When rates were at rock-bottom, companies loaded up on risky (and opaque) leveraged loans. Now rates are rising, leveraged loans are a systemic threat to the economy.
Mayo are driven by a fanbase that is desperate for success but despite repeated failures, their expectations remain high. Paul Flynn has seen at first hand how relentless that craving can be.
The DAA offered fabulously handsome redundancy packages to staff at the height of the crisis, reckoning it would have time to replace them with lower paid workers when the economy recovered. The plan's flaws are now apparent.
Millennials are taxed more than their parents and grandparents, paid less in real terms, and getting a smaller share of their output. What can be done?
All assets, stocks included, are priced by reference to the interest rate. How rising rates feed through to prices depends on two things.
Irish companies spend less than other OECD countries on research and development. And worryingly for the indigenous economy, the data shows that that the vast majority of R&D expenditure is from foreign-owned multinationals.
How did Flutter more than triple in value in a year, only to give back most of the gains? Blame US state governments, and an abrupt change in investor sentiment.
For any investor who is not a forced seller, falling stock prices should be welcomed rather than feared.
For artists to flourish in a city, space needs to be abundant. Ireland's booming economy – and unwillingness to build – is killing culture in our cities.
The four provincial finals in Gaelic football this weekend will demonstrate the evolution of Gaelic football and how anarchy has given way to organised chaos.
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