A constitutional right to housing could actually make things worse by giving the Government the opportunity to simply pay off those who make it to the Courts, rather than to make systemic fixes.
Paul McGlade, who died in recent days, was a consummate retailer with an instinct for knowing what to buy and how to sell it. His story, while relatively little known, is one of the all-time greats of modern Irish business.
Netflix discovered that when they let people go who were average or good at their roles, they were left with high performers. These high performers excelled in what was now, by default, a high-performance culture.
The success of the Irish athletes in Paris has been a tremendous fillip for the whole island. But for the OFI, an organisation that still carries a contingent liability on its balance sheet for the Rio debacle, it also shows what can be achieved in a short time.
There will never be a summer like this again and that should be enough for all of us. We escaped from reality and lived in a world where caution was for others. Caution was another country.
While Simon Harris was quick to say that the era of self-regulation for social media companies is over, the reality is that the measures are in place – or at least about to take effect. The real question for Harris is what do you do next?
To understand the dynamics behind the rapid sell-off, we need to understand the combination of two separate but related events. And those dynamics will help you understand what might happen next.
We need to think about FDI in broader terms than pharma plants, chip factories and IP warehouses, and anchor the next wave of FDI in sectors where we have an inherent, intellectual advantage.
Restricting kernel access might seem like a quick and dirty fix to prevent similar incidents in the future. Apple did this for its operating system in 2020 but experts in the area are not so sure.
The details contained in the INM report paint a picture of boardroom dysfunctionality and raise profound questions about the stewardship of the media group during the period under inspection.
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