The challenge is to create a practical way for our banks to grow sustainably, while putting customers' interests first, and delivering a decent return to shareholders. Here are three ways it can be done.
Brexit and climate change combined looks certain to create problems for Ireland's shared energy supply between the north and the south. The solution? An integrated risk agency.
Ireland, soon to be the largest English speaking, common law country in the EU, has shown a striking degree of indolence in trying to grab a slice of the high-value legal work potentially on offer.
Why do we have boom, bubble and bust? We remain hostage to a banking system incentivised to, and unhindered from, exploiting a stacked ‘heads I win; tails you lose’ relationship with the rest of society.
New filings for the Blackrock Clinic show a business in rude health, with serious capital investment and room for growth. However, the sector is not without challenge, as other operators are discovering.
Rena Maycock discusses how fragile a business’s reputation can be in the hands of a disgruntled consumer with a smartphone. The only thing you can do is invite them to do their worst.
The ongoing price crisis in the beef sector has highlighted the need for alternative export markets. Beijing-based Ian Lahiffe warns against the expectation that growing Chinese imports alone will save the day.
Where they go, Ireland goes. In part three of his series on where Ireland is going, Stephen Kinsella looks at the institutional design of our society, analyses our ruling ideas, and asks which sets of interests dominate.
The comments by the head of KBC Bank Ireland’s Belgian parent on tracker mortgages highlighted yet again the lack of cultural change at the upper echelons of banking. Indeed, the actions of the banks give lie to the chatter of cultural rehabilitation.
The government has made its decision, appointing the company led by David McCourt to deliver high-speed connectivity to every home, farm and business in Ireland. The next challenge is to account for the €3 billion taxpayers will pour into the plan.
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