Sean Keyes on investing: The state’s share option scheme is broken and must be fixed
June 22, 2022 5:28 amIn October 2017, the finance minister Paschal Donohoe unveiled a new Key Employee Engagement Programme – Keep for short. At... View Article
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Leo Varadkar has dropped some hints about much-needed CGT reform. Will it go far enough?
June 22, 2022 5:08 amLet’s start with the uncontested facts. The headline rate for capital gains tax (CGT) for individuals in both Latvia and... View Article
The tech giants are bleeding. The knock-on effect on start-ups could be worse
June 21, 2022 5:17 amThe cost of capital is finally climbing up. In fact, yields on corporate debt have now risen above the pre-pandemic... View Article
From East and West, the EU is fighting on two fronts against the arbitrary arrogance of sovereign absolutists
June 20, 2022 5:23 amThe EU is an imperfect answer to an age-old question: can the people of Europe live in peace? Since the... View Article
Ireland’s greatest goals competition is a reminder of how much is missing in Irish football
June 18, 2022 4:38 amOne of the dividends from Ireland’s decision to reinvent themselves as a team that scores great goals in the manner... View Article
Ireland’s generation gap, part 4: Solutions to bridge the gap
June 16, 2022 5:45 amThe last three columns in this series looked at the gaps between the generations below and above forty. Four stylised... View Article
Sinead O’Sullivan: Beauty (and Botox) as a Service? No thanks
June 16, 2022 5:39 amThey say that beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I disagree; far from being subjective, beauty has been... View Article
High inflation and a sovereign debt problem – the ECB is in an impossible position
June 15, 2022 7:01 pmThere are limits to what even the ECB can do. The ECB’s power derives from its ability to print, or destroy,... View Article
Sean Keyes on investing: A run at the crypto bank
June 15, 2022 5:16 amI got an oddly post-apocalyptic vibe off the website of the failing cryptocurrency lender Celsius, when I visited it for... View Article
The UK economy is already wounded and weak – a trade war with the EU might finish it off
June 14, 2022 7:29 pmThe outlook for sterling (GBP) has soured, reflecting a significant deterioration in practically every single UK macroeconomic variable. UK inflation... View Article
