Spinning Plates – Is the rise and rise of Ronan O’Gara sustainable?
May 1, 2021 6:00 amTwo hemispheres, three house moves, four jobs and five kids – the main question that comes to mind when anyone... View Article
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Bonds, bubbles and a “dangerous woman”
April 30, 2021 5:45 amTo help focus minds before a recent call, I was asked to prepare a slide called ‘Medium-Term Economic Risks/Challenges for... View Article
A housing by-election: property and the politics of wealth accumulation
April 29, 2021 6:00 amIn my recent interview with Mary Lou McDonald, the President of Sinn Féin made the point that the next election,... View Article
How a renowned finance professor values companies
April 28, 2021 5:15 amOne of my investing email’s founding principles is that most people shouldn’t bother with stock picking. The payoff isn’t worth... View Article
The right track for embattled SMEs? Why the devil will be in the detail for new SME Summary Rescue Process
April 28, 2021 4:15 amWith the legislation currently at drafting stage, there has been much discussion around the recently announced ‘Summary Rescue Process’ for... View Article
The economics (and the financial winners) of cancel culture
April 27, 2021 4:15 amIn a previous article about the emergence of Web 3.0, I discussed the coordinated nature of “smart mobs” and the... View Article
Interest rates, insolvencies and political risk: beware a Eurozone doom loop
April 26, 2021 5:15 am2020 was an important year for the European Union (EU). The pandemic led to a number of important structural changes... View Article
Young people haven’t abandoned football, football has abandoned them
April 24, 2021 6:00 am“We used to go to a lot of football matches back then. It was about 90p, so it wasn’t like... View Article
A shared Northern Ireland: how people in the North are reimagining life in the UK
April 24, 2021 6:00 amAfter the referendum on leaving the EU in 2016, a friend told me that the vote felt like a jolt... View Article
Good news? Bad news? Just what is going on with Providence Resources and Barryroe?
April 23, 2021 5:15 amAfter a year of engagement with a Norwegian consortium, Irish listed exploration company Providence Resources has backed out of the... View Article
