Facing down the costly “monster” of litigation discovery

VCs backed by the state should commit to allocating 20% of a fund to female entrepreneurs to help bridge the gender funding gap. If we can do it with a cigarette ban and a plastic bag tax, we can do it for female founders.

Residential property will perform well, but commercial will not. Cryptos will continue to rise in value, while the dollar will weaken. Meanwhile, an up move of between 10%-15% in the likes of the S&P is entirely doable, with risks firmly on the upside.

Brexit has already sucked up inordinate amounts of brainpower and energy at the highest level in governments and administrations around Europe. And the most heart-breaking part is that the entire exercise's purpose will be to demonstrate that, ultimately, it can’t work.

In Papua New Guinea and other remote locations, Digicel laboriously built a cellular network. It was rewarded with a near monopoly. Now, the company could sell it.

From new market entrants to the multiple challenges of online sales and higher expectations in the year of Covid-19, the Christmas tree market is not exempt from change… Or is it?

The massive compression in banks’ net interest margins means that the state’s bank shareholdings are unlikely to recover in a material manner. So, it is now timely to consider whether it makes sense to sell the state’s holdings, even if it means crystallising a significant loss.

Investors should ignore the allure of short-term stories and resist the temptation to jump in and out of the market. Their persistent compunction to trade too often is costing them dearly.

Ireland ranks among the highest-cost jurisdictions internationally for civil litigation – hardly an advantage when pitching for legal business post-Brexit. Will the recent Civil Justice Review Group's report lead to change?

This week it emerged that Amazon’s data centres will need more power than a million Irish homes, while Twitter was hit with a derisory €450,000 fine here for a data breach. Yes, Big Tech has brought jobs and investment to Ireland. But there are costs too, and we need to talk about those.

Aryzta’s new chairman and interim CEO Urs Jordi has resisted an offer by the US hedge fund Elliott to buy out the Swiss-Irish baking multinational, and his shareholders have just rewarded him with a 92% re-election vote. Here is what he plans to do next.