The government needs to make bold moves on health and affordable housing to create a compassionate state with a society that serves the real needs of our people writes former Sherry FitzGerald chairman and chief executive Mark Fitzgerald ahead of tomorrow's budget.
Revenue does not like to be crammed down by a taxpayer. It will restructure payment dates and work with companies on flexible schedules, but it is not in the business of writing down debts. Just as Mac Interiors.
Scotland have a record of defying overwhelming odds against them. This weekend sees them take on another challenge, this time with far more confidence than hope. The Currency’s coverage of the Rugby World Cup is supported by Interpath Advisory
Schemes such as EIIS, KEEP and the R&D tax credit were introduced to support innovation and entrepreneurship in the Irish economy. It’s clear that they are not working. Budget 2024 is an opportunity to fix that.
A major new report from the Fiscal Advisory Council has modelled the impact of climate change on our finances and it is not pretty. It is high time our politicians started explaining those costs to people as honestly as possible.
Market research has helped stock market investors navigate small-cap companies and avoid unprofitable ones - so-called zombies. Two years on from its IPO, the Irish medtech HealthBeacon is not in that category yet but the signs are worrying.
Oppenheimer and Barbie can teach us a lot about the state of the world we live in, who controls it, and how we’re just a bunch of consumers providing monthly recurring revenue to a tiny number of celebrities and private equity funds.
Thin women are more likely to earn more and be perceived as more competent and professional than their peers. And weight loss injections are about to further exacerbate this divide.
Prolonged high inflation is "incredibly socially divisive and economically very injurious," says Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform Paschal Donohoe ahead of the budget. This theme threads through all others discussed in his interview with The Currency last week.
Unafraid of consequence, Laurence Fox has done something he never thought he would––apologise. But what are the implications of his “Who would shag that?” rant, and what do they tell us about the world in which we live today? Kate Demolder writes.
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