The town of Sligo lost one of Ireland’s great traders recently. His seven-decade career covered the era of the mighty transatlantic liners to the first credit card used in his shop. And on Dublin, women occupy an artistic pantheon, not a year too soon.
Fingal County Council's outgoing director of housing and community development discusses the north Dublin local authority's experience of developing quality homes and supporting community infrastructure at pace and at scale.
Valuations are down. Vacancies are up. And commercial property transactions are at a “standstill”. If the sector wants to avoid carnage, its needs to repurpose the space - and quickly.
Dublin's proposed ban on the demolition of large buildings is intended to reduce carbon emissions. It will increase carbon emissions, increase housing costs, lengthen commutes and reduce walkability.
The Polaroid photos of my trip to Sardinia with the mountains, the beaches, and my friends are pinned next to my desk, just to remind me that in moving back to Europe, I became the equivalent of an American billionaire seemingly overnight.
Farmers and politicians are flocking to this week’s Ploughing in an atmosphere of distrust after the nitrates derogation was repealed. The missed opportunity to turn excess farm waste into biogas illustrates poor joined-up thinking in national policy.
There is little evidence to suggest that the corporation tax bounty will dry up. But with the budget approaching, it is politically useful for the budgetary ministers to voice their concerns and show their caution.
The Taoiseach’s prediction about a “united Ireland in my lifetime” has the DUP reaching for the "outrage" scripts and the Tories ruffled. Once more, Leo has set their suspicion juices flowing.
No one really cares where windfall corporation tax is coming from as long as it keeps coming and, absent radical political change in the US, it likely will. What to do with it? We currently have no coherent answer.
Board members have a right to demand answers to questions to enable them to do their job. The evidence indicates that they were found wanting.
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