Relaxing the cap would require passing a law through the Oireachtas. TDs would have to take a vote, and stand over it. It would be controversial, and the opposition would make hay. This is why it's probably not going to happen.
No one is sure what the future of the workplace looks like in a post Covid world. So, embrace the fluidity, make short-term decisions, communicate with your employees in an open fashion, and leave the long-term decisions for now.
The Tailteann Cup is another missed opportunity for the GAA to engage supporters in a meaningful way and create a sense of excitement around a new competition.
While many argue that we should not allow new forms of land ownership to disrupt the farm, farms are already in the process of disrupting themselves. There is a young generation of farmers that are in fact seeking to rent instead of buy land to improve their return on capital.
Crypto is a confidence play, so it's very much not good for crypto when everyone simultaneously loses confidence in a high profile coin and loses all their money.
Although inflation data and commodity markets point to less severe price hikes than initially feared, central banks are now on a tightening trajectory and equity markets are predicting a textbook recession.
Belatedly, the Oireachtas scrutinised the crucial issue of security St Vincent’s gave to its bankers over the site of the new maternity hospital on the last day before a final government decision. Better late than never.
The ECB's privileged position at the centre of the economy is threatened by private digital currencies, so it building a digital currency of its own. But doing so risks blowing up the business model of the banks.
The fall in money value, the destruction of purchasing power or the rise in prices – choose your description – is fundamentally a monetary phenomenon. To understand it, listen to Charlie Munger.
Where will the price spiral leave Ireland, Europe and the US? Also last week, we teased out the issues at An Bord Pleanála, followed the examinerships of Natterjack and Premier Periclase, and interviewed Revenue chairman Niall Cody.
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