COP28 has failed because it could not get beyond tinkering with the energy system. Ireland’s offshore wind resource is one of the required substitutes to fossil fuels if the world is to clear this hurdle.
Left versus right is one way to think about politics. Another way is present-oriented versus future-oriented.
Defence spending in the US is having a significant impact on the way in which the world’s wars are being fought. Effectively defence investors can take away a nation’s right to self-determination with their cheque books.
We have buried our heads in the sand. Our deluded scoffing at Farage, at Trump, at Le Pen, at Orban, at Meloni, at Wilders and every other tribal shaman is over. Our deluded denial of the tribal beast slouching in our midst should be over too.
The remarkable turnaround in Ireland’s economy over the past decade has been built on the back of a small cohort of multinationals. However, the better they do, the more pressure will come on Ireland.
The really weird thing is that we talk about business and careers and success as if it were a skill sport, whereas it’s actually a power-to-weight ratio sport. So, just like at the Parkrun, the odds are stacked in favour of men.
Barry Napier is at the start of his next journey and deserves everything he gets for being brave enough to back himself and Cubic.
As corporation tax, against all expectations, hits new heights, the Fiscal Advisory Council says that the government employed "fiscal gimmickry" to flatter its numbers in Budget 2024. Just what is going on?
Japanese companies got flabby, so the Japanese government and stock market told them to slim down. Irish companies should do the same.
Over the next 30 years, the country will have to double its housing stock if it is to meet demand. Yet, sadly, the nation’s housing policy is still firmly rooted in trying to limit excess supply as opposed to wrestling with the more significant issue of cost.
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