Kenny warns Davos of harmful effects of populist politicsFragile recovery threatened by a ‘sense of populism’, Taoiseach saysFri Jan 23 2015 - 08:26
Stimulus likely to help Ireland in several waysExpected weakening of euro should boost Irish exports and tourismFri Jan 23 2015 - 01:00
Kenny offers tacit support for renegotiation of Greek bailoutTaoiseach expresses hope that Greece remain within euro zoneThu Jan 22 2015 - 13:09
ECB to unveil €50bn-a-month plan to spark euro-zone recoveryStimulus programme dominates opening day of Davos economic forum in SwitzerlandThu Jan 22 2015 - 13:02
UK spy base GCHQ tapped Irish internet cablesSnowden documents reveal how British intelligence target Irish internet trafficSat Nov 29 2014 - 01:01
‘Luxleaks’ a collaboration between 80 journalists from 26 countriesInternational Consortium of Investigative Journalists is global network of 185 journalists in 65 countriesWed Nov 05 2014 - 21:19
Fish farms a breeding ground for tensions over job creationEvents out west cut to heart of a flaw in the environment versus development debateMon Sept 15 2014 - 01:00
Ronan and Quinlan are not the answer to the housing “crisis”A different model is needed for the property marketMon Sept 08 2014 - 13:30
Playing a clean game pays off for Dermot Smurfit jnrThe young pretender to the Smurfit crown on gambling, gaming and the ability to assess and manage risks rather than just take themFri Aug 01 2014 - 01:30
Banking inquiry to confirm politicians cannot be trusted to investigate politiciansBusiness Opinion: PAC chairman John McGuinness dealt fatal blow to inquiryMon Jul 28 2014 - 01:00
Rule on auditing loan losses set stage for bank guarantee catastropheEven with different rules we would likely have faced a deep crisis in 2008Fri Jul 25 2014 - 01:00
Garth Brooks upstaged by Quinn C&W farce in CavanA story with many elements of a good country songMon Jul 14 2014 - 01:00
Catching credit card cheats from Cork to ChinaMerchants takes the hit in internet fraud and Cork entrepreneur Pat Phelan has devised a tool to help them spot dodgy customersFri Jul 11 2014 - 01:15
Germany rules on economic planning but Irish opportunism makes senseBusiness Opinion: German plan is so good it makes it difficult for us to plan long-termMon Jul 07 2014 - 01:00
Return of lending should curb house prices, but Central Bank still needs to actOpinion: The emergence of non-bank mortgage financing could be disastrousMon Jun 30 2014 - 01:00
Luck, timing and a few master strokes key to Comer brothers’ successWith assets worth €2 billion, the Comer brothers have come a long way since leaving school in their early teens to work as plasterersFri Jun 27 2014 - 01:10
Noonan keeping legacy bank debt on table until next crisisRetrospective recapitalisation commitment can still be leveragedMon Jun 23 2014 - 07:46
Johnny Ronan’s return may be tempered by directorship rulingOpinion: Treasury Holdings liquidator to rule on whether to impose restrictionsMon Jun 16 2014 - 11:37
Some workplace nonsense makes very good senseWho is in the driving seat here? Zappos or its employees?Mon Jun 09 2014 - 01:00
CMS Distribution expecting return to growth this yearGroup has invested more than £2 million in new systemsTue Jun 03 2014 - 01:13
Many tech companies are unforgiving on forgettingBusiness Opinion: notion of trying to regulate the internet appears far off the agenda in North AmericaMon Jun 02 2014 - 01:00
Golf club hire firm seals deal with German travel group TUIGolf club hire business backed by Ryder Cup captain Paul McGinley signs dealWed May 28 2014 - 01:00
We need to know exactly how our new bank will lendBusiness Opinion: we need to know more about the Strategic Banking Corporation before we get excited about an Irish MittelstandMon May 26 2014 - 01:00
Does Nama pragmatism mean developer bailouts?Maybe they did not understand what the agency was and how it was going to workMon May 19 2014 - 12:00
One way or another you will pay for running Irish WaterThe fiscal fudge indulged in by the Government over charges will have economic consequencesMon May 12 2014 - 01:00
Blame Charlie McCreevy and Mary Harney not regulator for his light touchPatrick Neary is not uniquely culpable for the catastrophic failure of a regulatory regime that was unfit for purposeMon May 05 2014 - 16:14
Anglo trial shows legal advice affords little shelterBusiness Opinion: better corporate behaviour may be the hidden Anglo bonusMon Apr 28 2014 - 01:00
Opinion: No concrete data behind race to build new homesConstruction sector’s claims that supply does not meet demand lack compelling evidenceMon Apr 21 2014 - 01:00
Dismal record proves need for State-backed lenderBusiness Opinion: strategic Investment Fund ripe for rethinkMon Apr 14 2014 - 01:00
Don't expect corporate accountability without political accountabilityBusiness Opinion: why do we expect a culture of accountability in corporate life when we don’t have much of one in political life?Mon Mar 31 2014 - 14:36
Planning still a shambles as house building promotedIf there is to be another orgy of house building in Dublin, it will have to be funded by foreignersMon Mar 24 2014 - 01:01
Ireland faces questions on fruitful Apple tax dealBusiness Opinion: answers could undermine Government’s defence of 12.5 per cent corporate tax rateMon Mar 10 2014 - 01:00
‘Chinese walls’ not the best solution for KPMGBusiness Opinion: as IBRC special liquidator KPMG has inherited and instigated numerous legal actions – but missing from the lengthy list is KPMGMon Mar 03 2014 - 01:00
Australians in little doubt on O’Brien control of INMClarity of the Australian position is in contrast to the rather muddled approach hereMon Feb 24 2014 - 01:00
Don't be scared of the German constitutional courtBusiness Opinion: if the German constitutional court says Mario Draghi’s feet are made of clay, all hell may break looseMon Feb 17 2014 - 10:57
Business opinion: Paying a heavy price for slow learningIreland cannot solve debt problem aloneMon Feb 10 2014 - 01:00
Scale of Irish mortgage default is unprecedentedRevelation that 100,000 people with jobs can’t afford payments must inform banks’ arrears strategyMon Feb 03 2014 - 01:00
Tax lawyers’ charity may not pass public opinion testYou only have to look at the list of charities kept by the Revenue Commissioners to see it’s a veritable Pandora’s boxMon Jan 27 2014 - 01:00
Rehab may face scrutiny amid CRC falloutOpinion: Rehab’s board might want to reflect on whether the reluctance of chief executive Angela Kerins to disclose her pay is advisableMon Jan 20 2014 - 01:00
Irish Government regains investment grade rating from Moody’sWay cleared for Far Eastern investors to buy Irish bondsSat Jan 18 2014 - 07:09
Ireland regains investment grade rating from Moody’sAgency upgrades rating by notch to Baa3 in a major post-bailout boost for the GovernmentFri Jan 17 2014 - 22:17
RSA shows high returns always come with high risksThere are only so many ways in which banks and insurance companies can consistently deliver high returns and all of them are dangerousMon Jan 13 2014 - 01:01
Why did PAC members not ask the question: who exactly is out to get Nama?McKillen’s central role in the controversy leaves Denis O’Brien in a tricky positionMon Dec 23 2013 - 01:01
New dairy scheme will milk more from consumersNew scheme adds another string to bow of southern milk producers in their battle to keep out northern milkSun Dec 15 2013 - 20:45
What is more important: strong banks or nice banks?Business Opinion: it is only a slight exaggeration to say the Government has let the banks’ customers be sacrificed at the altar of exit from the bailoutSun Dec 08 2013 - 20:06
Bord Gáis decision shows that we are finally learningThe history of the sale of Irish State assets is not a happy oneMon Dec 02 2013 - 01:01
The unanswered questions about pension reformsChanges to the rules around defined-benefit schemes raise wider issues of moral hazardMon Nov 25 2013 - 01:01
Unanswered questions on how banks ‘hid’ their lossesIt is increasingly likely that we will never really get to the bottom of all this, as the temptation to run away into the post-bailout future grows dailyMon Nov 18 2013 - 01:01
IFSC could look to bank-tech hybridsConvergence between banks and technology companies acceleratingTue Nov 12 2013 - 01:00
