Nothing Seaping in: US trade advisory panel vital but opacity a concern 

Finance minister Paschal Donohoe last week announced a string of reviews on various property and investment regimes. What does it mean for Reits and Irefs?

If the true cost of the levy is something like €4,000 per home, then the breakeven annual income needed to buy a home has been pushed up by €1,000. The government is making a generational crisis even worse.

Kim Kardashian’s fine tells me that the SEC is acutely aware of her ability to move markets in the direction of her choice. This is why her arrival into the world of private equity is so scary for finance bros all over the world.

The European Commission’s competition and digital regulation boss Margrethe Vestager came to Dublin on the back of passing a raft of new legislation to police the internet this summer. If Ireland doesn’t take a more active role in the patrol, she says she’ll do it herself.

Brian Mullins was a four-time All Ireland winner, an imposing man to face in competitive battle and the hardest of taskmaster’s as a coach but he valued participation above competition during his time as Director of Sport at UCD and it may be where he made the greatest mark of all.

Ian Lynam had no dreams of becoming a sports lawyer, but from one deal with Arsenal and a belief that US sport represented the path to progress, he has set up the UK's pre-eminent sports law firm. Fintan Drury talks to him about representing Marcus Rashford, the sale of Chelsea and the future for rugby.

Yesterday, the Central Bank announced a record €100.5 million fine for Bank of Ireland over its treatment of customers on tracker mortgages. The fine, however, doesn't explain the 9.6 per cent drop in the bank's market value since Wednesday.

The combination of higher yields and weaker sterling says the market is expecting much higher inflation in the UK. For mortgage holders, it's a scary prospect.

The Minister for Finance frets that Ireland is over reliant on a handful of multinationals. But without more housing, any effort to diversify our industrial base won't work.

The cost-of-living crisis was clearly, and rightly, the dominant factor behind this Budget. But it was not the only factor. This Budget was also political. With Sinn Féin rising in the polls, it also needed to send a strong message.