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Climate & Environment

Culture war of farming versus environment is a dangerous distraction

Nature restoration, emissions reductions and carbon sequestration are fundamental necessities on a par with food production – and our political debates should be about how to pay farmers a proper price for them

US debt drama goes down to the wire as threat of default looms

Efforts to reach a deal hampered by the battle over spending cuts versus tax increases and accusations that Republicans have taken control of the narrative

The Big Picture

Vincent Boland: Jack Ma was too big to destroy but small enough to cut down to size

The crackdown on China’s tech sector may be over, but the industry is counting the cost as it emerges into a changed corporate and political landscape

Elaine Byrne: Fine Gael in danger of becoming the cuckoo in the nest with budget kites

The other government parties have thrown their hands up at what is viewed as an early play by junior ministers to take credit for popular measures in the upcoming budget

Matt Cooper: Succession succeeds above all others in depicting reality of business world

The hit television series about the corporate greed of Logan Roy and his family may be fiction but much of it is based on the reality of how high finance operates in that rarefied world

Donal MacNamee: Bankers hold winning card in lucrative rate increases game

In a cost-of-living crisis, there is less political capital to be gained by focusing on depositors than those in hock to the banks

Business Post's View

Editorial: Testing period ahead as government continues to struggle with migrant crisis

Our Red C opinion poll findings show clearly a change in the public mood from support to increasing anger and frustration

Climate & Environment

Culture war of farming versus environment is a dangerous distraction

Nature restoration, emissions reductions and carbon sequestration are fundamental necessities on a par with food production – and our political debates should be about how to pay farmers a proper price for them

It’s business as usual on data transfers despite Meta ruling

Proposed new legislation means it is unlikely the Facebook parent company will have to pay the DPC’s €1.2 billion fine

Business Post's View

Editorial: The US needs to pull its socks up on profligate spending

The world’s most reliable debtor urgently needs to cut spending on bloated programmes such as the military, reform the tax system and stop using tax cuts for the rich as the answer to every economic setback

Shane Coleman: So-called ‘FFG’ must hang together now, or they’ll hang separately at the hands of SF

If Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil can cast themselves as the experienced adults in the room, some will find them a safer bet than their unpredictable rivals come election time

The Big Picture

Vincent Boland: Jack Ma was too big to destroy but small enough to cut down to size

The crackdown on China’s tech sector may be over, but the industry is counting the cost as it emerges into a changed corporate and political landscape

Ian Guider: Investors face being stung as Blackbee put into liquidation with assets of €180m

The Cork-based investment company accumulate €400 million of client funds but now faces an uncertain future after Central Bank concerns

SARP tax loophole is losing its relevance in Ireland of 2023

Times have changed since the introduction of the Special Assignee Relief Programme – and not just the Late Late host

Elaine Byrne: Fine Gael in danger of becoming the cuckoo in the nest with budget kites

The other government parties have thrown their hands up at what is viewed as an early play by junior ministers to take credit for popular measures in the upcoming budget

John Walsh: The government won’t do it, but approved housing bodies should be scrapped

These state bodies are so unreliable that developers can’t get funding on the back of a contract with one, and in any case low to middle-income earners can’t get a mortgage

Lucinda Creighton: Meta’s €1.2bn fine is wholly appropriate, and not before time

The tech giant has promised over and over to do the right thing each time it is caught out misusing private data, but it never truly changes

Budget 2024 is a chance to cut red tape for corporations

Recent mandatory European regulations overlap many existing rules in Irish tax law, creating an unnecessary headache for multinationals with operations here

Letter From America

Marion McKeone: America’s having a masculinity crisis – or so say its GOP men

Josh Hawley, whose new book is entitled Manhood: The Masculine Virtues America Needs, is only the latest in a line of Republican men crowing about how the Democrats want to turn the country into a godless, genderless state

John Walsh: Sinn Féin is now closer to Leo’s Fine Gael and Micheál’s Fianna Fáil than its 2011 self

As the country’s most populist party, Sinn Féin has realised the path to power lies not on the hard left where it used to stand but in the centre ground

Business Post's View

Editorial: Russia activity off coast means we must look at our neutrality

Micheál Martin caused a stir when he questioned our military stance but he was right to open the dialogue

Joe Lynam: Some cold, hard truths about to be visited on our draughty homes

The EU is finally getting its act together to curb emissions from our overpriced energy-leaking homes, and it’s going to cost

Artificial Intelligence

Elaine Byrne: The rapid spread of AI means the truth now has many faces

Artificial intelligence has the power to distort democracy and impact our lives in ways we cannot imagine yet

Business Post's View

The majority of people welcome migrants – let’s keep it that way

Local people cannot have a veto over who lives in their areas but the government must communicate better with the public