John Looby: “Nixon legacy still shaping our world: Part 1 – Rome to gold“
November 5, 2019 5:54 amIn the dramatic days from the autumn of 2008 to the summer of 2009, the collapse in global trade and... View Article
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Ian Kehoe: Paschal Donohoe channelled Edmund Burke when he took a swipe at tax practitioners. But, will they listen?
November 4, 2019 5:50 amPaschal Donohoe took an unusual detour last week during a lengthy missive he delivered on Irish banking culture. Amid an... View Article
Ian Kehoe: “Having rebuilt a broken company, the directors of QIH have been let down by a decade of official indifference”
November 1, 2019 5:28 amIn April 2011, shortly after executives from the former Anglo Irish Bank informed a shocked Sean Quinn that they were... View Article
Sean Keyes: “ABF should spin off Penneys, the Miracle of Mary Street“
October 31, 2019 5:56 amOn Mary Street in the North of Dublin City, above the original Penneys shop, is the global headquarters of Primark. ... View Article
Stephen Kinsella: “Manufacturing in Ireland – back to the future”
October 31, 2019 5:53 amLast week, both Molex and Novartis announced a scaling down of their Irish operations. Around 800 people will lose their... View Article
Innovating Ireland: Taking a tour of Tech Town – from poo-fuelled power to algae bricks
October 30, 2019 5:55 amThis week we are discussing another existing area of strength that can be adapted as a new innovation pillar for... View Article
Rena Maycock: “All the data shows that the smart venture capital is on women… or at least it should be“
October 29, 2019 6:00 amAs the founder of a tech start-up, I hear time and time again that investors invest in three things: team,... View Article
Chinese dispatch: “China at 70. The social contract remains strong.”
October 25, 2019 5:50 amOctober 1st, 2019 marked the 70th anniversary of Mao’s famous declaration of the foundation of the People’s Republic of China... View Article
Ian Kehoe: Novartis and Molex have shown how easily multinationals can turn off the FDI tap
October 24, 2019 5:50 amThe National Treasury Management Agency (NTMA), the state agency charged with managing Ireland’s national debt, did something rather novel last... View Article
The state’s relationship with vulture funds is schizophrenic, amounting to little more than damage limitation
October 23, 2019 5:50 amJust three years ago, as the public became aware that vulture funds were using everything from charities to securitisation vehicles... View Article
