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Stephen Kenny doesn’t need time, he needs his critics to take a reality check

March 27, 2021 5:10 am Published by Dion Fanning

On Sunday night, Virgin are broadcasting the outstanding documentary Finding Jack Charlton. It could understandably lead to another outpouring of... View Article

Sam Smyth: Leo Varadkar was foolish but opposition parties are engaging in cynical cant

March 27, 2021 4:55 am Published by Sam Smyth

Leo Varadkar has made silly political misjudgements and occasionally behaved foolishly, but he is not corrupt. In fact, comparing the... View Article

Goodbody Best 8: Here’s what can be achieved with active stock picking

March 25, 2021 5:50 am Published by Jerome Kavanagh

The Reddit-Robinhood trading mania of recent months provided the latest reminder (if one was necessary) that active stock trading is... View Article

A nation once again? Derry Girls alone won’t bridge the knowledge gap on the island

March 25, 2021 5:10 am Published by Stephen Kinsella

A liminal space occupies a position at, or on both sides of, a boundary or threshold. Northern Ireland occupies a... View Article

The US is experiencing an entrepreneurship boom. So, what is going wrong in Ireland?

March 23, 2021 5:55 am Published by Constantin Gurdgiev

At the start of March, Roblox, an online gaming platform popular with younger customers and a beneficiary of the Covid-19... View Article

Corporation tax, the great Brexit dilemma, and subtle shifts in the UK’s economic model

March 22, 2021 5:45 am Published by Peter Kinsella

On 3 March, UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak presented his first budget to the UK’s House of Commons.... View Article

Whatever happened to the Moriarty Tribunal? Denis O’Brien, Michael Lowry and the inquiry which could have changed Ireland

March 20, 2021 6:00 am Published by Ian Kehoe

Exactly nine years ago, I sat down with Paul Meagher, a long-standing legal adviser to the businessman Denis O’Brien. It... View Article

Dion Fanning: Jose Mourinho’s failure at Tottenham isn’t Jose Mourinho’s problem

March 20, 2021 5:55 am Published by Dion Fanning

It is unfortunate for Jose Mourinho that a number of clips of Danny Blanchflower were circulating on Twitter this week,... View Article

John Looby: When investing, don’t try to beat the best

March 19, 2021 5:10 am Published by John Looby

Stock investors face the perennial challenge of deciding how many stocks to own in their portfolios. While there is no... View Article

A 21st Century Emigrant Song: Stripe, the diaspora and the story of Ireland

March 17, 2021 5:00 am Published by Stephen Kinsella

In this column, I’d like to use the occasion of St Patrick’s Day to take stock and talk about where... View Article