Kenny Jacobs’ €374,830 salary is a soft target; the problem lies elsewhere
The justification offered for chief executive salaries is a chain of relativities leading back to Elon Musk, Tim Cook and the other titans jostling for the title of the world’s highest paid CEO
Why does Ryan Tubridy’s €150,000 payment seem like a bigger deal than looming climate fines?
Ireland might be preparing to hide behind three biggest EU economies, which are set to miss emissions targets
Like grief, banking inquiries have five stages and closure is never guaranteed
Irish Nationwide inquiry showcased the problem with such probes in Ireland
Holiday homeowners underestimate at their peril the anger among those locked out of the housing market
A Mayo County Council manager has called for a boycott of holiday homeowners
Government can kiss goodbye to its plan for lifting the rent cap
Lifting controls to encourage international investment is arguably the biggest gamble this Coalition will take
Chronic inability to build anything big in the State is baked into the system
New Oireachtas committee needs continued failure in big projects if it is to function effectively for its members
Trump’s tentacles reach into the AIB boardroom
Chaos in world markets caused by US president may upend bank’s plan to buy back shares off State
Even at €430,000 a year, Brendan McDonagh would be nuts to take the housing tsar job
McDonagh gives the impression of being someone who does not suffer fools gladly and who believes the media by and large falls firmly into the category of fools
Clamping down on Airbnb should be scrapped
ESRI research raises fundamental questions about need for legislation to tighten short term lettings rules
The markets could yet save us from Trump’s worst excesses
Trump has blinked three times already when the consequences of his actions manifested themselves in falling stock markets
Would you prefer a hotel room tax or higher property tax?
Dublin local authorities need money and only a have a few ways of getting it
Why are Donald Trump and his architects of chaos obsessed with Ireland?
Perhaps the answer is simply entertainment: Conor McGregor in the White House makes for much better TV than Micheál Martin
When I go, I want to be reincarnated as a leveraged hedge fund
Bets on highly leveraged positions soured by Trump’s reckless and foolish trade policy forced hedge funds to sell treasuries in a hurry
Ryanair passengers are clearly suffering from a mass delusion about the size of their bags
As we all know, there has been no change in policy. But if there had been, the airline just has your best interests at heart
Stock markets are like casinos. Don’t rely on them as a bellwether of tariff impacts
Mobile capital is panicking because, like the rest of us, it does not know what is going to happen next