CMS Distribution expecting return to growth this yearGroup has invested more than £2 million in new systemsTue Jun 03 2014 - 01:13
Many tech companies are unforgiving on forgettingBusiness Opinion: notion of trying to regulate the internet appears far off the agenda in North AmericaMon Jun 02 2014 - 01:00
Golf club hire firm seals deal with German travel group TUIGolf club hire business backed by Ryder Cup captain Paul McGinley signs dealWed May 28 2014 - 01:00
We need to know exactly how our new bank will lendBusiness Opinion: we need to know more about the Strategic Banking Corporation before we get excited about an Irish MittelstandMon May 26 2014 - 01:00
Does Nama pragmatism mean developer bailouts?Maybe they did not understand what the agency was and how it was going to workMon May 19 2014 - 12:00
One way or another you will pay for running Irish WaterThe fiscal fudge indulged in by the Government over charges will have economic consequencesMon May 12 2014 - 01:00
Blame Charlie McCreevy and Mary Harney not regulator for his light touchPatrick Neary is not uniquely culpable for the catastrophic failure of a regulatory regime that was unfit for purposeMon May 05 2014 - 16:14
Anglo trial shows legal advice affords little shelterBusiness Opinion: better corporate behaviour may be the hidden Anglo bonusMon Apr 28 2014 - 01:00
Opinion: No concrete data behind race to build new homesConstruction sector’s claims that supply does not meet demand lack compelling evidenceMon Apr 21 2014 - 01:00
Dismal record proves need for State-backed lenderBusiness Opinion: strategic Investment Fund ripe for rethinkMon Apr 14 2014 - 01:00
Don't expect corporate accountability without political accountabilityBusiness Opinion: why do we expect a culture of accountability in corporate life when we don’t have much of one in political life?Mon Mar 31 2014 - 14:36
Planning still a shambles as house building promotedIf there is to be another orgy of house building in Dublin, it will have to be funded by foreignersMon Mar 24 2014 - 01:01
Ireland faces questions on fruitful Apple tax dealBusiness Opinion: answers could undermine Government’s defence of 12.5 per cent corporate tax rateMon Mar 10 2014 - 01:00
‘Chinese walls’ not the best solution for KPMGBusiness Opinion: as IBRC special liquidator KPMG has inherited and instigated numerous legal actions – but missing from the lengthy list is KPMGMon Mar 03 2014 - 01:00
Australians in little doubt on O’Brien control of INMClarity of the Australian position is in contrast to the rather muddled approach hereMon Feb 24 2014 - 01:00
Don't be scared of the German constitutional courtBusiness Opinion: if the German constitutional court says Mario Draghi’s feet are made of clay, all hell may break looseMon Feb 17 2014 - 10:57
Business opinion: Paying a heavy price for slow learningIreland cannot solve debt problem aloneMon Feb 10 2014 - 01:00
Scale of Irish mortgage default is unprecedentedRevelation that 100,000 people with jobs can’t afford payments must inform banks’ arrears strategyMon Feb 03 2014 - 01:00
Tax lawyers’ charity may not pass public opinion testYou only have to look at the list of charities kept by the Revenue Commissioners to see it’s a veritable Pandora’s boxMon Jan 27 2014 - 01:00
Rehab may face scrutiny amid CRC falloutOpinion: Rehab’s board might want to reflect on whether the reluctance of chief executive Angela Kerins to disclose her pay is advisableMon Jan 20 2014 - 01:00
Irish Government regains investment grade rating from Moody’sWay cleared for Far Eastern investors to buy Irish bondsSat Jan 18 2014 - 07:09
Ireland regains investment grade rating from Moody’sAgency upgrades rating by notch to Baa3 in a major post-bailout boost for the GovernmentFri Jan 17 2014 - 22:17
RSA shows high returns always come with high risksThere are only so many ways in which banks and insurance companies can consistently deliver high returns and all of them are dangerousMon Jan 13 2014 - 01:01
Why did PAC members not ask the question: who exactly is out to get Nama?McKillen’s central role in the controversy leaves Denis O’Brien in a tricky positionMon Dec 23 2013 - 01:01
New dairy scheme will milk more from consumersNew scheme adds another string to bow of southern milk producers in their battle to keep out northern milkSun Dec 15 2013 - 20:45
What is more important: strong banks or nice banks?Business Opinion: it is only a slight exaggeration to say the Government has let the banks’ customers be sacrificed at the altar of exit from the bailoutSun Dec 08 2013 - 20:06
Bord Gáis decision shows that we are finally learningThe history of the sale of Irish State assets is not a happy oneMon Dec 02 2013 - 01:01
The unanswered questions about pension reformsChanges to the rules around defined-benefit schemes raise wider issues of moral hazardMon Nov 25 2013 - 01:01
Unanswered questions on how banks ‘hid’ their lossesIt is increasingly likely that we will never really get to the bottom of all this, as the temptation to run away into the post-bailout future grows dailyMon Nov 18 2013 - 01:01
IFSC could look to bank-tech hybridsConvergence between banks and technology companies acceleratingTue Nov 12 2013 - 01:00
Past 50 years have seen big changes in the way Irish business is reportedEverything changed the beef tribunal, and we have been living with investigations and business scandals ever sinceTue Nov 12 2013 - 00:30
Real story of bailout exit is how good crisis was wastedPrecautionary credit line issue looks like a ball of smoke from which the Government is mining a political victoryMon Nov 11 2013 - 01:00
Property market bounce is built on wishful thinkingBusiness Opinion: shortage of supply in Dublin due to negative equity and mortgage arrears, not restrictive planningSun Oct 27 2013 - 22:00
Want to be seen as socially responsible? Pay more taxPeople get annoyed when they hear that companies making billions pay little taxMon Oct 21 2013 - 15:58
Philanthropy cannot be a substitute for paying taxBusiness Opinion: a proposal to ease tax residency requirements may be financially tempting but is morally objectionableMon Oct 14 2013 - 01:00
Growth will determine if more austerity is neededIf we don’t hit the targets agreed with the troika, then there will be more cutsMon Oct 07 2013 - 01:00
Debt crisis strengthens case for bank recapitalisationEconomic recovery story and bond market endorsement at odds with banks’ failure to tackle debt issueMon Sept 30 2013 - 01:00
O’Flynn and Nama triumph is still a defeat for taxpayerBalance of the €1.5 bn the developer borrowed from banks will be written offMon Sept 23 2013 - 01:00
How the big co-ops plan to keep milking high pricesMakers of expensive milk are doing everything they can to make sure no cheap milk is availableMon Sept 16 2013 - 01:00
Oireachtas hearings show banks have not changedBusiness Opinion: Irish banking five years after the financial crash appears still to be primarily about short-term profitabilityMon Sept 09 2013 - 01:00
Reasons to be pessimistic about insolvency serviceBusiness Opinion: lack of transparency and banks’ ability to stall debt arrangements may cast shadow over new insolvency regimeMon Sept 02 2013 - 01:00
Treasury yields €40m for Richard Barrett, the man with the Midas touchOpinion: property developer has the last laugh in his dealings with NamaMon Aug 05 2013 - 01:00
Seán Quinn’s role in guarantee a magnet for wild speculationTaken at face value, tapes indicate that perhaps Quinn did not use his influenceMon Jul 29 2013 - 01:15
Tracker mess a sore subject for Government and ECBEuropean Central Bank is integral to most of the obvious solutionsMon Jul 22 2013 - 11:00
A family business that just keeps on growingThree generations of the Keelings have turned fruit farm into Ireland’s largest horticultural business turning over €300 millionFri Jul 19 2013 - 01:00
It may be in the public interest for Alan Shatter to listen to vested interestsThe court services Bill is ridden with potential for unintended consequencesMon Jul 15 2013 - 01:00
Anglo recordings may lead to a less polite banking inquiryImpact on efforts to wring concessions from Europe will take time to play outMon Jul 01 2013 - 01:00
Is US-style philanthropy really the best option?What the Government is advocating is in many ways anathema to the European social modelMon Jun 24 2013 - 01:00