The imminent closure of Ireland's NDRC accelerator comes as the spoils of the success of Britain's fintech strategy came into focus last week. A major OECD report shows where Ireland could take inspiration from its international peers.
Skilfully mining the lessons of history to illuminate the challenges of today, Rory Stewart began by making the provocative comment that the victory of Trump in 2024 is much more consequential for the world than his triumph in 2016.
Between start-ups and multinationals, established privately-held domestic companies drive one third of the economy. Often overlooked, they risk falling behind.
The promises the three party leaders will discuss tonight are being largely funded by tax receipts from US corporations. And those receipts are under renewed pressure with Donald Trump's proposed tariffs.
Two major problems are now starting to manifest themselves in Fine Gael’s poll numbers. Both relate to the issues of incumbency.
In stark contrast to his predecessors, Trump has a radically different view of the power and responsibility of the US. At the very least, the return of the Reagan rollercoaster is now likely.
If Conor Niland’s professional sports career was relatively ordinary, how he told it has marked him out as extraordinary. His memoir is his revenge on the hierarchies and elitism of the game.
Ireland lost 5-0 at Wembley because of a series of bad decisions taken nearly 20 years ago and compounded ever since. The only way to change is to understand the fundamental flaws in the game and work to change them. It is the only way to restore power to the powerless that dominate Irish football.
The decision seems to go against recommendations by the OECD for Ireland to further develop its incubator industry – not reduce it.
Driven partly by inflationary woes, an unusually large number of incumbent governments have been booted out of office by voters. How have Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil seemingly escaped the wrath of voters on inflation?
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