Leinster have been left with a mammoth physical and psychological task as they pick up the pieces from the European final defeat in London. There are many uncharacteristic reasons why they lost. Now they have to find the answers.
A change of government is on the cards on July 4 in the UK's snap election called by Tory Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. In Northern Ireland, the fates of the parties battling for Westminster seats is harder to call.
Brendan Keenan, economics editor of the Irish Independent at the time when Tony O'Reilly was its largest shareholder, writes to The Currency.
Small businesses across the country are facing an existential crisis on many fronts, including state-induced higher costs. Modelling the latest Government announcements on PRSI and grants shows they don't go far enough.
Despite Ireland's laudable position on Palestine, this country has been slow to limit economic ties with Israel amid the devastation inflicted on Gazans. Now is the time to step up. Anything less is unconscionable.
Amidst all the hand-wringing here over rising road deaths and in spite of the expressions of official grief, there has been little talk of mirroring other jurisdictions around the world and mobilising the community.
China's obvious choice is to side with Russia in the face of growing US demands. For Europe, an alternative has opened between supporting the American push for a Nato-backed expansion of Western influence or a more multi-polar world.
Commercial property deals and valuations are both in decline. Many believe they will fall further still. That is what makes the upcoming sale of The Square in Tallaght, repossessed by AIB last week, so interesting.
In a way, the smaller parties and the independents reflect the patchwork landscape that is today’s Ireland. This is the cohort worth watching in the context of the local, European and general elections.
Last year’s RTÉ pay scandal has resulted in closer scrutiny of presenters’ private commercial interests but 2FM can’t survive without broadcasters who generate their own audience online.
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