Retail Colm Lauder: A retail property investment boom is coming this yearAssets in the sector have struggled over the last decade but 2024 will be a turning point for the market
Aviation IAG threatens to pull investment and planes from Aer Lingus unless pilots accept pay deal Luis Gallego, chief executive of International Airlines Group, said the gap between Aer Lingus and its pilots was extreme
Housing Explainer: Can Ireland really build 50,000 homes a year?The Business Post asked a range of developers and industry analysts if new housing targets can be met
Technology Stripe now processing $1trn in payments, Patrick Collison revealsThe payment giant’s valuation rebounded to $65 billion on the back of share deal
Artificial Intelligence Open AI ‘intoxicated’ by tech talent in Ireland, senior exec saysThe Microsoft-backed firm’s chief strategy officer praised Ireland in a visit to mark the company’s growing presence here
Banking Analysis: Sinn Féin’s bank levy plans risk reducing competition even furtherDoubling bank levy would impact competition between Irish banks and their ability to lend, according to John Cronin, Goodbody analyst
Legal Paddy Cosgrave launches legal action against Independent publisher MediahuisThe Web Summit founder has previously expressed opposition to Ireland’s defamation law and said he did not use it ‘on a point of principle’
BP Exclusive Myles O’Grady interview: the four biggest challenges facing Bank of Ireland In an exclusive interview with our business editor Lorcan Allen, Bank of Ireland chief executive Myles O’Grady sets out his ambitions for the bank
BP Exclusive Exclusive: Bank of Ireland disappoints staff with first post-crash bonusBank of Ireland’s reward scheme falls significantly short of what many staff had expected after record profitability
Dublin Airport Red C Poll: Twice as many support lifting airport passenger cap as oppose the move DAA’s calls to increase passenger numbers to 40 million annually has sparked fierce debate over the airport’s economic value and its environmental responsibilities
Comment John Walsh: Our growing population is no reason to ignore major risks from high national debtWe have an economy in rude health, but we are vulnerable given how exposed we are and how much we owe
Commercial Property Analysis: Why empty office space is set to bury small US banksThere is growing concern that the next economic shock in the US will be caused by the growing level of vacancy in commercial real estate
The Big Picture Vincent Boland: After 34 years, Japan’s Nikkei has something to shout about at lastThe wait is over for investors as stock market finally surpasses high last achieved in December 1989
Politics Lucinda Creighton: Varadkar should end election chatter and commit to a full termThe constant speculation about when is best to call an election distracts from the real business of government
Comment Colm Lauder: Accusations of greed miss point of cost escalationsChanges to how student accommodation are leased is being driven by costs not avarice
Red C Poll Referendums should pass, but could be closer than anticipatedFears of people not engaging with upcoming referendums appear displaced as 67 per cent of voters saying they are important
RTE in Crisis Wanted: Chair for a beleaguered, embattled and broke broadcasterRTÉ will struggle to find someone capable to fill the chair’s job after how Ní Raghallaigh was ousted, Matt Cooper writes
Politics Sinn Féin rebounds from four-year low in latest Business Post/Red C pollMary Lou McDonald’s party now finds itself back up to 28 per cent having slumped to 25 per cent in January
Post Script Post Script: Dermot Desmond’s two cents on PGA Tour’s plans to save golf’s soulThe Business Post takes a look at the scenes behind the stories
The Big Picture Vincent Boland: Putin is having a fantastic 2024, it can’t continueTide has turned in Russia’s favour on second anniversary of Ukraine invasion, Europe must now respond to help Ukraine prevail