Living in Xi’s China: The limitations of a governance system when one person has unbridled power
December 31, 2022 4:27 am2022 was my twelfth year in China, and certainly the most challenging. I did not and could not have predicted... View Article
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Dion Fanning: Sport’s year of living dangerously
December 26, 2022 5:24 amAfter a month of tension between those who felt it would be better to simply focus on football and those... View Article
Tommie Gorman: Beyond stone and shite, and accepting what’s gone is gone
December 24, 2022 4:40 amIn our house, Michael, the first-born, was the explorer. One night in early December when our parents were ‘out the... View Article
The Climate Action Plan now includes actions – but what are they exactly?
December 23, 2022 5:37 amBy comparison with last year’s, the latest Climate Action Plan has come out six weeks closer to the annual December... View Article
Rena Maycock: Could Big Tech’s loss be Irish Tech’s gain?
December 22, 2022 5:52 amThere is a feeling amongst some tech entrepreneurs here that the headcount cull we have seen across a lot of... View Article
Sean Keyes on investing: The Germans are crashing the eurozone again
December 21, 2022 4:37 amThis week, we learned that the ECB has reverted to type. It’s going all-out to crush inflation, even at the... View Article
Stock buybacks: the good, the bad and the opportunistic
December 20, 2022 5:37 amSpurred by the allure of cheap debt, the stock market has all but ceased to be a mechanism for capital... View Article
Between the US and the EU, a gap remains on the minimum 15% corporation tax
December 19, 2022 4:24 amLate on Thursday, the EU’s 27 member states finally came to a unanimous agreement on the implementation of a minimum... View Article
The cautious planning and development Bill: rewinding the week that was
December 18, 2022 4:51 amWhen it comes to planning reform, the first question isn’t how to do it but whether to do it. Is the planning system, in fact, an impediment... View Article
“There’s no evidence that Leo Varadkar has brought Fine Gael any electoral fruits and that’s the real test for him”
December 17, 2022 3:28 amAs Micheal Martin resigns and Leo Varadkar returns as Taoiseach, most people seem sure of the challenges that faces Varadkar... View Article
