Something seems to have changed in the past ten days. If it brings more scrutiny to how successive governments have continued to unthinkingly throw taxpayers’ money at problems, it will be for the best.
Ireland’s international reputation for hospitality will be closely watched as more institutional capital enters the hotel market – perhaps no more so than when the Ryder Cup arrives in Adare next year.
Over 15 years on from its €4bn bailout, PTSB is set to leave State control. Its new owner Bawag, Austria's fourth-largest bank, will already be well versed with the Irish market.
Can long-term investing look beyond the 60/40 allocation between stocks and bonds and the four per cent rule governing drawdowns on retirement?
This is a case of the State using the country’s balance sheet to insulate domestic businesses from international shocks — using international money. This model, as we know, is unsustainable.
Senior executives tend to sell their experience to employers and blame ageism when it doesn’t work out. It’s time to turn this approach on its head, according to Loren Greiff, who switched from recruiting to advising candidates.
When Fergal Broder refused to shut down LotusWorks in its darkest days, it looked like defiance. Decades later, that decision has culminated in a major deal – one that highlights the growing global demand for Irish engineering firms.
I was in New York City for much of this past week, where the news cycle follows you into the subway and into the back of the yellow cab and generally is much harder to avoid than in other parts of the world.
There are questions about whether the women's game in Ireland is moving fast enough. Governance, competition structures and funding models all need work.
The overlap between fuel-price and anti-immigrant protest organisers goes hand-in-hand with their disregard for the hurt they cause to small businesses and their staff.
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