Europe’s regulation fetish has gone too far and it’s now hurting productivity and competitiveness
March 27, 2024 5:42 amSeveral weeks ago, I was on an extended business trip in the Middle East, staying both in the UAE, Jordan... View Article
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Americans are not crazy: Like the Irish, they are just single-issue voters
March 26, 2024 5:12 amWhen you spend time with Americans, you realise just how weird they are. Ugh, Americans! Or so most Irish people... View Article
Recruiters know the real world counts in the hunt for new employees
March 25, 2024 5:50 amThere has been a lot of talk recently about skills-based hiring (SBH). In effect, you hire people because of their... View Article
Closures just one aspect of Irish hospitality’s deep restructuring: Rewinding the week that was
March 24, 2024 5:16 amThe Restaurants Association of Ireland (RAI)’s grim count of foodservice business closures hit 71 last month, the lobby group reported... View Article
Sam Smyth: There is nowhere to hide for a politician who cannot persuade voters to vote for him
March 23, 2024 5:28 amThe plot thickened when news broke this week that Taoiseach-in-waiting Simon Harris had been a recipient of former EU Commissioner-turned-consultant... View Article
Political leaders change. Places like Hillsborough and Armagh just watch them go by
March 23, 2024 5:27 amTime was when the south was the home of predictable calm and the rumpus was north of the border. On... View Article
Running an SME is like being on Squid Game. Only on Squid Game the players have hope
March 22, 2024 5:37 amIn late February, I spent a weekend in west Cork. Ireland was playing Wales and I watched the match in... View Article
Tommie Gorman: Leo Varadkar and the great political resignation
March 21, 2024 5:53 amMinutes after Leo Varadkar made his resignation speech yesterday afternoon, a Northern Ireland friend who saw him at several events... View Article
More resources than in the past, less confidence in the future: What is our national theory of progress?
March 21, 2024 5:44 amI am writing to you from Boston. It is the St Patrick’s festival. I have been here for a few... View Article
Sinead O’Sullivan: Fraud breeds like Covid when there is no accountability
March 20, 2024 5:13 amIn my last article, I talked about how fraud happens, mostly by looking at global corporate executives. I discussed that... View Article
