Finland's ambassador to Ireland Raili Lahnalampi talks about her country's decision to apply to join NATO and why she believes a citizens' assembly on neutrality is a good idea.
Paul Flynn and Conor Mortimer discuss the intercounty football season and if the club vs county debate is counter productive.
We bash the state until we need it. And in a world where central banks and government fail to work together to combat inflation, we’ll need the state’s largesse further still.
The ECB will annoy people no matter what it does. Tighten, and it could crash the economy. Fail to tighten, and record-high inflation could get embedded.
Markets shrugged off the latest US GDP data. But a close reading suggests the US economy is deeply sick. For the Fed, there are no good options.
From dealing with counteroffers to retaining key talent, Patty McCord’s “Powerful” is a manifesto. You do not need to agree with everything the former Netflix executive says, but it is a very thought-provoking book for line managers and HR professionals.
Manchester City have spent close to a billion pounds on Pep Guardiola's squad but there is always another piece in the jigsaw for the club that can have anything.
It may have been a coincidence, but the days surrounding the billionaire’s deal to acquire Twitter with the self-confessed goal of deregulating the platform saw a series of events going in the opposite direction in Europe.
The answer to this question depends on your definition of “good” or “bad”, your points of reference, and your units of comparison. This week Stephen Kinsella decided to have a debate about it. With himself.
Why did cryptos, then risky tech stocks, then big tech stocks, then the broader stock market sell off? There is no one unifying theory. But here are four possible candidates.
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