Restructuring experts say Scarp offers distressed SMEs an affordable route back to viability. The data suggests it works – but with only a handful of companies using it each year, questions remain over whether the process is fit for purpose.
Ireland's season has exposed cracks in depth, cohesion and succession planning, but Andy Farrell's side arrives at Eden Park with one final chance to prove those problems are fixable rather than fundamental.
Like most nations', Ireland's fertility trend points to a reversal of population growth in the coming decades. This doesn't necessarily mean prosperity will suffer, but it all depends on difficult decisions.
Keir Starmer transformed a party broken by electoral defeat and antisemitism, but that extraordinary achievement ultimately counted for so little – largely because the British media never liked him.
Debtors now trump creditors. This is the price of democracy. And to help avoid paying too high a price, I think it’s helpful to talk a little bit more about it.
The Central Bank of Ireland will take part in the ECB’s pilot programme for the digital currency while the Irish-led presidency is kicking off negotiations for the legislation underpinning it.
Cost-rental should be anchored to the cost of providing homes, not an arbitrary discount from market rents. Until that changes, Ireland's flagship social-rental model will work only where market rents are high enough to make the numbers add up.
Europe is building world-class technology companies: A new €5bn EU fund will help them scale – and do so from home, write European Commissioner Ekaterina Zaharieva and investor Kasim Kutay.
From property funds to securitisation vehicles, Ireland's financial architecture now has extraordinary scale. Understanding it may be the next challenge.
As an emerging Dublin footballer, you didn't need to be told about the game's greatest rivalry – there was just an assumption you already knew how deep it ran and what it meant to everyone.
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