With farmers in crisis and corporate icons faltering under tariffs, the administration doubles down on culture wars and dramatic shows of force. Strength is the message, but distraction may be the method.
Scale Ireland hosted its annual pre-budget gathering with finance minister Paschal Donohoe on hand but anyone hoping for a tease of significant policy changes was left wanting.
Behind the battle over a new underground lies Dublin’s real transport dilemma: entrenched car dependency, generous parking perks, and resistance to congestion charges. The MetroLink risks distracting from reforms that could reshape the city sooner.
The Currency can confirm that the transfer of responsibility to approve the Israeli bonds prospectus to Luxembourg this week applies only to the latest prospectus. The regulator still remains the home member state for the overall Israeli bonds issuance programme.
The $28.2 billion takeover of Air Lease Corporation by a SMBC-led consortium marks one of the biggest shifts in global aircraft leasing — and firmly places Dublin at the heart of the industry’s future.
Entrepreneurs are busy with day-to-day operations. But long-term value creation depends on much more structured plans. This three-part series tracking a fictional family business explains how.
The clamour for more equal treatment from childless people only adds to the economic and social reality that allowing children to inherit €400,000 or more tax-free from their parents has no benefits.
Calls for a wealth tax are growing louder, but history and hard numbers suggest it’s more political theatre than fiscal solution — raising little cash while risking capital flight and political blowback.
Why aviation leasing is the industry Ireland must protect — and the visionary who built it.
Israel is silencing the truth by targeting what remains of the media in Gaza. Western journalists should not be doing the same by continuing to give its empty claims the oxygen of publicity.
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