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Low paid. Low margin. High work intensity. Deeply affected by restrictions. What’s next for Ireland’s hospitality industry?

August 20, 2020 5:03 am Published by Stephen Kinsella

The latest round of restrictions on our lives is going to bite deeply into the recovery plans for the tourism,... View Article

August 19, 2020 5:07 am Published by Ian Kehoe

Founded in 2005 by Tim and Vanessa Greenwood, Cooks Academy provides courses to both amateur food enthusiasts and to chefs... View Article

August 18, 2020 5:28 am Published by Sean Keyes

The Amazon parcel that arrives within two days is a feat of logistics. Ireland’s Amazon packages usually come from one... View Article

August 17, 2020 4:24 am Published by Rena Maycock

Almost as soon as we were permitted, we loaded up the car with a fortnight worth of supplies and hit... View Article

August 14, 2020 5:50 am Published by John Looby

Grappling with European history, it can sometimes help to ponder it as a series of key moments. Strikingly, these were... View Article

August 13, 2020 5:52 am Published by Stephen Kinsella

When it comes to the future of media, the news is almost all bad. Hold on to that ‘almost’ for... View Article

August 12, 2020 6:00 am Published by Eoin O'Shea

Because of the EU single market, customs tariffs don’t arise where goods are bought and sold between EU countries. The... View Article

August 11, 2020 5:09 am Published by Constantin Gurdgiev

If politics is the art of the possible, economics is the art of the necessary. The latest EU27 Covid-19 rescue... View Article

August 10, 2020 5:17 am Published by Peter Kinsella

In recent weeks, prices for gold have continued to skyrocket. In July, prices reached an all-time high of $1,982 per... View Article

August 7, 2020 5:24 am Published by Tom Lyons

In late May, as the true impact of the pandemic was crystallising, I had an insightful conversation with Ray Coyne,... View Article