Editor's picks

Editor’s picks: Sit down with the best of our big reads

Our editors handpick the best writing in this week’s Business Post – including a new look at the phenomenon of Nimbyism, and the lowdown from an underwhelming Web Summit

The Horn of Africa is facing acute food insecurity due to drought that has been exacerbated by climate change

Nimbys: Serial housing objectors or scapegoats?

Developers and even the Taoiseach have singled out not-in-my-back-yard building objectors as the reason for the slow delivery of homes amid a housing crisis. But the numbers of houses and apartments being held up by legal objections don’t necessarily back up their argument.

Web Summit: Ukraine’s first lady adds some much-needed star power to a lacklustre conference

Olena Zelenska got a standing ovation at the Web Summit in Lisbon, although the technology conference seemed like a bit of a slog this year, and event co-founder Paddy Cosgrave’s dig at the government didn’t gain much traction.