From wage subsidy schemes to public-private partnerships, recently filed accounts show that some companies have benefited handsomely from state handouts triggered by the pandemic – whether they needed them or not.
Pensions are opaque and confusing. The pensions industry likes it that way. The less engaged people are, the easier it is for the industry to make money.
The former Davy boss rightly argues that the Central Bank made no findings against individuals in the firm. But he neglects to mention that this was because of obsolete laws making it practically impossible. Will the government’s new legislation change the dynamic?
Are you looking for the perfect moaning topic when pubs fully reopen? The search is over: Unjustified fees on Irish pensions are equivalent in size to the bank bailout.
Having taken advice from a consumer-focused software giant, we managed to increase our prices by 25% without losing customers. The lesson was simple: it is much easier to increase margins by optimising price rather than just cutting costs.
In the year preceding the Frenchwoman's killing in west Cork, Sam Smyth covered OJ Simpson's trial in similar circumstances of media frenzy and failure by the authorities to secure any murder conviction. The latest interview of Ian Bailey by Sinéad O'Connor rekindles his unease at the way journalists have repeatedly approached the case.
Rory McIlroy deserves praise for his intelligence and ambivalence in a world too often governed by egregious certainty.
Sinn Féin and its associates are among those who will never tell the full truth about the Troubles. As they come close to power in the south, this will reveal some uncomfortable realities, writes Tommie Gorman.
The unthinking way Beacon chief executive Michael Cullen doled out state-owned vaccines to private school teachers raises questions for its board. While the scandal is different from the one that played out at Davy, the discrepancy between actions and consequences is glaring.
Some columns are exercises in whataboutery. This column is an exercise in whatifery. Corporation tax receipts here are supposed to fall in the coming years. What if they rise?
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