Tariff woes and the cost of Trumpism: Rewinding the week that was
July 20, 2025 5:12 amIt is all relative, and all relatively uncertain. Tariffs are coming for the European Union. No one knows what form... View Article
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European realities and apple trees: What does it mean to be a European Capital of Culture?
July 19, 2025 5:09 amIn the James Bond film Octopussy, the fictional agent – played by a Roger Moore armed with a rising eyebrow... View Article
Dan O’Brien: What I would have told the Oireachtas committee – if they had let me speak
July 18, 2025 5:55 amI was recently invited to speak before the national parliament’s Oireachtas Foreign Affairs and Trade committee to discuss the Israeli... View Article
For years, we designed apartments for families that didn’t exist. Will the new changes help?
July 17, 2025 5:28 amSummer can be something of a slow time in many industries. Not so this year for Irish housing policy at... View Article
Flight plan for growth: Part four – How to keep Ireland’s edge in aircraft leasing
July 15, 2025 5:59 amAircraft leasing is a jewel in the crown of the Irish economic model for a number of reasons. Keeping it... View Article
Candidate sentiment survey: Part one — expectations, remote working, and the balance of power
July 14, 2025 5:50 amThe Panel runs a candidate sentiment Survey for The Currency twice yearly to assess candidates’ attitudes to specific topics. The... View Article
Company failures, personal consequences: Rewinding the week that was
July 13, 2025 3:24 amTwelve years. That was the period for which Bernard Morrin, former director of Intensive Community Programmes Limited, was disqualified by... View Article
Paul Flynn: I shouldn’t say this, but I have a soft spot for Meath. This is why
July 12, 2025 5:04 amThis might be sacrilege for a former Dublin intercounty player to admit but I have a soft spot for this... View Article
Two months on, the Spanish blackout casts a long shadow on a record of growth and integration
July 12, 2025 2:30 amJosé María Álvarez-Pallete is one of the most admired business executives in Spain. Always well turned out and with impeccable... View Article
Ireland’s budget blind spots: Capital commitments and the cost of abandoning neutrality
July 11, 2025 5:05 amThe constant warnings from the Fiscal Advisory Council about poor spending control have yet to stimulate politicians into concrete action.... View Article
