Irish housing, French pensions: A tale of two political fiascos
April 1, 2023 5:32 amIn the past two weeks, the governments of Ireland and France have won motions of confidence while clinching their probable... View Article
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Tech is great. But when we talk about multinationals in Ireland, we need to focus on pharma
March 30, 2023 5:28 amI spent much of Monday afternoon staring up, the way you do when you enter a stadium or a cathedral.... View Article
Search funds in Ireland: A hands-on twist on private equity
March 30, 2023 4:00 amTake a 32-year-old junior manager: talented and ambitious and enterprising. They’re trying to decide where to go with their career.... View Article
Sean Keyes on investing: American banks aren’t looking great
March 29, 2023 4:10 amA new paper has looked at the likely extent of losses from US banks’ bond portfolios and the answer is... View Article
Sinead O’Sullivan: Ireland needs to ask itself what neutrality means
March 28, 2023 2:58 amOne year after the Russian incursion of Ukraine, the decades-long era of globalisation and peace has been abruptly dislocated, permanently... View Article
Banks, bailouts and bondholders: Can the latest turmoil inform monetary policy?
March 27, 2023 4:22 am“At first you go bankrupt slowly, then all at once” – Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises Failing banks, blanket... View Article
The relocation business, employers as landlords, and remote working
March 27, 2023 4:01 amWe had an interesting situation in The Panel lately where we placed several candidates with a multinational financial services company... View Article
Tommy Kelly, Girls Who Invest and the curious case of Asimilar: Rewinding the week that was
March 26, 2023 4:30 amTommy Kelly doesn’t fit the mould of an e-commerce billionaire. He’s from a farming background. He left school after the... View Article
Colm McCarthy: The road to nowhere and white elephants in the sky
March 25, 2023 4:23 amStranded assets, when historic capital expenditure has to be written off, can arise through unforeseen developments in technology, surprising shifts... View Article
AI is not going to take our jobs, but we are privatising the future
March 23, 2023 5:24 amIn their new book Power and Progress, the MIT economists Daron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson use historical examples to show... View Article
