Will the 9% hospitality Vat rate become an election issue? Rewinding the week that was
June 2, 2024 5:15 amThis time last year, Peter Burke was one of three junior Fine Gael ministers who signed a surprise opinion article... View Article
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When world-class is not enough: Will Leo Cullen find the 1% gains Leinster needs to achieve true European greatness?
June 1, 2024 5:34 amAs Jack Conan was bundled into touch by Blair Kinghorn, marking the end of a riveting European Cup final last... View Article
Westminster elections: A party leader endgame in East Belfast and Sinn Féin’s big-name signing
June 1, 2024 5:13 amWhen a run of bad luck is gathering momentum, sometimes the instinct is to gamble what’s left in a do-or-die... View Article
Letter: Tony O’Reilly, the Irish Independent and tax cuts
May 31, 2024 5:58 amIn a reflection on the life of the late Tony O’Reilly published last week, Sam Smyth recalled the publication of... View Article
Stuart Fitzgerald: The latest SME supports will not stop businesses from failing and jobs will be lost
May 30, 2024 5:50 amOver the past few months I have been reflecting on how policy-driven costs are affecting Ireland’s SMEs. I began in... View Article
Fintan Drury: Irish businesses need to find their voice on Gaza, and fast
May 29, 2024 5:41 amIsrael’s ambassador to Ireland, Dana Elrich, believes there’s a lot of potential in the nations’ bilateral relations but that a... View Article
Conor Brady: Road deaths are rising. Could a Neighbourhood Watch-style scheme help turn the tide?
May 28, 2024 5:03 amSomething has gone profoundly wrong in relation to Irish road safety and road usage. Extraordinary progress had been made in reducing... View Article
Constantin Gurdgiev: The West is losing the first battles of Cold War 2.0. Where does that leave Europe?
May 27, 2024 5:25 amOn May 16, 2024, China and Russia issued an extraordinary joint statement, which overshadows the famous “no limits” partnership statement... View Article
The Square in Tallaght and Irish real estate: Rewinding the week that was
May 26, 2024 5:27 amKieran Wallace and Eamonn Richardson know more than most about auctioning property assets. As government-appointed liquidators to IBRC, they sold... View Article
Tommie Gorman: Letting go of its past, uncertain about its future, Ireland may be heading in a new political direction
May 25, 2024 5:21 amA characteristic of profound change is it quickly becomes the norm, a tangible sense of what was gradually evaporates. Nowadays... View Article
