From the Bertiebowl to deferred motorways, crises have taught the same lesson repeatedly: when budgets tighten, capital is cut first — and when money flows again, oversight is quietly abandoned.
For a few hundred euro, you can get your voice on air and some podcasters make a decent living. But when it comes to audience figures and commercial returns, there is mostly silence.
China’s massive internal devaluation and rising overcapacity are colliding with Europe’s high costs and exchange rate. If things continue as they are, Europe’s deindustrialisation could happen much sooner than we realise.
Hugh Wallace was unashamedly passionate about making people’s homes better, and his loss is felt deeply in both his profession and on television.
There are costs to getting job titles wrong. If you are recruiting a finance controller, don’t advertise for a CFO or a “doctor no” – or else, face the consequences.
Forget the clichés. Ireland’s head coach speaks frankly about culture, trust and adapting to a new generation — offering a leadership playbook rooted in lived experience, not corporate jargon.
Donough Holohan from Dublin spent 13 years at Manchester City helping to create an elite sporting environment. He has taken on a new challenge but he reflects on Pep Guardiola, Erling Haaland and why data has its limits.
Beyond the culture-war rhetoric, the Trump administration's positioning is positive for Irish energy supply and ineffectual on EU politics – but worrying on defence.
The Australian government's decision to restrict access to social media for children under 16 is one of the sternest regulatory approaches to the industry to date. Should it work, it will be hard for other countries not to follow suit.
As he steps back after more than three decades in financial markets, John looks back on the crises, triumphs, and lessons that shaped his career — and the enduring truth that in investing, temperament often matters far more than theory.
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