Being an entrepreneur can be lonely. But a good mentor can make you feel you are not alone
November 8, 2021 5:07 amEven though I’ve been a business owner for over a decade, I somewhat mistakenly thought that heading up your own... View Article
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Tommie Gorman: How the customers from hell have tested the limits of EU patience
November 6, 2021 4:46 amThere is a type of customer who will break the patience of the most experienced second hand car salesman. The... View Article
What are the arguments for, and against, the state owning €42bn worth of commercial businesses?
November 5, 2021 5:23 amOn Tuesday I took a look under the bonnet at Ireland’s state-owned enterprises (SoEs), to work out what their operating... View Article
Covid has swelled the size of the state. It now must figure out how to use that size for the greater good
November 4, 2021 5:53 amSometimes it is important to just stop, look around, and see where we actually are. The Covid restart is not... View Article
Sean Keyes on investing: Flutter, The Athletic, and the value of a customer
November 3, 2021 5:10 amThe first I heard of The Athletic was when it signed up Jack Pitt-Brooke, my favourite football writer, and put him behind... View Article
An overdue rapprochement: Sinn Féin is moving to the centre on economic policy. It now needs to convince business
November 2, 2021 5:28 amIn the aftermath of the British Labour Party’s devastating fourth defeat to the Conservatives in 1992, it realised it could... View Article
How to master the art of the counteroffer
November 1, 2021 5:07 amRecruiters hate counteroffers. They are kryptonite. Counteroffers muddy the pitch and your candidate can often default to what they know... View Article
Tommie Gorman: Sinn Fein’s pressing problem as they stand on the brink of power
October 30, 2021 5:43 amDuring the week the baiting of Manchester United supporters reached indecent levels following the 5-0 spanking by their deadly rivals,... View Article
Alex Ferguson remains the force of nature concealing the power vacuum at Manchester United
October 30, 2021 4:43 amFollowing Manchester United’s 5-0 defeat to Liverpool at Old Trafford, it was reported that Alex Ferguson had been among those... View Article
Paschal Donohoe: The closure of Chapters bookshop and why the government and city planners need to imagine a new future for city centres
October 30, 2021 4:01 amThe news that Chapters bookshops is closing will sadden anyone who loves books and as someone who shopped there regularly... View Article
