Sam Smyth: Bobby Storey’s death leaves many deep questions unanswered
July 4, 2020 6:00 amBobby Storey’s interment in Belfast last week was a military funeral pretending not to be: Sinn Féin organised some 1,800... View Article
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A €600m question: Can Aryzta find a new format to grow cash instead of debt?
July 3, 2020 5:05 amThis Thursday saw a campaign launch take place through a Zoom call, which has become the norm for such events.... View Article
Stephen Kinsella: “Can this government prevent a lost generation?”
July 2, 2020 3:16 amWe have a new government, with a new programme for government. This programme envisages a stimulus programme in July followed... View Article
Heads I win, tails I don’t lose much: Lessons from the Taleb & Dhando approach to investing
July 1, 2020 5:26 amImportant ideas often echo. Pondering those of Nassim Taleb, the Dhando approach of the stunningly successful investor Mohnish Pabrai rings... View Article
Debt, distress and behavioural finance: The post-pandemic world be marked by deep and long-lasting scars
June 30, 2020 3:05 amFrom a behavioural economics point of view, the Covid-19 pandemic is a rich petri dish of data holding a promise... View Article
“Come back, but only if you really feel like it” – Mental health and wellbeing quietly leaps to the forefront of employers’ agenda in post-Covid recovery
June 29, 2020 5:29 amAs the country has begun to awaken, I find myself envious of sectors like retail or construction where the path... View Article
Just how much social housing is the state actually building?
June 26, 2020 5:30 amThe draft Programme for Government commits to deliver 50,000 social homes over the next five years. The document promises to... View Article
We have always viewed politics and the economy through the lens of property. How has Covid-19 redrawn the market?
June 25, 2020 5:28 amIn 2018 Robin Dillon-Merrill and her colleagues looked at the impact of different types of natural disasters on US real... View Article
“Investors would be wise to keep a close eye on how Trump deals with external relations over the coming months”
June 24, 2020 5:41 amAt the beginning of the year, US President Donald Trump was in the ascendency. The consensus opinion among analysts was... View Article
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
