Five years in five days: Rewinding the week that was
September 29, 2024 5:28 amIn his first column for The Currency last week, the economist Dan O’Brien succinctly encapsulated the myriad contradictions that define... View Article
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Nearly all human life is available somewhere in Beggars Bush. And The Old Spot has become part of that extended family
September 28, 2024 5:38 amI met the late Garrett Cooney, a formidable and most eloquent senior counsel, in The Old Spot gastropub nearly a... View Article
Kate Demolder: Is the Sean “Diddy” Combs case finally the music industry’s #MeToo?
September 28, 2024 5:02 amSean “Diddy” Combs was once the most ubiquitous man in hip-hop. The rapper-turned-mogul-turned-impresario moved successfully through the ‘90s and aughts,... View Article
Dan O’Brien: The Irish numbers are gravity-defying. But beware storm clouds on the horizon
September 27, 2024 5:48 amCapital and labour: the more they are available, the more economies can grow. Fuelled by multinationals’ money pumping up capital... View Article
Colm McCarthy: There should be a judge-led public inquiry into the NCH debacle
September 26, 2024 5:58 amTwo persuasive arguments have been mobilised against the current enthusiasm of government and opposition, and many commentators, to “go for... View Article
Five years in business: Five long reads that define The Currency
September 25, 2024 5:18 amFewer than half of new businesses survive long enough to see their fifth birthday, let alone those that experienced a... View Article
The data is definitive. Rent controls merely shift power to sitting tenants and hurt those looking to rent
September 24, 2024 5:11 amLast month’s Daft Rental Report found that market rents continue to rise at very high rates, year-on-year, especially outside Dublin.... View Article
Why employers should get ahead of demand for the right to disconnect
September 23, 2024 5:50 amI recently spoke to a CFO working in a business that had been acquired by a private equity (PE) company.... View Article
Paschal, populism, and Ireland’s next big idea: Rewinding the week that was
September 22, 2024 4:26 amFive years ago this week, I made my way to the Department of Finance to interview Paschal Donohoe. Budget 2020... View Article
Press Up fallout: McKillen Jr and Ryan raised the bar for hospitality in Dublin
September 21, 2024 3:26 amI met a client for lunch in Sophie’s on Harcourt Street a couple of weeks ago. Sophie’s is a restaurant... View Article
