The Government has been tapping up Irish business leaders in the US to join its new Strategic Economic Advisory Panel, but refuses to release details of members or how they may be influencing State policy.
The end of US dominance was never likely to be smooth. But that Washington would ditch decades of settled wisdom in a matter of weeks is almost unimaginable.
Trump wants something in return from the US's allies. Ireland needs gas and increased defence capabilities. Contracts for American LNG and naval hardware should be at the centre of the Taoiseach's St Patrick's Day visit to the White House.
Fermanagh brothers Patrick and Matthew McDonagh targeted elderly homeowners in multiple states doing bogus construction jobs, raking in hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Despite much-awaited share buybacks, Dermot Smurfit’s online gambling technology firm still has a lot to do to achieve profitability – and is raising debt in the meantime.
Instead of playing along the rules agreed by 137 countries to raise corporation tax to a global minimum, Democratic Senators have selected the bits that favour narrow American interests – and put international co-operation at risk.
Irrespective of who wins on Tuesday, there is the compelling sense that the US has reached a moment of denouement. When the votes are cast, what America will we inherit?
So many legal punches have landed on Mallinckrodt that it is facing a knock-out blow at any point. While the disputes engulfing the manufacturer of several controversial drugs unfold in the US, they all link back to the group’s corporate structure and intellectual property vehicles here in Ireland.
Foreign exchange markets are notoriously unpredictable. But it now seems certain the Euro will be significantly stronger relative to the dollar at the end of this decade than it is today.
Chinese President Xi Jinping has chosen confrontation over conciliation. As Covid-19 reshapes global supply chains, a more affirmative China offers both challenges and opportunities for Ireland, writes Ian Lahiffe in Beijing.
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