As I approached 30, I began to wonder about all I was missing out on. I had to invest in my career, I wanted to have a family. I wanted to be defined by other things as well. Even as we approached four-in-a-row in 2018 I was thinking about it. My mind was creaking.
Tented communities. The removal of cultural hubs. Record commercial property vacancy rates. The word in tech circles was that San Francisco was finished. But it has bounced back. Dublin should learn the lessons of how it is reclaiming its throne.
Billy Hann has been CEO of Dublin Bus since the end of 2022 and has overseen a surge in passenger numbers while juggling recruitment challenges and climate goals.
Attestor Capital is close to buying The Rearden's Group in Cork, giving it a strong base in Munster as well as Leinster. The London-based fund, which already owns Dublin's oldest pub, is on the look out to buy even more.
While still at an early stage, the Changing Times Beverage Company is planning to shake up the Dublin beer market. The owners of great Irish pubs are working on a plan to offer quality beer – made by themselves.
Buswells is one of Dublin's best-known hotels. It has attracted significant interest over the past 14 months, but only now does a deal seem near closing.
Dublin's commercial office property market is under pressure. Now receivers have been appointed to a 200,000 sq ft development in the North docks.
The housing need demand assessment artificially suppresses housing in the east of the country. It needs to go.
Questions are often asked about who will build housing, how it will be built, in what quantity it will be built, what form it will take, and when it will be built. There’s much less discussion over where it will all be built.
Beyond immediate shelter, more and more people need complex assistance to escape entrenched homelessness. Price competition between charities has pushed the sector to the brink, but procurement policy is now changing.
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