Eva Short

Eva Short

Writer — Berlin

Irish writer and journalist. Tech, culture, business, health, and harm reduction. Over a decade across staff and freelance roles at the Business Post, Silicon Republic, The Phoenix, and spunout. Commissions: evadiminutive@gmail.com

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The Business Post · Apr 2021 Global 'Big Tobacco' firm lobbied government to set up cannabis cultivation in Ireland A Canadian medicinal cannabis supplier, owned by one of the world's largest tobacco companies, lobbied to establish production in Ireland.
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The Business Post · May 2021 Watchdog and gardaí launch probe into gold and silver bullion dealer A Dublin dealer under joint investigation by the CCPC and the Garda National Economic Crime Bureau.
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The Business Post · Aug 2021 Kavanagh faces legal battle to hold onto firm after subcontractor seeks to wind up company A High Court petition against one of the developer's firms over an alleged debt of close to €130,000.
How TikTok is helping businesses to take off — Business Post clipping
The Business Post · Jun 2022 · Read clipping How TikTok is helping businesses to take off Irish companies like Gym + Coffee are finding the platform can turbocharge sales, not just entertain.
Is now the time to switch to a neobank? — Business Post clipping
The Business Post · May 2022 · Read clipping Is now the time to switch to a neobank? With KBC and Ulster Bank withdrawing, fintechs and neobanks are reshaping Irish retail banking.
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The Business Post · Apr 2022 In Santa Barbara, a 'tech billionaire' and candidate for Senator is taking aim at Tesla Motors Dan O'Dowd's single-issue Senate campaign to make software "safer for humanity" — and whether he cares about winning at all.
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The Business Post · Apr 2022 Clear vision: what are Netflix's next moves? After losing 200,000 subscribers in a quarter, can a crackdown on account sharing reverse the trend?
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The Business Post · Apr 2022 Taking a stance: what we should talk about when we talk about Irish neutrality War in eastern Europe has sharpened focus on a century-old policy most of the public remains reluctant to abandon.
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The Business Post · Jan 2022 How a straight-talking solicitor became a surprise hit on TikTok Richard Grogan's short, factual employment-law videos made him a folk hero to 107,000 followers.
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The Business Post · Jul 2024 The Big Interview: Shane Scully, Eagle Street Partners How a lockdown-founded property firm committed €150 million to projects across Britain and Ireland in under a year.
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Dublin Inquirer · Sep 2020 No clear vision for Dublin's music scene to step out of Covid-19 restrictions, some say "It's like the government doesn't see music venues as something they have to deal with," said Vinny Casey of The Workman's Club.
Police car at night with flashing lights
Silicon Republic · Jan 2020 Digital notebooks and body cameras: how tech is transforming police work Motorola Solutions' technology chief on partnering with police forces, edge intelligence, and where facial recognition should — and shouldn't — be used.
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Silicon Republic · Nov 2019 Privacy in the digital age, with Lea Kissner "I'm not satisfied with any privacy settings set-ups I've ever seen" — on why fixing digital privacy is complex but not impossible.
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The Next Web Digital governance is the new normal — here's how we can keep it ethical As governments rush municipal services online, how can roll-out and delivery stay ethical?
Roller Girl in Boogie Nights — lead image, i-D
i-D (Vice) · May 2020 TikTok has fallen in love with 70s roller rink aesthetic 50 years after the roller skating boom of the 70s, Gen Z is buying skates in droves amid a viral TikTok craze.
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Broadcast · RTÉ Radio 1 · Oct 2019 Today with Seán O'Rourke Discussing Facebook's move to end-to-end encryption on its messaging services.

Earlier work & arts writing

Recreation of Francis Bacon's studio at the Hugh Lane Gallery
The Bridge · Aug 2017 Francis Bacon's studio and other hostile and beautiful spaces An essay on chaos, curation, and the fetishisation of the artistic mind, from the Hugh Lane's recreation of Bacon's studio.
Peter Campion
Totally Dublin · Apr 2016 The singer not the song — Peter Campion interview The Sing Street and Love/Hate actor on drama school, misplaced patriotism, and returning to Ireland from London.
Paddy Breathnach
Totally Dublin · Aug 2016 Film interview: Paddy Breathnach — Viva The director on Havana's drag bars, Marcuse, and truth: "the film is about becoming, finding your voice, singing for the first time."
Still from A$AP Rocky's L$D video
HeadStuff · Feb 2016 A$AP Rocky's 'L$D' is an unsung hero of the Grammy music video nominations On Dexter Navy's neon-drenched promo and what psychedelic hip-hop says about the drug experience.
GoldenPlec · 2015 All the music, the beat, the tempo — interview with Mark McCabe The Maniac 2000 DJ on one-hit-wonderdom and returning to 'the madness' at Electric Picnic, 15 years on.
Eva Short
Eva Short