I used to believe that the most important factor in delivering sustainable growth was clever sales and marketing. I was wrong. The most important factor in delivering sustainable growth is hiring enough of the right people.
While many aspects of the way RTÉ handles star pay remain unexplained, one fact is clear: €150,000 of the top-ups paid to Ryan Tubridy, while legal, are questionable.
RTÉ has known about the commercial and editorial challenges of managing commercial arrangements for decades. It has yet to ensure transparency in the terms of this engagement.
We can expect to hear more from the US and other key trading partners about the yuan’s valuation profile being too cheap, and we will also see occasional excitement about fiscal stimulus measures.
The government’s fiscal strategy, as set out by the Summer Economic statement, is to stimulate the economy as little as possible while making it look like loads is happening. This means masking prudence with extravagance, and that is very hard to do.
The potential cost of Nato membership has not featured in the arguments of those anxious to retain neutrality, but it should. The figures are scary and joining Nato is the biggest public expenditure project ever proposed in this country.
There's a pattern with private equity: at first when it arrives in a country the returns are great, but they seem to fall over time. What does this say about capitalism?
Recent events show that the way independent productions are held to a higher standard by RTÉ with endless cost reports and battles over budgets might just be a good thing, writes Kite Entertainment’s managing director Darren Smith.
With so many software companies being forced to raise new investment at a fraction of their previous valuation, it would seem remiss not to try and attract some of that sweet, sweet AI premium.
What has made the RTÉ payments debacle a national scandal is not the amounts at stake. It is the explosive cocktail of obfuscation and funds that are ultimately owned by and owed to the public.
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