Beyond the bank: The new landscape of SME finance in Ireland
June 20, 2025 5:55 amI recently wrote about the impact of the 2008 financial crash on Irish SME borrowing behaviour. According to the data,... View Article
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Niall Sargent: Oireachtas hearing exposes gaps in Central Bank’s Israel bond stance
June 19, 2025 5:15 amIt is clearly laid out in the Central Bank’s mission statement and regulatory mandate that it was set up to... View Article
Patience and the paradox of skill: Why smarter investors still lose
June 18, 2025 5:32 amFinancial markets fascinate. For traders, the lure of seemingly easy riches is irresistible. Across an ever-growing and ever-cheaper opportunity set,... View Article
Fiscal amnesia: Has Ireland forgot the lessons of 1987 and 2010?
June 17, 2025 5:18 amA fiscal correction is easiest the sooner it is commenced. Ministerial hints that a correction is now required have not... View Article
Redundancy, reinvention, and the hidden costs of corporate restructuring
June 16, 2025 5:03 am“Quiet quitting” is a thing; more executive talent is taking packages, and it is under the radar. I am either... View Article
There is no rental market — only trade-offs: Rewinding the week that was
June 15, 2025 5:02 amOn Tuesday, as the Government unwrapped its new plans for the Irish rental sector, two of the country’s most prominent... View Article
A weekend of endless possibility: Paul Flynn on making Gaelic football great again
June 14, 2025 5:46 amIt seems Gaelic football has been chasing this moment for a long time, a weekend when you can say: it... View Article
Dan O’Brien: Ireland is buoyant but the Government is adrift in rollercoaster economics
June 13, 2025 5:39 amEmployment is up. Inflation is down. Exports are booming. Tax revenues are surging. These are just some of the indicators... View Article
May’s €1bn corporation tax hole can be summed up in one word: Pfizer
June 12, 2025 5:14 amLast week’s release of Exchequer figures left observers scratching their heads after May’s corporation tax take plummeted by €1.1 billion,... View Article
Tara Shine: Busting the EV myths for business
June 11, 2025 5:46 amI bought my first EV in 2018. A second-hand 2015 Nissan Leaf. I loved it from day one. I got... View Article
