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
Seán Dunne not ‘au fait’ with wife’s business affairsDeveloper claimed his spouse Gail Killilea ‘wanted to have her own financial affairs totally independent of me’Thu Jun 20 2013 - 01:00
Why good business finds it so easy to do bad thingsMost business people would consider themselves to be ethical, but many act in ways that a wider audience would deem to be anything butMon Jun 17 2013 - 07:32
Tax reform debate not a risk to Ireland, says US banking executiveJim Rohr of PNC Financial Services says a 2-3% tax hike would not put off US firmsMon Jun 17 2013 - 01:03
Floor for property prices could put sector back on Government agendaNobody, not even estate agents, dares talk of recovery but things seem to have changed for the betterMon Jun 10 2013 - 01:00
Pension deficit the real problem at Aer LingusOpinion: carrier on verge of resolving long-running problemMon Jun 03 2013 - 01:00
Tax deal focus may be mere phase but ire of losers is notOne of Ireland’s less publicised achievements in recent years has been keeping ourselves off the OECD list of tax havensMon May 27 2013 - 01:00
Simplistic debate on IFSC does no one any favoursScaremongering about jobs and regulation harked back to Seán FitzPatrick commentsMon May 20 2013 - 01:00
The simple truth is that Irish banks need more capitalPoliticians by their nature tend to be optimists, but without functioning banks it is hard to see how we can have growthMon May 13 2013 - 01:00
Does McKillen protest too much over Nama?Developer alleges ‘sustained strategy’ against him by Nama and Department of FinanceMon May 06 2013 - 06:00
Insurers strangely quiet on plan to raise award limitsBy the Government’s admission the proposed measures will potentially increase insurance costsMon Apr 29 2013 - 06:00
Matthew Elderfield may have timed his exit to perfectionMuch will hinge on the search for a new financial regulatorMon Apr 22 2013 - 06:00
Muldoon alert on likely €25bn of impaired SME debt breaches recovery consensusNeed for focus on scale of problem and whether banks will need more funds to fix itMon Apr 15 2013 - 07:00
Half of small business debt is impaired, says regulatorProgress in resolving problem unacceptable, says Fiona Muldoon of the Central BankThu Apr 11 2013 - 19:31
Skirmishes switch off lights on cohesive, long-term energy policy for IrelandParish pump politics is threatening our gas, oil and electricity securityMon Mar 25 2013 - 06:32
Elderfield wields big stick at banks over mortgage debtThe robust approach of the Central Bank’s deputy governor tells its own tale of the banks’ reluctance to confront the losses in their mortgage booksMon Mar 18 2013 - 00:06
Foolish to expect too much from IMF ‘bigging up’ StateSubstantive power for key decisions rests with other members of the troikaMon Mar 11 2013 - 12:00
Foolish to expect too much from IMF ‘bigging up’ StateSubstantive power for key decisions rests with other members of the troikaMon Mar 11 2013 - 06:00
'We should explore any avenue that will help Ireland stand on its own feet'CHRISTINE LAGARDE INTERVIEW: The managing director of the International Monetary Fund is keen to understand Ireland and the …Thu Mar 07 2013 - 00:00
Problem mortgages cannot be dealt with in the darkIn time-honoured fashion the Irish banks appear to have chosen to do things the hard way when it comes to facing up to the losses…Mon Mar 04 2013 - 00:00
Auditors still put management firstLast Friday the UK competition commission published the results of an investigation into the supply of statutory audit services…Mon Feb 25 2013 - 00:00
Reilly's optimism on VHI at variance with the factsBUSINESS OPINION: Last Friday Minister for Health James Reilly launched a document called the Path to Universal Healthcare, …Mon Feb 18 2013 - 00:00
Bank raises issues over VHI risk equalisation schemeThe Central Bank has raised a number of significant issues that could prevent the successful authorisation of the VHI as an insurer…Mon Feb 18 2013 - 00:00
Did Anglo really have to die so Ireland could be free?BUSINESS OPINION: The Tánaiste no doubt spoke for many last Friday when he expressed his delight that Anglo Irish Bank has been…Mon Feb 11 2013 - 00:00
Should we look for a reformed EU?BUSINESS OPINION:The negotiations with the ECB on refinancing the Anglo Irish Bank promissory note are – to put it mildly – at a delicate stageMon Feb 04 2013 - 00:00
Department of Finance banking specialist resignsAnother member of the Department of Finance banking unit has resigned, days after it was announced that Michael Torpey, the head…Mon Jan 21 2013 - 00:00
Opposition fails to cash in on Torpey move to B of IIt is curious how little has been made by the Opposition of Michael Torpey decamping from the Department of Finance to Bank of…Mon Jan 21 2013 - 00:00
Investor enthusiasm for Irish banks belies problemsBUSINESS OPINION: It is hard to reconcile the new-found enthusiasm of international investors for the Irish banks with what …Mon Jan 14 2013 - 00:00
We need to convince rather than threaten GermansBUSINESS OPINION: It was interesting if not all together surprising to see Labour respond so strongly to Brian Hayes’s assertion…Mon Jan 07 2013 - 00:00
Hasenstab endorsement carries international cloutMichael Hasenstab has spoken and he has said lots of very nice thingsMon Dec 17 2012 - 00:00
Why is the Government helping a rival to the banks?BUSINESS OPINION: One of the more interesting titbits in last Wednesday’s Budget was the revelation that the National Pensions…Mon Dec 10 2012 - 00:00
Unfair tax competition plan will challenge Irish regimeBUSINESS OPINION: Come Wednesday all eyes will be on the Dáil and Michael Noonan’s second budgetMon Dec 03 2012 - 00:00
Income threshold for the new pariahs is €100,000BUSINESS OPINION: When did €100,000 become the new €500,000? At some point in the last year or so €100,000 has become the income…Mon Nov 26 2012 - 00:00
