Why workplaces should replace gyms and free beer with creches and menopause policies

Tom Lyons reflects on the life of Alan Smurfit, one of an exceptional group of brothers who turned the business their father founded into Ireland's first multinational. He passed away at the weekend.

Because investors get paltry yields in most of the developed markets, they are starting to consider investments in countries which were not really on their radar before. One area of focus has been China’s domestic bond market

Alan McIntosh and the other founders of Cairn have enjoyed multiple paydays from the home builder. Now, McIntosh has sold Cairn a site for €14 million.

Dr Aoibhinn Ní Shúilleabháin’s experience should raise a red flag that despite the focus and significant resources allocated by third-level institutions to the issue of gender equality, they – and other Irish employers – still face an uphill battle to stamp out sexual harassment.

Covid-19 has revealed – rather than caused – trends in our society. It has highlighted and accelerated changes that were already happening. Chief among them is the slide away from central locations. And this has big implications for the property market.

Tony Soprano’s wife Carmela spent a few episodes making more money out of buying technology stocks than her husband was making. Today, the idea that the market can be sustainably beaten by simply owning a handful of widely known technology behemoths is not just implausible, it may be dangerous.

Spanish-owned Avantcard is getting into the Irish mortgage market. But borrowers shouldn't expect Avantcard, or any other European bank, will deliver them from high Irish interest rates.

We had the tools, we knew what to do, but when a crisis hit, we ignored all this and tried to figure out how to keep things the way they are. That is why the process behind today's Leaving cert results are deeply flawed and utterly dispiriting.

The full impact of the crisis on sport is starting to emerge, and it one of empty stadia, dwindling commercial revenue and falling sponsorship. Sadly, the powerbrokers in sport have not accepted this fact, preferring instead to believe the old normal will return.

In Ireland, Europe, America and Japan, consumers are starting to hoard cash. It's a worrying trend. And the Fed has a drastic new plan to combat it.