The capital markets that finance intellectual property are portrayed as heroes and the Dutch and German pensioners funding the construction of apartments in Dublin as villains. The political consensus on foreign capital has clearly come unstuck.
Under the current personal insolvency system, debtors trying to get back on track financially can experience wildly different outcomes based on their mortgage lender.
Ahead of the FAI Cup Final, Tommie Gorman reflects on how League of Ireland clubs are deepening their roots in the community and why the league is important for the country.
The portrayal of Princess Diana by Kristen Stewart in Spencer is harrowing and raw and asks profound questions about how women are treated in society.
Ireland has a great advantage in sport thanks to the number of different sports so many people play. Sporting bodies need to realise the benefits of embracing all codes and the pointlessness of hostility.
The changes to the EII scheme were disappointing. The SURE scheme is anything but. And the state plough’s taxpayer’s money into companies not founded or based here. For entrepreneurship to flourish, the mindset of policymakers neds to change.
Risk mobilises only concern, not action. Angst alone moves nothing forward. As Ireland – as both a society and an economy – moves forward, we need to think about the way we view risk, and how we can turn risks into opportunities.
If the markets and the people don't trust the central bank, it's much harder for it to do its job. And the ECB lost the markets' trust long ago.
Taylor Swift is worth high multiples of her individual albums. And every time she acquires a business unit (releases an album), the value of all business units increases. Jack Welch, eat your heart out.
European energy infrastructure is in need of strategic re-thinking and scaled up investment. Both are lacking and both are years behind schedule.
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