Paul McArdle: Banking giants fight PE to keep their graduate talent

The C919 is Beijing’s bold attempt to break into commercial aviation. With lessons learned from cars, ships and trains, China has shown scale and patience — but the Airbus-Boeing duopoly won’t be easy to unseat.

Relaxed deadlines and evolving standards for European green obligations give businesses some breathing space. Concrete examples show how companies can use this time productively.

Swiss tax resident JP McManus’s hotel and golf resort stands to benefit most directly from up to €238m in State funding for the 2027 event, but the business doesn’t even disclose its owners.

Regulations should be judged not by their aims but by their effects. From housing standards to climate policy, well-meaning rules in Ireland risk pricing people out of homes and stifling urban renewal — unless policymakers properly weigh costs, benefits, and trade-offs.

Financial markets have no ideology. Policies are outlined, and markets adapt accordingly. While they prefer greater certainty and an independent Fed, if that’s no longer on offer, they coldly assess the practical consequences.

Political commitments have come and gone. Hundreds of industry visitors and four bidders known so far make the Dublin metro a more tangible prospect.

Jim Gavin is not the only candidate who offers something sensible, but he is, in my view, a man who Ireland could be proud to have as president.

With farmers in crisis and corporate icons faltering under tariffs, the administration doubles down on culture wars and dramatic shows of force. Strength is the message, but distraction may be the method.

Scale Ireland hosted its annual pre-budget gathering with finance minister Paschal Donohoe on hand but anyone hoping for a tease of significant policy changes was left wanting.

Behind the battle over a new underground lies Dublin’s real transport dilemma: entrenched car dependency, generous parking perks, and resistance to congestion charges. The MetroLink risks distracting from reforms that could reshape the city sooner.