Micheál Martin's comments at Bodenstown indicated that even a man as averse to a row as the Taoiseach recognises that the EU are now putting on the hard hats in discussions with the UK.
In what cases does it make sense for the state to own commercial businesses? When does it make sense to privatise? And how do Ireland's biggest 19 state owned enterprises fit in?
The state must now expand to help us cope with our housing, climate, and biodiversity problems. But if it is to succeed, it must do something it has rarely done before: Have a serious conversation with itself.
Internet companies like Flutter think about investment in terms of customers: How much to pay for them, and how much they're worth. That's why it was linked to an acquisition of sports media publication The Athletic.
Having dealt with Pearse Doherty and his advisors over the past number of years, the parallels with the initial New Labour economic project of Blair and Brown were obvious to me. However, news of the party’s long march to the centre has yet to reach business and investors.
The psychology of the counteroffer is fascinating from both an employee and an employer perspective, and there are several competing factors of play. I have been in the recruitment business for 30 years. This is my playbook for dealing with counteroffers.
Mary Lou McDonald's speech at the Sinn Féin Ard Fheis will be another stepping stone as the party gets ready for power but who will be their junior partners in government if required?
Manchester United are no longer a club run on sound principles, but the talk of tradition and the Manchester United Way should be seen for what it really is: a dependence on superstition.
Paschal Donohoe laments the closure of one his favourite bookshops and insists that collective action must be taken to protect cultural landmarks in Dublin.
OPEC has the ability to raise production levels of oil quite easily, but it seems that political pressure would have to increase massively before this happens. The bottom line is that consumers will have to get used to higher oil prices.
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