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
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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
Rebuilding, redemption, and transition: The outlook for the four Irish provinces
September 20, 2024 6:58 pmConsistency is a hallmark of Irish Rugby’s approach to professional competition. For 24 years, the same four provincial clubs have... View Article
In Jay we trust: Fed’s first interest rate cut in four years sets course for controlled inflation
September 20, 2024 5:58 amThe Fed has spoken. For months, the financial world has been agog with what it might do and when, but... View Article
Saving Press Up: Stabilising, then offloading restaurant chains is the next logical step
September 19, 2024 5:22 amThe Press Up restructuring team unveiled by The Currency last week is moving fast. Representing Cheyne Capital, the Dublin hospitality... View Article
Colm McCarthy: A new stadium in Belfast without enough match days is a waste of money, whoever pays for it
September 19, 2024 5:13 amTaoiseach Simon Harris renewed on Sunday the pledge of €50 million from the Irish Exchequer for the GAA’s Casement Park... View Article
Shaking the snow globe: How Budget 2025 can provide SMEs the support they desperately need
September 18, 2024 5:16 amI met one of Ireland’s best-known insolvency practitioners for coffee the morning I wrote this column. “Something doesn’t feel right,... View Article
