Blanket energy subsidies are letting a good crisis go to waste
April 14, 2022 4:59 amAnother month, another set of blanket fossil fuel subsidies. The Vat cut on gas and electricity bills decided by the... View Article
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Sean Keyes on investing: How to take the banks for a couple of thousand
April 13, 2022 3:44 amLiving costs are rising so people are looking for ways to save money. An obvious one is to get a... View Article
Patrick Honohan on wage-price spirals, interest rates and when inflation will fall
April 12, 2022 5:57 amWith inflation in Ireland running at the highest rate for a decade and – in a not-unrelated development – interest... View Article
Grey is in this season: A candidate with some grey hairs can be a very valuable resource to your business
April 11, 2022 5:21 amThe biggest bias I come across in recruitment is that of ageism. For a lot of companies, candidates over 50... View Article
Let’s bulldoze city golf courses and make better use of the land
April 9, 2022 4:38 amFirst thing’s first: Golf is good. It’s one of Ireland’s strengths. It’s played by young and old. It’s played by... View Article
Paul Flynn and Marc Ó Sé on Kerry’s revival, Jack O’Connor’s wisdom and the addition to the backroom team that could be decisive
April 9, 2022 4:31 amFor his first column for The Currency last year, Paul Flynn wrote about Kerry. It was a piece which demonstrated... View Article
The end of the world vs the end of the month: Macron vs Le Pen and what it tells us about how Europe is coping with its crises
April 9, 2022 3:22 amTwo months ago, The Currency’s senior correspondent, Thomas Hubert, and Stephen Carroll, an Irish journalist based in Paris, came together... View Article
Globalisation is receding. How will Ireland prosper in a new regionalism?
April 7, 2022 4:32 amI am always sceptical of “this changes everything”- type moments. These somewhat random shocks often turn out to be moments... View Article
As Europe dithers on 15% corporation tax, Microchip continues to route billions through the double malt shelter
April 6, 2022 5:14 amAs its name suggests, Microchip, the Arizona-based, Nasdaq-listed multinational, makes semiconductors: sensors and controllers used in millions of electronic devices... View Article
Sean Keyes on investing: Your (likely) new pension plan
April 6, 2022 4:53 amThis new auto-enrolment pension plan is a big win for employees. Anyone making more than €20,000 who’s not already part... View Article
