Politics The 13 things Simon Harris can learn from the Kenny and Varadkar erasThe incoming Taoiseach will be the third leader of Fine Gael in almost 22 years. Changes need to be made from his predecessors
The Big Picture Vincent Boland: Bankers need to stop having hissy fits over regulationBankers are fighting back against the latest efforts to regulate them, but their special pleadings are becoming tiresome
Banking Ian Guider: Little or no incentive for AIB or Bank of Ireland to pass on rate cuts Lack of competition in Irish market means there is nothing to force main banks to reduce burden on mortgage holders
Opinion Brian Leddin: Building of Shannon pipeline to grow Dublin will only further punish regions An oversized capital is neither in the interests of the capital itself nor the country as a whole
Letter From America Marion McKeone: Can RFK Jr’s billionaire running mate trigger an electoral nightmare for Biden?Nicole Shanahan, a 38-year-old tech lawyer and entrepreneur, has been unveiled as the unlikely presidential candidate’s running mate
Comment Eithne Shortall: Dublin increasingly feels like a failing capitalist experimentIt is hard to work out who the capital city of our country is being run for
Connected Magazine The web is broken but can still be fixedIt’s tempting to think that we’re past the point of return but as Tim Berners-Lee is the first to acknowledge, all is not lost
Pensions Explainer: what is the new pension auto-enrolment scheme and why does it matterThe auto-enrolment scheme has been a long time in the making but it can be transformative for the Irish pensions system, writes Hilary Larkin of Mazars Ireland
Tech Crypto exchange Kraken commits to Irish growth after ending year on a highDavid Ripley was appointed chief executive in April 2023
Comment Harris’ job is to get Fine Gael back to 25 per cent and steady the ship If Harris wants to be re-elected, any progress made cannot come at the expense of Fianna Fáil who he will need
Comment What Simon Harris needs to do to be a different and successful TaoiseachThe major challenges for Harris are the timing of his elevation and how can he distinguish himself from my friend Leo Varadkar
The Big Picture Vincent Boland: Bankers need to stop having hissy fits over regulationBankers are fighting back against the latest efforts to regulate them, but their special pleadings are becoming tiresome
Business Post's View Editorial: Ireland must be at the table in European defence spending plansVaradkar’s comments about Ireland’s enthusiasm for involvement were overshadowed by his resignation but are significant
Politics Mark Redmond: Varadkar never failed to show up when it came to winning investment for IrelandLeo Varadkar’s tenure as taoiseach coincided with remarkable levels of foreign investment even in the face of a series of daunting challenges
Stock Take Analysis: Lagarde faces career-defining 12 months as pressure mounts on ECB to cut ratesThe former French politician must take the lead on cutting interest rates to save the Eurozone economy from recession
Comment John Walsh: blight of short-termism must finally be tackledClimate change, AI, and a united Ireland are historic challenges but Ireland has done little to prepare for them
Banking Ian Guider: Little or no incentive for AIB or Bank of Ireland to pass on rate cuts Lack of competition in Irish market means there is nothing to force main banks to reduce burden on mortgage holders
Business Post's View Varadkar departs stage with some successes but far too many failures Fundamentally, Fine Gael under Leo Varadkar lost touch with its base, and he has allowed his party to become confused as to what it actually stands for
Politics The 13 things Simon Harris can learn from the Kenny and Varadkar erasThe incoming Taoiseach will be the third leader of Fine Gael in almost 22 years. Changes need to be made from his predecessors
Post Script Post Script: Michael O’Leary better value than Mbappé, aims F bomb at Boeing’s ‘corporate bullshit’ The Business Post takes a look at the scenes behind the stories
Personal Finance It’s time for the government to stop eroding retirees’ incomeA review of the €2 million standard fund threshold must lead to changes
Comment Anton Savage: Kate Middleton has been badly let down by her communications teamThe toxic deluge of gossip that was allowed to develop around an ill woman need never have developed
Comment Colm Lauder: Varadkar got a lot wrong but one day will be praised for getting housing on trackThe Fine Gael leader’s property policies are appraised by out expert columnist
US Politics Vincent Boland: Surprise surprise, the billionaires are backing Donald TrumpThe former – and possibly future – US president is attracting support from the monied classes