Ireland’s film and television sector has been booming in recent years. By enhancing and extending the Section 481 tax scheme, the government could boost the sector further - and provide an outlet for investors.
We are not going to be able to prevent talented people from leaving Ireland - nor should we. But could Ireland create the innovation ecosystem it needs by enabling people to come here as quickly and easily as possible? It is time to reform our immigration system.
In the increasingly competitive world of investing, more investors with faster access to more information is clearly increasing the absolute skill deployed. Unsurprisingly, the spread between winners and those in close pursuit is shrinking.
Both the Taoiseach and Tánaiste have been trenchant critics of Sinn Féin in recent times. But their interventions have been personal and have centred on the party’s past. Last week Paschal Donohoe tried to open up a new front.
Instead of playing along the rules agreed by 137 countries to raise corporation tax to a global minimum, Democratic Senators have selected the bits that favour narrow American interests – and put international co-operation at risk.
Of the two remaining Oxford-educated candidates for UK Prime Minister, Liz Truss is in the lead. Her reliance on the Conservative party’s hard right will mean a tough line on the Northern Ireland Protocol - though not out of conviction.
When the tectonic plates of finance shift, the thing most people notice is a change in their monthly mortgage payment. So how will higher rates shake out for homeowners and buyers?
Margaret Thatcher and Boris Johnson may be gone, but the delusional curse she baked in Bruges, and that he delivered with gusto in Downing Street, still holds party and country in malevolent thrall.
Many employees add significant value to the businesses they work for – sometimes multiple times what they cost their employers – but very few are aware of it.
John Power is the founder of Aerogen, a Galway-based global leader in its niche. John's unconventional story has a lot to say about building a great business.
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