Market pulse: Stuart Fitzgerald on the key trends in the Irish SME sector

Unlike the US where mistakes in business are seen as part of the journey, we fear failure because it may well be used as a stick to beat us with. That fear can see genuine talent shrink from the challenge and never even try.

Politicians with control of the economy, can affect their electoral fortunes using the machinery of the state. This behaviour is bad for the economy, as it induces a political business cycle. Stephen Kinsella asks how credible are electoral promises, and what do they mean for Ireland for the next five years?

This year, the technology entrepreneur Bobby Healy is joining a small number of DEBRA volunteers making an expedition deep into the Arctic Circle to raise some funds for this most worthwhile of causes. He explains why he is doing it.

From trade wards to the "starbuckification" of food retail, Aidan Connolly foresees disruption and opportunities in the year(s) ahead – with Irish farmers and food processors showing disparate levels of readiness in the face of upcoming challenges.

The mention of a Fiscal Union is in line with the EU Commission’s 2019 tax harmonisation proposal to scrap the member state veto on direct taxation matters, especially corporation tax. Here is why.

Contemptuous of cheddar, but jealous of Irish rain: a new study by Bord Bia’s French counterpart assesses the performance of Ireland among the world’s top dairy exporters and holds some lessons for the industry here.

Intangible assets make up enormous amounts of the value generated by most companies. Yet, we barely know how to value them and we don’t know what might happen if they suddenly lose their value. Could Ireland’s intangible boom bust?

To really become a global hub, we need a new pre-fabricated, modular off-shore port system connected by bridge added to coastal towns around the island to facilitate short range electric, autonomous ferry services.

Irish banks should embrace the trend toward higher degree of automation in management of clients' services and accounts, opening up the sector to fintech solutions rather than waiting for them to eat the banks' lunch.

Banks are different. They are structurally vulnerable to crisis. We can’t know when or where the next banking crisis will occur, but we do know that with their current structure there will be one.