Promises, promises: Election 2025 (?) has started and it will colour everything
April 18, 2024 5:32 amMore money for this, that, the other. Calls for more, for less, for better, for faster. The election season is... View Article
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As elections near, MEPs take stock of European SME policy
April 17, 2024 5:06 amAs Simon Harris took the mantle of taoiseach, he made a range of promises to the public and one of... View Article
Ronan Lyons: Costs efficiency should be the metric that will see the State hit housing targets
April 16, 2024 5:45 amOne of the first policy targets announced by the new Taoiseach Simon Harris was that 250,000 new homes would be... View Article
How some Irish businesses become exceptions to the dual-economy rule: Rewinding the week that was
April 14, 2024 5:46 amThe Currency often reports on the very real divide between Ireland’s domestic and multinational economies. As Stephen put it as... View Article
Typically untypical: Ronan O’Gara and the art of effective leadership
April 13, 2024 5:56 amDespite the raft of recent behind-the-scenes sporting documentaries, what really happens within the sanctity of a rugby changing room is... View Article
A manager who takes teams to the next level and knows the route to glory
April 13, 2024 5:30 amWhen it was announced last September that Mickey Harte would become Derry’s manager, the GAA community was shocked. An outside... View Article
Short-term surge, long-term risks: What the gold price is telling us about the world
April 12, 2024 5:40 amLast week, prices for gold rose to an all-time high, at levels above $2,300 per oz (€2,118). The recent price... View Article
A nation once again? It won’t be about money or identity, but productivity
April 11, 2024 5:42 amBrexit has become a kind of bellwether, a sort of reeling in the years moment. Like the 1929 crash, or... View Article
Close to brutal: Tommie Gorman watches as two political beasts quietly exit the international stage
April 10, 2024 11:39 am“It’s Quiet Uptown” is one of several powerful songs in Lin-Manuel Miranda’s musical Hamilton. The lyrics include the observation: “There... View Article
Sinead O’Sullivan: Diary of a successful woman who is leaving after a long break-up with Ireland
April 10, 2024 5:54 amI was 28 years old when I realised that men were lying when they said: “I want to date a... View Article
