The CEO whisperer: Pete Smyth meets Jerry Colonna
January 21, 2020 5:55 amJerry Colonna is a man who defied the odds. I met this intriguing character while he was on a stopover... View Article
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John Looby: There’s a political consensus in Ireland: the wealthy should pay up
January 20, 2020 5:30 amUnarguably, Fintan O’Toole is among the most insightful commentators on these Islands. For decades in The Irish Times, he has... View Article
Rena Maycock: In Ireland, whatever it is about our DNA, we do not like success. And we certainly don’t celebrate it
January 17, 2020 5:50 amI met an old builder friend recently for coffee and we shared a philosophical musing about why he felt, that... View Article
Stephen Kinsella: Promises, promises and the economics of elections
January 16, 2020 5:31 amEvery football player wants a shot on goal so perfect that fans will be replaying the moment for decades. Every... View Article
Bobby Healy: “When you’re a butterfly you live every day as if it’s your last. Let’s try to make every one of those days a tiny little better for our little angels?“
January 16, 2020 4:59 amBobby Healy is one of Ireland’s most interesting and successful entrepreneurs. He started his career writing video games for Nintendo... View Article
Food in 2020: six trends to watch over this year – and decade
January 14, 2020 5:55 amIf your media sources make it seem that food has never been more front and centre to everything we do,... View Article
Fiscal Union – unsuitable as an acronym or at all?
January 13, 2020 5:50 amInternational tax topics are littered with acronyms. In alphabetical order, and stopping at F, we have ATAD, ATAD II, BEPS,... View Article
The macroeconomics of Irish dairy: how global rivals view Ireland
January 10, 2020 5:55 amIf you listen to industry bodies or government agencies such as Bord Bia, you will of course hear that the... View Article
Stephen Kinsella on Intangible Ireland: “Could Ireland’s intangible boom bust?“
January 9, 2020 5:55 amIntangible assets like intellectual property, licensing, branding, and data make up enormous amounts of the value generated by most companies... View Article
Innovating Ireland: “We have tech and we have sea. Now we need to make Ireland a marine tech hub“
January 8, 2020 6:00 amOne of the safer bets we can make is that Ireland will still be an island in 20 years. Accordingly,... View Article
