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Matt Cooper: Leo the Lip seems to think representing Ireland abroad is a joking matter

Making an ill-advised Clinton quip and ducking out of an important lunch with big multinational American investors in Ireland does not become an Taoiseach
2 days ago
  • Matt Cooper
  • Cybersecurity

    Lucinda Creighton: Ireland cannot afford to be an outlier on TikTok

    The EU, Britain and the US have all moved to protect their government institutions from potential Chinese interference via the social media app, yet Ireland is welcoming TikTok with open arms
    2 days ago
  • Lucinda Creighton
  • Business

    Ian Guider: Where is the new chief of the IDA as we enter a challenging period for job creation?

    The state’s inward-investment agency is doing its bit this month to fly the flag for Ireland, but is currently doing so without a permanent chief executive
    2 days ago
  • Ian Guider
  • Northern Ireland

    Elaine Byrne: The EU’s role in the Good Friday Agreement has been written out of history

    Membership of the EU enabled the thawing of relations between Ireland and Britain, yet the bloc’s role in the quest for peace on this island has been overlooked
    2 days ago
  • Elaine Byrne
  • Tax

    Keeping up to speed with range of changes to company car tax

    The move to a CO2-based benefit-in-kind system level to determine company car tax incentivises the use of electric vehicles and lower emission cars while temporary tax reliefs are available for higher-emitting vehicles
    • Tom Maguire
    • March 19, 2023
    Business Post's View

    Editorial: St Patrick’s Day highlights reality and benefits of soft power

    Beyond the cartoonish depictions, the commemoration’s annual international exposure grants Ireland vital access to some of the world’s most powerful leaders
    • Business Post
    • March 19, 2023
    Business Post's View

    Editorial: US banks’ dramatic demise carries a warning for regulators

    Central banks must take into account the potential for liquidity crises as they consider further interest rate rises
    • Business Post
    • March 19, 2023
    Business

    Ian Guider: Where is the new chief of the IDA as we enter a challenging period for job creation?

    The state’s inward-investment agency is doing its bit this month to fly the flag for Ireland, but is currently doing so without a permanent chief executive
    • Ian Guider
    • March 19, 2023
    Business

    Danny McCoy: Unprecedented prosperity is a dividend of 25 years of peace

    As businesses reflect on the remarkable period of growth that the Good Friday Agreement has facilitated and underpinned, it is imperative that the uncertain political landscape in the North be resolved
    • Danny McCoy
    • March 19, 2023
    The Big Picture

    Vincent Boland: Demise of Libor is another symptom of Britain’s malaise

    The death of the international financial benchmark in use for 40 years is symbolic of a small, stagnant Britain systematically destroyed by Tory rule
    • Vincent Boland
    • March 19, 2023
    Northern Ireland

    Elaine Byrne: The EU’s role in the Good Friday Agreement has been written out of history

    Membership of the EU enabled the thawing of relations between Ireland and Britain, yet the bloc’s role in the quest for peace on this island has been overlooked
    • Elaine Byrne
    • March 18, 2023
    The Last Post

    Matt Cooper: Leo the Lip seems to think representing Ireland abroad is a joking matter

    Making an ill-advised Clinton quip and ducking out of an important lunch with big multinational American investors in Ireland does not become an Taoiseach
    • Matt Cooper
    • March 18, 2023
    Cybersecurity

    Lucinda Creighton: Ireland cannot afford to be an outlier on TikTok

    The EU, Britain and the US have all moved to protect their government institutions from potential Chinese interference via the social media app, yet Ireland is welcoming TikTok with open arms
    • Lucinda Creighton
    • March 18, 2023
    Letter From America

    Marion McKeone: Remembering Pat Schroeder - Democratic trailblazer and pioneer for women’s rights

    The formidable feminist, who died last week at the age of 82, spent 12 consecutive terms as a Colorado Democrat – ruffling the feathers of male politicians who believed a woman had no place in Congress
    • Marion McKeone
    • March 16, 2023
    Comment

    John Walsh: The pensions time bomb will be as societally disruptive as the housing crisis

    The government must start planning now to ensure that the state has the fiscal resources it will need to meet the future demands of the population
    • John Walsh
    • March 16, 2023
    Business Post's View

    Editorial: Tackling Brexit extremists and Johnson cultists is Sunak’s next task

    Having reasserted Britain’s obligations to its European allies, the British prime minister must now focus on the adversarial detractors in his party
    • Business Post
    • March 12, 2023
    The Big Picture

    Vincent Boland: City of London up in Arms over SoftBank asset’s Nasdaq move

    The rebuff is bad news for the British government and exposes the City’s many weaknesses in the post-globalisation era, where financial centres must compete on intrinsic strengths rather than global appeal
    • Vincent Boland
    • March 12, 2023
    Business Post's View

    Editorial: Potential of offshore wind energy is too significant to be squandered

    An appropriate policy environment is vital if we are to reap the economic benefits of this unparalleled opportunity
    • Business Post
    • March 12, 2023
    Analysis

    Greens forced to hit the brake on climate plans after political pushback

    The flurry caused by last week’s proposal to decrease cars on our roads does not augur well for our climate targets
    • Daniel Murray
    • March 12, 2023
    Housing

    Sarah Hamill: Landlords and tenants could both be aggrieved by the government’s ‘first refusal’ plan

    It is hard to fully tease out the constitutional issues which may arise from the announcement that tenants will get the first chance to buy their home from their landlord, but there could be trouble ahead
    • Sarah Hamill
    • March 12, 2023
    Biodiversity

    Elaine Byrne: Biodiversity loss can be stemmed if we return to the beauty of our wild past

    We have distanced ourselves from our native flora, with a consequent decline in indigenous plants and subsequent loss of wildlife, but we can all take practical steps to help restore it
    • Elaine Byrne
    • March 11, 2023
    Health

    Tony O’Brien: Playing the Covid blame game won’t help us to deal with the next health crisis

    Let’s not waste time pretending there was a ‘perfect’ way our leaders could have handled the pandemic – we need real learning, not recriminations
    • Tony O'Brien
    • March 11, 2023
    Housing

    Lucinda Creighton: Capitulation to SF leaves government afraid to back sensible housing policy

    Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael should have a basic understanding of the need for landlords in the market; instead, they have tried to regulate them out of existence as they look over their shoulder at the opposition
    • Lucinda Creighton
    • March 11, 2023
    Economics

    Aidan Regan: Are millennials really worse off than their parents? Yes – and politically, this matters

    The real-wage stagnation and collapse in home ownership that marks a reverse in fortune for today’s young people is also shifting voting patterns here and abroad
    • Aidan Regan
    • March 11, 2023

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