The budget is making funding available for both short-term and long-term investments in Ireland's sustainability. Two questions help assess its promises: Is it enough? And is it fair?
The accretion of rules has made projects more complex, right at the time that the UK (and Irish, and US) governments have lost their ability to deliver complex projects.
Between steady commencements and a rebound in imports of tower cranes, indications are that Ireland is set to build more of the homes it needs in the coming year.
RecFest USA is a modern concept in conferencing combining the traditional recruitment seminars with a good old-fashioned festival, complete with foods trucks. It is also the platform for a serious examination of the international recruitment industry and the challenges it faces.
The Irish economy is nearing an inflection point. Multinational corporate tax receipts can no longer be taken for granted, and we need to develop new revenue streams. Like the gaming sector, we need to pick areas in which we can win – and then back them.
There are very many seemingly unrelated strands of the legacy story that have to be woven together before the memories of 30 years of deaths and destruction in the North can be eased. However, these strands overlay each other, even if that is not apparent at the moment.
From dairy exports-driven agriculture to the reliance on corporation tax paid by multinationals, the wind-down of the Askeaton infant formula plant exposes multiple risks for Ireland on a single site.
Why do countries persist with the flawed design-bid-build model for complex capital projects?
Sitting at 35,000 ft right now, in seat 2A, I’d like to reflect on some of the reasons that Ryanair is so successful, and why I think Professor Michael Porter still insists Ryanair be included on the Strategy syllabus.
What are Elon Musk’s plans for X, formerly known as Twitter? Nobody is sure. But the Holy Grail is an "everything app" used for, well, everything, from ordering food to organising your life to following the news.
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