Sinead O'Sullivan

We are not going to be able to prevent talented people from leaving Ireland - nor should we. But could Ireland create the innovation ecosystem it needs by enabling people to come here as quickly and easily as possible? It is time to reform our immigration system.

Creating people who can build things starts and ends with education. Yet, our system is designed to take the one-in-a-million extraordinary people and make them mediocre before they’ve even had a chance to realise the scale of their potential.

Most of Europe is not creating the right people who can build things. Meanwhile, the European government funding ecosystem is broken and following the wrong strategy. So, let’s not continue to kid ourselves that everything is okay.

In general, I'm very bullish on the future, and I think Cathie Wood's hypothesis is exactly right. Would I invest in her fund? Hell no. You've got to be kidding.

My body, my face and my features are highly imperfect. And as expensive as it is, unfortunately the price of perfecting my attributes is more than just financial. 

While many argue that we should not allow new forms of land ownership to disrupt the farm, farms are already in the process of disrupting themselves. There is a young generation of farmers that are in fact seeking to rent instead of buy land to improve their return on capital.

Short-term credit starts with a dress, an iPhone or even a takeaway meal. But it mutates quickly. European regulators need to take immediate action to protect innocent consumers.

What do JP McManus, John Magnier, Bill Gates and the British Royal family all have in common? Apart from being billionaires, they are all large landowners, quietly going under the radar to acquire massive amounts of global farmland.

Sinead O’Sullivan spent some time on Boston’s famous and historical Newbury Street to try to better understand another form of investment popular with the uber wealthy: luxury watches.

We marginalized the people who dedicate their lives to understanding the complexity of our world. We chose to read 360 characters instead of 360 pages. We cancelled before we tried to understand. We made (and lost) a quick buck instead of investing in long-term change.