10 years a vulture: Rewinding the week that was
February 9, 2025 5:46 amVultures have a bad reputation, yet they perform an essential function in the ecosystem. By scavenging nature’s dead bodies, they... View Article
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Anne Harris: Marianne Faithfull found solace, and an artistic reawakening, in Ireland
February 8, 2025 5:18 amIt was a sultry August afternoon in 1993 and Irish fashion czar Ian Galvin and I were pitched up in... View Article
Dan O’Brien: Ireland’s neighbourhood is more dangerous, but it has yet to invest in a stronger lock or good alarm
February 7, 2025 5:18 amIf your neighbourhood or business location suffers an increase in crime and break-ins, do you do nothing and hope you... View Article
John Looby: Talk of a polycrisis is dangerous nonsense
February 6, 2025 5:50 amApparently, we’re living through a polycrisis. Defined by the Collins Dictionary as “the simultaneous occurrence of several catastrophic events”, the... View Article
Stuart Fitzgerald: What entrepreneurs do to look after their mental health
February 5, 2025 5:07 amA good friend of mine is a successful start-up founder. He recently took a real job with a proper salary.... View Article
Ronan Lyons: The real reasons the Government missed its housing targets so badly
February 4, 2025 5:50 amLast week, official figures were released showing that just over 30,000 new homes were built during 2024. The new government... View Article
Scarp, restructuring, and the battle for corporate survival: Rewinding the week that was
February 2, 2025 5:18 amLast August, Patrick Garry was deep in survival mode. His company, Smart Points, had overextended itself, investing heavily in an... View Article
Paul Flynn: “The GAA needs to embrace the chaos of Gaelic football’s rule changes”
February 1, 2025 5:04 amIf Irish people like talking about the weather, GAA people like talking about the rules, especially when it comes to... View Article
Joe Gill: The world’s aviation leaders descended on Dublin. Here are my key takeaways
January 31, 2025 5:55 amI’m sitting in a swanky Dublin city centre restaurant on a dark evening in mid-January. The room is full of... View Article
The UK’s fundamental problem is not that it has run out of money. It is that it has run out of growth
January 30, 2025 5:44 amIn recent weeks, prominent investors like Ray Dalio and economist David McWilliams have argued that UK debt dynamics are increasingly... View Article
