Ben Dunne was a multi-millionaire from the family business at Dunnes Stores, friend and corrupter of politicians and at the centre of a call girl and cocaine scandal. He was also revered by many.
Overnight violence is sadly reminiscent of my previous home city. When it comes to policing unashamed bigotry, there are good and bad things we can learn from the French capital’s riotous history.
In an era of disruption, we also need to disrupt the way that the government does business. That means we need to move away from thinking only in electoral cycles, and create generational strategies.
The burning platform analogy is useful because it forces you to consider previously unthinkable choices. For example, what would happen if corporation tax fell by €2 billion a year every year until 2035?
Investing billions in a new city quarter is always going to be hard. Just getting the government lined up it is a big job in itself.
Sam Altman and much of the OpenAI team are decamping to Microsoft, where they'll pursue their goal of Artificial General Intelligence. Should we be worried?
While rental availability in Dublin has almost trebled in the last year, the availability in the four other cities combined is effectively unchanged. The effect on prices confirms that supply has an impact on rents.
If your gut is telling you the job move is right, judge it on its merits, with career planning as part of the consideration, but not the sole arbiter. My own journey is a case in point.
It is important to champion the traditional businesses that have succeeded, such as Smyths Toys. How many family owned companies employ more than 6,000 people and have a network of 280 stores around Ireland, the UK, and Europe?
Seulla Braverman now has Rishi Sunak in her preferred theatre, summed up by the emotive slogan “take back control”, and with it the confusion, conflation and deception that have characterised the Brexit campaign. The Tory party is in deep trouble.
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