Whatever the outcome of the Apple case in the coming days, it is high time for having a serious think about the future of industrial and investment policy in the years to come. And one of focus for the government should the agri-tech space.
Although I am based in Beijing, I am responsible for looking after businesses across the region and India has become one of our most exciting markets. One thing that struck me was the lack of flights and interactions between the two capital cities.
With an active ECB, another European sovereign debt crisis is much less likely. And it’s less likely that Paschal Donohoe will find himself banging heads together at a crisis summit at four in the morning.
The Court of Appeal recently reduced the defamation award to Aer Lingus pilot Captain Padraig Higgins. In my view, this case illustrates, more than any other, why juries should no longer have a role in defamation cases.
As the debate around flight restrictions continues on technical, legal, economical, and moral grounds, Stephen Kinsella takes a step back to look at the evidence available so far.
Bundled solutions taking the risk and the upfront cost out of switching to low-energy lighting, electric vehicles or solar panels for businesses are now needed for households. Industry and the new government have been tiptoeing around this model – it is time they take the plunge.
Sovereign wealth funds are normally associated with ultra-wealthy oil-exporting countries like Norway or Saudi Arabia. But as Switzerland has demonstrated, a central bank can sometimes print money out of thin air and use the proceeds to build a sovereign wealth fund. Could the eurozone pull off the same trick? And could we see an Irish sovereign wealth fund?
Budget tax measures are usually implemented in the Finance Act published, debated and enacted by both houses of the Oireachtas. When the government changes the rules on cancellation schemes, it did so within hours. Why did they do it and how did the scheme work?
Since the Provisional IRA's former head of intelligence was laid to rest, a debate has been raging over social distancing at his funeral. Yet there are many deeper, uncomfortable truths for the Republican movement – and secrets that Bobby Storey has taken to his grave.
Activist shareholders intent on taking over the Swiss-Irish food company’s board have strong candidates and a pessimistic reading of its accounts. Can they bring other investors along?
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