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The Irish company has emerged from the pandemic with a desire to keep it simple

Dragging out debate around restoring the higher rate would be a mistake – either leave it as it is or be decisive about the timeline

Inflation has slowed the online fast fashion retailer’s growth

There is a limit to how green discretionary travel can ever be

The Chinese-controlled social media giant potentially could be even more troublesome for the State than its US Silicon Valley peers

Clubs have a different social role from other companies and should not encourage fans to take financial risks

Caveat: Kerry is the only Irish multinational keeping alive its links with Putin’s fetid regime

From drop-off charges to dire security queues and deals with autocratic regimes, DAA has made several missteps

Sheer scale of the ferry group’s managerial incompetence is a sight to behold

Towns such as Killarney are heavily dependent on the US market but all is not lost just yet

Role of government not to try stop inevitable, but to protect vulnerable against high prices

Everybody can see through authority’s spurious ‘sustainability’ rationale; it clearly will be a revenue raiser

Caveat: Moscow’s invasion reveals risk of investing in the non-western economies

Caveat: State asylum system readies for €500m splurge before decommissioning

A trip to a packed pub can tell you a lot about where your attitude to virus risk lies

Individuals and businesses should not be made to feel powerless

This week’s public health data suggests a brighter future for business and society

Crisis won’t be solved without massive construction, but try telling locals they have to sit back and say nothing

As industry prepares for a new phase of pandemic, the State is devising new laws to boost workers’ rights to gratuities

On future nights out we are likely to seek out better ventilation and thinner crowds

Caveat: Supermac’s Holdings shows some were entitled to subsidies while doing well

Caveat: Ireland must choose between following UK or EU policy on travel rules

It makes no sense for vaccine passes to become semi-permanent

Cavan insulation business made an out-of-character mistake joining F1 ‘sustainability’ agenda

Large organisations are sometimes allowed to try too hard to control the message

Caveat: Don’t buy the narrative that says people’s ‘behaviour’ has brought disaster upon hospitals and, now, businesses

Attitude towards international tax domicile may changes with future governments

Whether it is Denis O’Brien or Jeff Bezos, we must parse billionaires’ statements to assess their credibility

Caveat: Aviation a vital sector but it will be upturned by environmental reality

Debate about economic restrictions versus Covid suffering has been shirked in Ireland

For nightclubs and music venues, the financial risk of a delay to reopening is most acute

There is uncertainty in the air for Ireland’s attractiveness as a place for multinationals

Many operators are entering lean months undernourished after a short summer

Making sustainable clothing will mean either price increases or reduced profits

Catherine Martin will have to balance climate concerns with need to restore air travel

Caveat: Rhetoric around institutional capital in market adds little but spittle

Jobs will go, prices will rise and the choice of goods will recede. Why sugar-coat it?

Live events industry wants leadership thinking to evolve but danger still lurks

Foreign visitor numbers may take time to recover

Foreign visitor numbers may take time to recover and domestic visitors, with slightly different needs, will take up the slack