Bank of Ireland's cost to income ratio is now 58 per cent. This is much better than a few years before, and it compares well to the European average of 64 per cent.
The increasingly competitive market for talent has extended to the search for top-level executives, adding to the risky choice between promoting existing employees and attracting new talent. Carefully planned recruitment can navigate both.
Navigating your way through GAA congress can be tricky for those outside the administrators' world but what happens there can have real meaning.
High energy prices are not a temporary phenomenon. And they're not primarily about Ukraine. They're a result of pressure that's been building in the market for at least seven years.
Ireland does not really think seriously about its cities beyond their role as containers of economic activity. They are seen as economic cash cows first, to be driven to, flown to, partied in, shopped in, and left. Covid has made things worse.
BCP's Target Coupon Bond offers a fixed coupon of five per cent per year. How does it really perform?
National Broadband Ireland and the government have decided to lift the veil of secrecy surrounding the rural connectivity plan, answering The Currency’s questions last week. Rules applicable to listed companies could helpfully replace such ad-hoc disclosures on public-private partnerships.
Sinead O’Sullivan was intrigued when she learned vintage cars had delivered a ten-year return of 288%. There was just one problem: she knew nothing about cars. So began her journey into the world of cars as an asset class.
Strange as it seems, it is easier for an employee at a company to secure a mortgage than the entrepreneur who owns the business. The situation is even worse for start-up founders who take on investment.
Mayo were portrayed as celebrities first and Gaelic footballers second in many quarters, it is a myth that doesn't stand up to the reality Paul Flynn experienced.
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