The Irish economy is booming, and unemployment has flatlined. Yet, Fine Gael is getting little electoral credit for its stewardship of the economy. In his pre-election interview, Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe defends his record and critiques the economic plans of the other parties.
To grow its vote share in middle Ireland, Sinn Féin needs to project solidity and competence. Pearse Doherty aims to fit the bill. In his pre-election interview, he outlines, and defends, the party's radical, ambitious, and expensive manifesto.
From taxing multinationals to strengthening business ties in the wake of Brexit and getting lost in the Irish legal system, France’s pointman in Ireland inaugurates our new series of interviews with ambassadors to Dublin: Diplomatically speaking.
In 1999, a couple based in Dublin realised they could grow their small translation business by buying up their partners from around Europe. 62 acquisitions later, the business they started is worth €1.1 billion and is a giant in the computer games industry. How big can it get?
From offshore schemes to unregulated funds, financial advisers are always looking for a new scheme to peddle. Given some of the products on offer, it is hard not to see this as a race between the Central Bank and a series of blowouts in the marketplace.
Having served as finance spokesman for Fianna Fáil for close to a decade, Michael McGrath now stands on the cusp of becoming the next finance minister. In this pre-election interview, the Cork accountant sets out his economic priorities and delivers his vision for Irish entrepreneurship and business.
What the two gated Irish property funds offer is too good to be true: the returns of a risky asset with the security of cash. They don't make a lot of sense, either for individual investors or the system as a whole.
Larry Bass is the CEO of production company ShinAwiL and a board member of Screen Ireland. Aside from TV, Bass is heavily involved in Ireland’s soccer scene. He is Chairman of Cabinteely FC and was recently appointed to the FAI’s Finance Committee.
Stricter environmental auditing requirements are coming, and the next government should help business get ready to turn Ireland into a climate technology leader, says the Green Party’s leader – but he sees no need to reform planning laws to facilitate this.
Investors have been pulling out of Irish property funds. You can’t blame them. They looked at the public markets’ valuation of Irish property, and looked at their funds’ valuation of it, and decided they believed the markets.
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