Ryanair can’t take delivery of the 210 Boeing 737 Max airplanes it has ordered. The European Aeronautical Safety Administration (EASA) banned the plane following the Lion Air and Ethiopian Airlines crashes. Every day that delivery of the 737 Max is delayed is costing Ryanair money.
In their time the DUP has said that there would never be the Good Friday, IRA disarming or power-sharing with Sinn Fein. Now they are telling us that the new version of the Irish backstop will never be accepted. We shall see.
Many sectors face severe disruption if Brussels and London fail to seal a Brexit agreement in the coming days. One would disappear: milk production and processing in Northern Ireland.
In her first major post-Budget interview, the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation Heather Humphries talks about what Budget 2020 means for Irish business, dealing with the prospect of a hard Brexit and her new strategy for SMEs.
Paschal Donohoe created a clear juxtaposition between his decision to rein in institutional investor profits (and stymy a tax move by Green Reit) and his support for small Irish business though a €1.2bn Brexit package and an overhaul of several schemes.
Brexit is forcing us to deal with multiple paradoxes at the same time. A phenomenon which can only harm us when it happens is actually helping us before it hits, as it calms our economy down.
The former governor of the Central Bank argues that the future for the Irish economy lies with European diversification, with an emphasis on services and a reduced carbon footprint.
There is no good leadership without heart. And you’ll never find it standing by the river waiting for bodies to float by.
Sterling has proven overvalued against every major currency since the Empire began to contract. Brexit will merely add to this.
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