The four things the state must do if its to regain the ability to do very hard things.
Innovation is not only poor, but it’s exhausting. That’s because there’s no real difference between innovation and capitalism anymore, something I think about every time I go to a public toilet or try to turn on a hob.
The Greek writer Nikos Kazantzakis is best known for his books Zorba the Greek and more controversially The Last Temptation of Christ which was filmed by Martin Scorsese. The movie drew the ire of the Irish Catholic Church, but it may have been also instrumental in the collapse of that institution.
The number of insolvencies has remained artificially low – due in large part to forbearance by the tax authority and by creditors. That forbearance is now coming to an end.
Tommie Gorman sees the hub of political power in the UK begin to drift away from the Tories towards a rejuvenated Labour Party. Prime Minister-in-waiting Keir Starmer is leaving nothing to chance and has surrounded himself with political heavyweights, many with an Irish heritage.
When a CEO is intrinsic to the brand they represent, they have an added burden. When they speak, write or tweet, they are their brand in a very real sense, and their words become the brand’s words. Paddy Cosgrave put himself in this category.
Investment by an international consolidator is a welcome boost for prospective M&As and long-term investment in Irish pharmacies, but static revenue and rising costs are squeezing single-unit pharmacies and preventing the next generation of entrepreneurs from entering the sector.
The fiscal costs of climate change are going to be very large, there is no getting around that. We just need to decide when to incur the costs, and at what speed to adjust our way of life. We have chosen, so far, to do neither.
The budget is making funding available for both short-term and long-term investments in Ireland's sustainability. Two questions help assess its promises: Is it enough? And is it fair?
The accretion of rules has made projects more complex, right at the time that the UK (and Irish, and US) governments have lost their ability to deliver complex projects.
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