The British inquiry into the atrocity concludes its initial series of commemorative hearings this Wednesday. Despite the Irish Government’s assurances of support for the process, the dynamic of the Good Friday Agreement at the time means it will fall a long way short.
A move to within-tenancy controls, and adjusting up the percentage annual increase allowed, looks like the most effective compromise between ensuring certainty for sitting tenants and affordability for new ones.
Storm Éowyn was just one of the scenarios businesses need to plan for. Increasingly frequent natural disasters also hold lessons for a more insurance-based approach to public policy.
A lot of the talk about developing innovation in Ireland is superficial. That is why the detailed intervention by Dubliner Diarmuid O’Brien, innovation tzar at the University of Cambridge, is so fascinating.
Social media companies will hope their close relationship with US President Donald Trump will ease the burden of regulation in the likes of Europe and the UK. But parent groups may complicate that.
Among the most prevalent of the public misunderstandings here in the US is the notion that a tariff is generally a fee levied on somebody else. Few seem to realise that they will be the ones bearing the cost.
This week has seen the US set the European agenda, giving its Nato allies a choice between a real war or a trade war.
The Paris AI Action Summit saw lots of talk but the words of one JD Vance are all anyone’s thinking about. For better or worse.
The billion-euro Irish advertising industry keeps growing. While online giants now dwarf legacy media, many domestic broadcasters and publishers continue to grow ad revenue – their relative slice of the pie is just smaller.
A referendum on Ireland fully joining the EU’s Unified Patent Court was pulled last year. The new coalition has made no commitment to rescheduling the vote.
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