John McManus: Property funds have become the new ‘bondholders’Nobody who just got a Dáil seat wants to be the Irish version of Greece’s Alexis Tsipras and Syriza - who stood up to international capital and got whackedWed Mar 16 2016 - 01:00
Equating au pairs with employees is ludicrousWorkplace watchdog’s ruling will be honoured more in the breach than the observanceWed Mar 09 2016 - 01:00
John McManus: The electorate has failed Fianna Fáil and Fine GaelIf social democracy is what it takes to preserve the civil war fabric of our political system then so be itWed Mar 02 2016 - 01:18
John McManus: A Government addicted to legal adviceThe Government’s habit reached its denouement in efforts to reform the professionWed Feb 24 2016 - 02:47
John McManus: Garda reduced to being security men at drug dealer funeralsHow can it be considered a success when gardaí facilitate a public celebration of crimeWed Feb 17 2016 - 01:00
John McManus: Welcome back Richard Barrett your country needs youSomewhat inexplicably the Government do seem slow to take up his offer of helpWed Feb 10 2016 - 01:54
John McManus: Do US firms now have a taste for Irish politics?During the marriage referendum they overtly tried to influence the outcome of the democratic process in their favourWed Jan 27 2016 - 04:00
John McManus: How Nama and Gerry Gannon unlocked BelcampThe price of sites must bear some sort of relationship to what people are prepared to pay for a houseWed Jan 13 2016 - 02:52
Facebook’s taxes would be more use than Zuckerberg’s philanthropyNo need to get too excited about Facebook boss giving our money awayThu Dec 03 2015 - 08:51
Only surprise is that farmers are surprised about IFA boss’s payPat Smith’s salary is no more or less troubling than that of any other successful executiveMon Nov 23 2015 - 10:06
John McManus: Housing policy dilemma a tale of two IrelandsSome need house prices to return to 2007 levels and others need them linked to 2015 wagesWed Oct 14 2015 - 04:40
John McManus: Rural crime is about jobs not Garda stations or the bail lawsA thousand more on the dole in Garda district leads to extra 50 break-ins and theftsThu Oct 08 2015 - 07:59
John McManus: Nama cannot just walk away from controversy over €1.6bn Northern Irish dealWhen you look at the background the agency’s position does not really hold waterFri Oct 02 2015 - 06:00
Campaign for new sail training ship to replace Asgard IIAlantic Youth Trust want insurance money from sunken ship to help fund new vesselMon Jun 29 2015 - 01:00
US drug company buys EirGen for $135mMiami-based Opko acquires Waterford-based manufacturer of generic cancer drugsWed May 06 2015 - 01:00
Eircom seeks go-ahead to spend €500m and to sell Temple Bar siteTelecoms group wants covenants limiting its indebtedness significantly relaxedSat May 02 2015 - 01:00
Signs of leeway from Europe on debt ahead of Greek electionEurogroup chief says room to manoeuvre if new government honours its agreementsSat Jan 24 2015 - 08:18
Inside Davos: Ireland signals positive links with fiscally responsible Northern EuropeansEnda Kenny’s efforts to use Davos to send a message to voters back home do not seem to have worked out so wellSat Jan 24 2015 - 00:02
Davos: France ‘must speed up reforms’ in wake of QEFrench president commits to faster reforms alongside ECB launch of quantitative easingFri Jan 23 2015 - 15:46
ECB’s big bazooka ‘absolutely necessary,’ Carney tells DavosBank of England chief says Frankfurt’s plan will preserve prospects of prosperity in EuropeFri Jan 23 2015 - 13:56
Ireland in line for €500m-a-year boost from ECB stimulusQuantitative easing expected to benefit Irish exports and tourism and bring more lendingFri Jan 23 2015 - 10:08
Kenny warns Davos of harmful effects of populist politicsFragile recovery threatened by a ‘sense of populism’, Taoiseach saysFri Jan 23 2015 - 08:26
Stimulus likely to help Ireland in several waysExpected weakening of euro should boost Irish exports and tourismFri Jan 23 2015 - 01:00
Kenny offers tacit support for renegotiation of Greek bailoutTaoiseach expresses hope that Greece remain within euro zoneThu Jan 22 2015 - 13:09
ECB to unveil €50bn-a-month plan to spark euro-zone recoveryStimulus programme dominates opening day of Davos economic forum in SwitzerlandThu Jan 22 2015 - 13:02
UK spy base GCHQ tapped Irish internet cablesSnowden documents reveal how British intelligence target Irish internet trafficSat Nov 29 2014 - 01:01
‘Luxleaks’ a collaboration between 80 journalists from 26 countriesInternational Consortium of Investigative Journalists is global network of 185 journalists in 65 countriesWed Nov 05 2014 - 21:19
Fish farms a breeding ground for tensions over job creationEvents out west cut to heart of a flaw in the environment versus development debateMon Sept 15 2014 - 01:00
Ronan and Quinlan are not the answer to the housing “crisis”A different model is needed for the property marketMon Sept 08 2014 - 13:30
Playing a clean game pays off for Dermot Smurfit jnrThe young pretender to the Smurfit crown on gambling, gaming and the ability to assess and manage risks rather than just take themFri Aug 01 2014 - 01:30
Banking inquiry to confirm politicians cannot be trusted to investigate politiciansBusiness Opinion: PAC chairman John McGuinness dealt fatal blow to inquiryMon Jul 28 2014 - 01:00
Rule on auditing loan losses set stage for bank guarantee catastropheEven with different rules we would likely have faced a deep crisis in 2008Fri Jul 25 2014 - 01:00
Garth Brooks upstaged by Quinn C&W farce in CavanA story with many elements of a good country songMon Jul 14 2014 - 01:00
Catching credit card cheats from Cork to ChinaMerchants takes the hit in internet fraud and Cork entrepreneur Pat Phelan has devised a tool to help them spot dodgy customersFri Jul 11 2014 - 01:15
Germany rules on economic planning but Irish opportunism makes senseBusiness Opinion: German plan is so good it makes it difficult for us to plan long-termMon Jul 07 2014 - 01:00
Return of lending should curb house prices, but Central Bank still needs to actOpinion: The emergence of non-bank mortgage financing could be disastrousMon Jun 30 2014 - 01:00
Luck, timing and a few master strokes key to Comer brothers’ successWith assets worth €2 billion, the Comer brothers have come a long way since leaving school in their early teens to work as plasterersFri Jun 27 2014 - 01:10
Noonan keeping legacy bank debt on table until next crisisRetrospective recapitalisation commitment can still be leveragedMon Jun 23 2014 - 07:46
Johnny Ronan’s return may be tempered by directorship rulingOpinion: Treasury Holdings liquidator to rule on whether to impose restrictionsMon Jun 16 2014 - 11:37
Some workplace nonsense makes very good senseWho is in the driving seat here? Zappos or its employees?Mon Jun 09 2014 - 01:00
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
