Sean Keyes on investing: The good and bad of corporate mid-life crises
May 10, 2023 5:05 amI wrote last week about dying with dignity. Death comes for us all, and companies are no different. Eventually, the time... View Article
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John Collins on AI: This time around it really feels like we could be looking at the start of a new era in tech
May 9, 2023 3:57 amIt’s an easy, but lazy, habit to fall into considering the “tech industry” as a single homogenous whole that’s engaged... View Article
Tax-free dividends, cash extractions, derivatives: Some people will go to great lengths to reduce their tax bill
May 8, 2023 5:29 amLast week, I reported on a scheme used by high-net-worth individuals to cut their tax bills through a complex string... View Article
How to spend it, London Irish’s doom loop, and the public grilling of the Ires chair: Rewinding the week that was
May 7, 2023 5:01 amThe Department of Finance and the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform are two separate, if highly related, government departments.... View Article
Rich, dysfunctional, and royal: The firm’s new CEO walks in
May 6, 2023 3:15 amIt is now 12 years since Queen Elizabeth II’s historic state visit to Ireland in 2011; the first visit by... View Article
“No airs. No graces. No silver spoons”: The Dubliner who turned around an Australian institution
May 5, 2023 4:16 amThe journalist Alastair Campbell coined a new word – Persilience – to describe a combination of perseverance and resilience. It... View Article
Stephen Kinsella: Making Ireland’s intangible economy tangible
May 4, 2023 3:28 amImagine you had to pitch Ireland as a product to a new client. What would you emphasise? What would you... View Article
Sean Keyes on investing: Buybacks aren’t bad
May 3, 2023 3:33 amWhen companies buy back their shares, as AIB did two weeks ago, it’s common for them get stick for it.... View Article
Ireland in crisis: Part 1 – We need three task forces to address three major issues hurting the country
May 2, 2023 5:30 amThis is the first in a three-part series that looks at how the economy and society are changing in Europe,... View Article
Please don’t sue me Mary Lou: Oliver Callan on satire and Sinn Féin
April 30, 2023 5:21 amSatire is journalism through the medium of comedy. On Callan’s Kicks, ten years old this month, we like to consider... View Article
