Ireland’s cut-and-come-again plantation forestry model has long faced criticism over its environmental record. Now, with farmers turning away in their droves, the State is looking at an ever bigger headache as planting rates fall off a cliff.
Unlike in comparable countries, journalists here are not seeing pay and conditions worsen nor falling behind the rest of the population. This is a privileged position to be in.
Earlier this year, Patricia Scanlon sold SoapBox Labs for what is believed to be the largest sale price achieved ever by an Irish-based female founder. At a recent Elkstone event, she talked about building the company, and why she decided to sell earlier this year.
The game of backgammon, oddly enough, provides the most telling insights into the personality and strategies of JP McManus.
There’s a shortcut to figuring out whether a central bank has pushed too hard or not hard enough. All you need is a trendline.
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.
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