Cut and run or double down: Why the Programme for Government has stranded our banks in a twilight zone
June 23, 2020 4:31 amSeveral years ago, I was asked by a major international bank to support a strategic review of one of their... View Article
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The road less taken: What food businesses can learn from Kerry Group’s Covid-19 strategy
June 22, 2020 4:28 amIn the midst of a true crisis in the food business, with widespread reports of milk being dumped down drains,... View Article
“Perhaps getting old is like developing a telescopic vision, you can see the then and the now simultaneously”
June 20, 2020 5:00 amTo paraphrase WB Yeats: ‘Is that the ghost of Richard Nixon, beating on the door?’ Is ‘tricky Dickie’ back again,... View Article
What’s next for the Irish economy? Yes, we can borrow to fund the recovery, but we will also have to increase taxes
June 18, 2020 5:50 amOn Wednesday, I gave evidence to the Oireachtas Special Committee on Covid-19 Response. Along with Alan Barrett, Karina Doorley and... View Article
Time for Ireland to ponder the thoughts of Taleb
June 17, 2020 4:59 amNassim Nicholas Taleb seems to gleefully stoke debate. Since he first burst into popular consciousness in 2001 with his best-selling... View Article
Climate, energy, transport, agriculture: How green is the programme for government?
June 16, 2020 4:51 amOut of the 126-page Programme for Government put by Micheál Martin, Leo Varadkar and Eamon Ryan to the vote of... View Article
This programme for government envisages a much larger, more activist, state. And this has to be paid for with higher taxes
June 16, 2020 4:40 amIn his song Step Right Up, the artist Tom Waits has some wisdom for the parties entering government, especially related... View Article
Irish business must find its place in the China-US duopoly
June 15, 2020 5:15 amCovid-19, the largest global public health crisis in a century, should have been a time of global co-operation. Instead, the... View Article
“Expect further equity declines in the coming weeks, but I believe the long terms outlook is positive. Here is why”
June 15, 2020 4:45 amOn Thursday, stock markets around the world suffered their most severe declines since the height of market volatility in March,... View Article
“The longer the hiatus continues, the greater the risk of a marked erosion of public trust in politics. We need another election”
June 12, 2020 4:08 amAs 2020 reaches midpoint it is fair to say that it’s been a year like no other both at home... View Article
