Donohoe’s last stand for the 12.5% tax rate is a temporary poker bluff
July 2, 2021 6:45 amIreland, Barbados, Estonia, Hungary, Kenya, Nigeria, Peru, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Sri Lanka: These are the nine countries, among... View Article
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Currencies, equities and interest rates: what the Fed’s policy pivot means for markets
July 1, 2021 5:15 amAt its June 16 meeting, the US Federal Reserve shocked markets when its projections revealed that it expected to raise... View Article
Covid-19 scrambled the old global trade system. Now there’s a fight over what will replace it
June 30, 2021 5:45 amThe global economic recovery from Covid-19 may be underway, but external trade flows have seen an uneven and, in some... View Article
Inflation has finally happened. Here’s what do to about it
June 30, 2021 5:30 amA feature of summer 2021 is the moment you call a business to get a quote, get the quote, wince... View Article
Three reasons to buy to let
June 29, 2021 3:29 pmMost people know the basics when it comes to property. Either they own some property, or they’ve looked into buying... View Article
Europe took nearly three years to agree a partial CAP deal. Now this is Ireland’s problem
June 29, 2021 5:45 amEven by EU standards, the reform of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) ratified by the Union’s 27 agriculture ministers on... View Article
The joy of the deposit: Asking for a deposit slashed our no-show rate to practically zero
June 28, 2021 6:00 amWhen it comes to the tricky business of dealing with the public, we have learned the hard way that taking... View Article
“She was like a member of the Resistance” – Veronica Guerin and the legacy of a great journalist
June 26, 2021 5:45 amOne month is all that it takes for drugs to ravage a peaceful community. Ripping through the populace in the... View Article
England might hope that football’s coming home but Boris needs an interventionist God to solve his protocol problem
June 26, 2021 5:30 amIs there any chance that Boris Johnson might seek divine intervention to help him resolve the Brexit conundrum? Last month... View Article
Ireland devoutly employs the withdrawal method as Europe’s carnival of football continues
June 26, 2021 5:00 amIn April, when it was confirmed that no games from the rescheduled European Championships would be taking place in Dublin,... View Article
