As Prince Philip is buried, Anne Harris reflects on the role the Duke of Edinburgh played in creating the modern royal family and why, unlike others in the Firm, he never succumbed to self-pity.
The Manchester City midfielder Phil Foden dropped the social media company responsible for his tweets this week, but nobody should be surprised that he doesn't write them himself
Ireland has the highest interest rates in Europe, and only three banks left in the market. It doesn't look good. But lack of competition isn't to blame for Ireland's high interest rates.
When it comes to Ireland’s built environment, the pandemic and associated economic shock may bring about a fundamental shift in how we use space. Our preferences may change for how and where we live and what we want to use our streets, shops and office blocks for.
Paschal Donohoe needs three plans. He needs a robust plan to discover which firms can be saved. Secondly, he needs a plan to retrain workers whose human capital is no longer fit for the post-Covid labour market. Finally, how do we pay for it all?
The US administration’s new pledge to level the playing field on corporation tax is seen as a threat to foreign direct investment in Ireland – but how much of a threat? The Currency’s Stephen Kinsella and Thomas Hubert discuss how to quantify and respond to it.
Financial economists are fairly sure markets are efficient. That doesn't stop investors from trying, and a few of them from succeeding spectacularly.
Whether or not markets are perfectly efficient, they're efficient enough for our purposes. You can use them as a tool to secure your financial future.
The GDPR framework is fundamentally flawed. It is an extraordinarily expensive regulation, and I don’t just mean financially to the EU, but to every single person in the EU who has no choice but to access the open internet through it.
From ending coal use to promoting offshore wind energy, integrating hydrogen fuel and channelling investment to the west coast, last week’s ESB announcement ticks all the boxes. It also hopefully marks a new departure from piecemeal policy.
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