Here comes the whirlwind: Why the Open is the greatest competition of them all
July 10, 2021 5:30 amThe greatest of all golf tournaments starts next week on the Kent coast. It’s the 15th time Royal St George’s... View Article
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The failures of diplomacy: How the British ambassador can help shape a Brexit truce
July 10, 2021 5:15 amMarch 19th 2000 was one of the great days of Irish sport. I stood with a cameraman in the Stade... View Article
What would Google, Microsoft, and Facebook’s Irish tax bills look like at a 15% rate?
July 9, 2021 5:45 amFinance ministers and central bankers from G20 nations are meeting this Friday and Saturday in Venice to progress the details... View Article
The French pledge: Why an Irish borrower forced his bank to pay a €1.6 million tax bill on his behalf
July 8, 2021 6:00 amThe saga begins in 2007 when the taxpayer, an Irish resident, borrowed €4.3 million from a French bank with an... View Article
Sean Keyes on investing: ESG investing is meant to return less – that is the whole point
July 7, 2021 5:30 amThere’s a cynicism about the way some of the financial industry uses ESG investing. ESG (environmental, social and governance) is... View Article
We should lock-in low rates for decades: it is the Taleb & Summers thing to do
July 7, 2021 5:15 amUnsurprisingly, as the vaccine flow quickens normal politics is flooding back. Notwithstanding delta and the latest delay, the fading of... View Article
Rent pressure zones are counterproductive, and they harm the most vulnerable
July 6, 2021 6:00 amThe Minister for Housing announced a significant change in Rent Pressure Zones (RPZs). Rather than increases of up to four... View Article
Uber is just a loss-seeking company doing a truly awful job at trying to provide public transport
July 6, 2021 6:00 am“A developed country isn’t a place where the poor have cars. It’s where the rich use public transportation.” Gustavo Petro... View Article
To save main streets, towns have to get like shopping centres (and vice versa)
July 5, 2021 5:15 amMost things are snapping back normal after the pandemic at an impressive speed, but retail is not one of them. ... View Article
Jeffrey Donaldson, Brexit and the DUP’s unfortunate adventure with petrol and matches
July 3, 2021 5:45 amThe likely thing a stranger may notice on first meeting 58-year-old Jeffrey Donaldson is the aftershave. He is dapper. A... View Article
