When you get down to brass tacks, our economic future is tethered to the whims of our international trading partners and a handful of multinational taxpayers. But, as the data highlights, we are at least coming from a position of strength.
The Irish financial system has so far paid Cerberus €1 billion to make €10 billion of bad debt go away, plus another comparable amount to the global banks that have backed the US vulture fund. Was it a price worth paying?
Marianne Faithfull lived in extremes from golden girl to bag lady. But she was the great survivor, of drugs, the 1960s, and the Rolling Stones.
The last Cold War ended in 1990. Ireland no longer is the irrelevant backwater it was then. Greater focus and resources on defending the State, its people and its economy should reflect its new dangerous environment.
Across most of the world, absolute material well-being has never been greater. Moreover, while the crises we face are real, there is nothing historically special or especially great about them.
Before a business can deliver rewards for its founder, it is likely to raise significant mental health and lifestyle challenges. Here is some real-life advice from those who have been there.
The rise in home completions was largely driven by a surge in new apartments. But this surge has stopped due to the tightening of rent controls and the scrapping of Strategic Housing Developments, and Buy-to-Rent codes.
The number of companies that used the Scarp restructuring process was just 30 last year, compared to 33 in 2023. So, why is the number so low?
The transformations in Gaelic football led by Jim Gavin’s Football Review Committee consulted widely. But the mistake many in the GAA are making is to believe Gavin and his committee are looking for consensus.
The Aviation Economics conference was a heady mix of deep-dive analysis and side conversations about every aspect of the aviation market. Aviation analyst Joe Gill reveals what he learned.
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