benefit during pregnancy. Was trialled in the UK in 2009, during the third trimester. Very good evidence of positive outcomes for mother and child. Relatively small cost here - €20mn or so.

Well done to Shorla Oncology the Irish speciality pharma company led by Sharon Cunningham. It has raised $35m to further devleop its portfolio of oncology drugs businesspost.ie/article/shorla…

Hard not to see the Government proposal here as a petty attempt to stifle criticism. The Irish Fiscal Advisory Council were established to help avoid some of the hugely costly mistakes we made in the 2000s. And now Department of Finance want to downgrade the role of chair?

A major review of the transport tax system will examine new tolls, new road user taxes, congestion charges, and mileage based taxes, in an effort to fill a €5bn annual hole in the public finances from electrification of the car fleet. businesspost.ie/news/more-toll…

Excl: Top-level academics at Trinity have privately called on Provost Linda Doyle to rescind a €214k fine levied against the students’ union The standing committee of Fellows have also called Trinity's communications strategy 'poor' businesspost.ie/news/exclusive…

Signing off at Tolka on Friday. Huge thanks to Damien Duff Shelbourne FC 🏆 and Stephen Bradley Shamrock Rovers FC for their generous send off. On the go since 1982 from the Irish Press to the Indo Irish Independent Sport and Irish Mail The Irish Daily Mail Irish Mail on Sunday. It was a privilege. Had a blast.