There is probably no one who really believes that NAMA will succeed in its core mission – freeing up credit for the economy. I doubt that even the Minister’s scriptwriters…

Davy Stockbrokers has produced the must-read report (so far) of the year. Entitled, ‘Years of High Income Largely Wasted’, it is one of the most damning indictments of the squandered…

Water charges (or levies or taxes) will come up the agenda and no doubt there will be considerable confusion as to what they are intended for: incentivise ‘efficient use of…

A quick follow-up to the post earlier today on the jobs crisis.  In it I referred to one of the reasons why people 'sign-off'' the Live Register – administrative reasons. …

175 Boston Scientific jobs to go in Galway, the loss of 200 Bitech Engineering jobs in Louth,a seismic 750 job lost at Halifax, those depressing numbers that Ronan Lyons has…

Following the St. Stephen’s Day sales there was much commentary to the effect that huge shopping crowds were signs of a new confidence resulting from the Government’s budget. We were…