Primark is a division of Associated British Foods, a company that makes sugar, animal feed and other food products. This marriage makes no sense for Primark or for shareholders.
Recent job losses at pharma and electronics companies grabbed the headlines, but what is really happening in Ireland's manufacturing sector?
Sustainable building materials, carbon-neutral homes and quality housing represent one sector where Ireland could set the global pace for the implementation of new technologies. All we need is a designated experimental town.
Numerous studies show that female-led companies perform better and produce higher returns than their male counterparts. So, the next big trend in investing is not in blockchain or IoT – it is women. And there’s a gap in the market for someone exploit this.
In his first report from China, ag-tech executive Ian Lahiffe writes that many find a comfort to the sacrifices being made in civil liberties for the ‘greater good’ and the era of surveillance had only made that proposition stronger.
The recent spate of job losses is a massive blow to the south of the country, but it also highlights Ireland’s growing dependence on multinationals. With a global recession warning, Ireland needs to shore up indigenous industry.
The populist noise surrounding so-called cuckoo funds is merely deflecting attention away from the aggressive tactics being deployed by old-fashioned vulture funds. They are gaming the system, and the state continues blindly selling to them.
Spurred by unprecedented low-cost long-term funding, Ireland needs to win the case in Brussels for splitting the capital budget from the current budget, and to fund the former separately as a long-term asset.
The border tycoon has finally ended his dream of reclaiming his former throne. However, it is a shame that Quinn’s move has come years too late and lacks both grace and contrition. Sean Quinn is not the victim here.
In their time the DUP has said that there would never be the Good Friday, IRA disarming or power-sharing with Sinn Fein. Now they are telling us that the new version of the Irish backstop will never be accepted. We shall see.
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