What Ireland needs is a big local success story worth ten billion or more. It would demonstrate to other Irish start-ups that they can go big, and it would create a generation of successful, wealthy technology people with money burning a hole in their pockets.
Davy’s response to Patrick Kearney’s court action is informative. It issued its defence only after it was threatened with a judgement. It is arguing that the damning Central Bank report into the bond trade is not admissible, and that the report does not show it had a conflict of interest.
Analysis by The Currency shows net government supports are absorbing around half of the recent energy price increases targeted. Now is the time to get more strategic with counter-inflation spending.
The food insecurity triggered by Russia's invasion of Ukraine will cause deep problems in Africa, where nearly half of the continent depends on Russia and Ukraine for food staples. Africa is already a new front in a new Cold War.
The corporate response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine has been the correct action in the face of the horror. It has also set a new standard for corporations when they act and speak against atrocities.
Ireland's Covid policy responses needed speed, scope, and scale. The Ukraine policy response has to be broad and fast to ensure households and businesses, just recovering from Covid, make it to the end of 2022.
For forty years, a handful of elite west coast firms dominated the venture capital industry. Now, a New York upstart is changing the game.
Commodity prices are rising and they are going to continue to rise over the coming months. Forward-looking Western governments should secure whatever critical supplies they need sooner rather than later – in this situation, it is better to panic early than to panic when it is too late.
We marginalized the people who dedicate their lives to understanding the complexity of our world. We chose to read 360 characters instead of 360 pages. We cancelled before we tried to understand. We made (and lost) a quick buck instead of investing in long-term change.
As we grapple with the return of war to Europe, we should consider the growing echo of Suez amid the tragedy of Ukraine.
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