A proposed near €1 million severance deal for airport operator DAA chief executive Kenny Jacobs is off the table after Minister for Transport Darragh O’Brien blocked the money, raising yet more questions about the months-long standoff at the top of the State airports group. Arthur Beesley has the story.

Elon Musk and social media giant X have been granted permission by the High Court to challenge an investigation by Irish media regulator Coimisiún na Meán into whether X, formerly Twitter, contravened the EU’s Digital Services Act. Paul Neilan was in court.

Ireland is a nation of savers, but very few of us seem to want to invest our money in the hope of higher returns in the future. In Money Matters, Joanne Hunt outlines some of the options that can make the markets less intimidating.