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Ian Guider

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Ian Guider is the Markets Editor

Tough pill to swallow as ECB and Fed look to keep rates high

Interest rates are set to remain ‘higher for longer’ as central banks keep their efforts on tackling price rises

Ian Guider: DAA under Kenny Jacobs could do well and learn lessons from Ryanair

The Dublin Airport chief has the opportunity to potentially expand the airport into one of Europe’s main hubs if he buys the 260 acres adjoining it

Ian Guider: Had it stayed the course, Ulster Bank would be enjoying bumper profits

As AIB and Bank of Ireland look set for years of record profitability, is the ‘toxic bank’ regretting its decision to cut and run?

Ian Guider: Credit union movement is littered with scandal and disaster – just like the banks

A new era of competition is about to be ushered in. Have the local lenders learned from their mistakes?

Ian Guider: Splashing cash to help mortgage holders is not enough – we need more bank competition

Budget measures to help those struggling with soaring interest rates will not last long enough to solve the deep structural issues in the housing sector

Ian Guider: Yes, they are worth it – why good chief executives can justify their high pay

The High Pay Centre has called for a more equitable pay system that benefits all employees, but chief executives are often the very reason a firm makes huge profits

Ian Guider: Scrap the licence fee – direct taxpayer funding is the answer to RTÉ’s woes

An annual pool of €250 million direct from the exchequer to fund output from any outlet would ensure a quality public service media ecosystem

Ian Guider: Michael McGrath’s financial literacy plan should include teaching basics in school

The country’s first strategy to educate the nation is on the way, which is just as well given the tragic consequences of our lack of understanding of tracker mortgages

Ian Guider: The state’s silence is deafening as Pepper turns the screw on mortgage holders

If the courts rule to protect these customers, the funds which bought their loans are in trouble. But whose fault is that when the government invited them in?

Ian Guider: Despite the pain, hiking the minimum wage is a small price to pay to do the right thing

A hike of 12 per cent is unlikely to affect the multinationals, but it could cause problems for thousands of small firms that employ the majority of people on lower salaries

The children’s hospital must be the last time the taxpayer is screwed on a state project

The country’s atrocious record of overpaying for infrastructure is no longer acceptable

Ian Guider: Rather than running cap in hand to taxpayers, RTÉ needs to kill some sacred cows

If Kevin Bakhurst is to secure RTÉ's future, major cost saving measures must be on the table

Ian Guider: All boards, not least RTÉ, must have more experts – and fewer government cronies

The ability of directors can vary greatly depending on their background and who appointed them

Ian Guider: Review of funds industry could open a Pandora’s box of problems

Ten of billions of Russian assets were flowing through Dublin but that’s just a fraction of the €3.7 trillion in funds based in Ireland raising concerns among regulators

Ian Guider: RTÉ has just ruined its best chance of funding reform

Broadcaster’s humiliating episode means there is now zero chance of its funding being addressed, which is the single biggest fallout from this mess

Ian Guider: The time to reform unemployment benefits is now

Ireland is one of the few European countries that does not provide unemployment benefits linked to salary. With our current record-low unemployment and full coffers, now is the time to change this

Ian Guider: Golden age of retail is over – it’s time to set more store in housing

Any investors browsing the many malls for sale in Ireland these days need to think of alternative uses for such massive spaces

Ian Guider: Politicians don’t want budgetary watchdog ‘gloomsters’ spoiling the boom party

Irish Fiscal Advisory Council warnings on lavish tax cuts and spending increases are hard to reconcile with what’s actually happening on the ground

Ian Guider: Consumers have had a bellyful of cloak and dagger tactics from energy firms

Inflation may be coming down, but even a state company like the ESB can’t seem to tell us when we’ll be seeing the evidence on our bills

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