The €24m Inquiry that told us what we already knew: Rewinding the week that was
May 25, 2025 4:39 amIt was difficult not to dwell upon the old legal maxim, “justice delayed is justice denied”, on Wednesday when the... View Article
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Sam Smyth on Gary Lineker: Beloved, brilliant, but not untouchable
May 24, 2025 5:05 amThe grim political murder of Jewish-Israeli diplomats in Washington alongside Israel’s continuing massacre of innocents in Gaza put the furore... View Article
Irish SMEs have been scarred by surviving the financial crisis. This may not be all bad
May 23, 2025 3:52 amThere are inflection points in economic cycles that influence how we think and how we act. The 2008 financial crisis... View Article
Joe Gill: Time to chart a new course for the Irish aviation industry
May 22, 2025 5:11 amIn February 2025, I was having a coffee with Declan Ryan and Eamonn Brennan. Declan is a founder of the... View Article
Green gold: property, power, and the case for a land observatory
May 21, 2025 5:01 amIn Ireland, where land carries profound historical and political significance, the rural landscape is evolving amidst a complex interplay of... View Article
The hidden cost of saying “no”: How Ireland’s planning system helps fuel its rental crisis
May 20, 2025 5:58 amLast week’s RTB report, covering 2024, and the latest Daft.ie Rental Report, out yesterday, confirm that the private rental sector... View Article
Growth, grievance, and the ghost of decline: Is Britain broken?
May 19, 2025 5:50 amBritain is in a state of collective depression. This is not unusual in the Western world. I write this from... View Article
The syndicate that beat the taxman—until it didn’t: Rewinding the week that was
May 18, 2025 5:36 amThere is, rightly, intense scrutiny on the tax tactics used by uber-profitable multinationals to reduce their taxes, and on the... View Article
From Olympic dreams to budget cuts: The demise of the Ireland men’s sevens programme
May 17, 2025 5:42 amIt’s been a tough few months for Irish rugby, as you get the feeling that the tide is beginning to go out,... View Article
John Collins: Can tech really make Europe great again?
May 16, 2025 5:58 amForget pulling on the green jersey. Irish start-ups are being urged to pull on the blue jersey if they want... View Article
