Banking Laughing all the way to the bank – why Brits derided ‘Laurel and Hardy’ line-up at Kilkenomics In November 2015, the members of the Monetary Policy Committee were inspired by David McWilliams’ ‘Davos with jokes’
Politics Paschal Donohoe on IMF job and why No votes won’t come back to bite governmentThe public expenditure minister talks to our Brussels correspondent about the recent speculation linking him to the IMF job
Politics Donohoe: There will be ‘no vacancy’ at the top of the IMFThe public expenditure minister expects Kristalina Georgieva to stay for a second term after she received the endorsement of France and Germany
Tech Meta promises to label more AI-generated posts on its platformsTech giant also says it is working with other companies to create common technical standards for identifying posts created using artificial intelligence
Trade Insight: These lessons are key to unlocking billions of euro in trade for Irish firmsIreland has smashed its target of €100 billion worth of trade with Asia by 2025 - two years ahead of schedule
Economics IMF upgrades global growth forecast, but eurozone gets a cut The International Monetary Fund raised its forecast for global growth, but dropped its expectations for the euro area in its latest update
The Last Post Matt Cooper: Finally, penny drops that treating drugs scourge as justice issue has utterly failedVaradkar’s belated conversion to examining health solutions needs to be backed up with money and resources
Connected Magazine Event horizon: Charting a new landscape in tech showsAfter a wild year for tech events that almost saw Web Summit come a cropper, Elaine Burke looks at what value companies get from attending conferences
Tech AI now ‘severe’ risk to Ireland’s economy, Michael McGrath’s chief economist warnsDepartment of Finance’s John McCarthy told conference that AI will have positive effects – but also brings risk of ‘large job losses in some sectors’
Post Script Post Script: Can Irish government stand up to a tech exec turned beef farmer?The Business Post takes a look at the scenes behind the stories
From the Editor This week: broadband levy could replace TV licence; the state’s plan to extend debt warehousingFrom Davos to Ireland’s immigration conundrum, there’s plenty to read in today’s Business Post. Keep reading for more
Davos Davos: Leo Varadkar joins AI chief Sam Altman at star-studded top tableTaoiseach Leo Varadkar and Paschal Donohoe, the public expenditure minister, met with a slew of big names including Open AI’s Sam Altman at the World Economic Forum in Davos
Comment Analysis: As Leo courts AI at Davos, UK Post Office fiasco shows we must not put blind faith in techOpenAI’s Sam Altman expressed his ‘nervousness’ over the technology as he took pride of place beside the Taoiseach at an IDA dinner in Switzerland
The Last Post Despite Sinn Féin sneering, McGrath was right to be in DavosShould Mary Lou McDonald find herself in power, the temptation for her to hobnob with the world’s richest will be too tempting to resist
The Big Picture China’s aggressive pursuit of its interests to the exclusion of everything else is self-defeatingThe country’s rise to be one of the two superpowers is the most important development of the 21st century
Analysis Ireland must heed example of the US on how not to deal with migration tensions By refusing to have a sensible discussion about immigration policy, political leaders in Ireland are currently driving large swathes of voters into the arms of a potential far-right movement
UK Politics Analysis: Sunak’s Tories plunge to new depths as despair takes hold in government Following years of chaos, the ragged UK conservatives are talking about a Canadian election 30 Years Ago
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Davos ‘I’m not selling crypto’: Leo Varadkar responds to deepfake adsSpeaking from Davos, the Taoiseach warned of the dangers of deepfakes and said AI technologies won’t take people’s jobs