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Anton Savage: Excuse me young lady, let me tell you how to dress

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Anton Savage

Ian Guider: The real danger is not tariffs – it’s the day the US turns off the corporate tax tap

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Ian Guider

Vincent Boland: Warren Buffett has handed his successor a $348 billion problem

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Vincent Boland

Ian Guider: Coveney finds himself with a chance to convince as SSP’s activist ups the stakes

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Ian Guider

Why UK’s fudged trade deal with Trump is a bad omen for Ireland and the EU

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Dominic Mcgrath

Dominic McGrath: Why UK’s fudged trade deal with Trump is a bad omen for Ireland and the EU

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Dominic Mcgrath

John Deasy: Trump’s bungling of tariffs may see Ireland reprieved in US corporate tax bill

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John Deasy

Stéphane Séjourné: Here’s why business leaders should choose Europe over the US or China

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Stéphane Séjourné

Colm Lauder: Stability returns to Irish property — but risk and politics still loom large

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Colm Lauder

In Trump’s hands: How one key decision would slash Irish economic growth in half next year

The Department of Finance has produced two forecasts on the basis of no tariffs, or the current tariffs staying in place

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Daniel Murray

Opinion: Ireland has work to do to counter Trump’s tariffs – it’s time to look to Canada

Canada isn’t a big exporter of tech services like the US, but Ireland can benefit from deepening its trade ties across a range of sectors

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Jon Legorburu

Business Post View: Ireland’s time as a sanctum for profit-shifting may be nearing its final act

Our GDP, that once-hallowed metric of national wellbeing, has become an absurd fiction—bloated, distorted, and unfit for purpose

04.05.2025 2

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Business Post Team

Business Post View: Power outages in Spain and Portugal should ring alarm bells across the EU

We must be prepared to pay whatever it takes to secure Europe’s long-term energy security

04.05.2025 1

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Business Post Team

Ian Guider: Why Revolut’s mortgage move should make Irish banks nervous

After years of bumper profits driven by rising rates, limited competition and a captive customer base, the tide may be turning on the three...

04.05.2025 2

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Ian Guider

Vincent Boland: Why Meloni should stand clear as Italy begins to stir back to life

The potential banking shake-out is evidence that the economy, long plagued by low growth and high debt, is starting to recover

04.05.2025 2

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Vincent Boland

Vincent Boland: Carney’s win shows the value of keeping your head as others lose theirs

The new Canadian prime minister needs to pivot rapidly to politics as being the governor of a central bank is not like being the leader of a rather...

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Vincent Boland

Matt Cooper: Another housing plan, another grand mess

If the public had little faith in the government’s ability to solve the housing crisis before, the ‘housing tsar’ debacle has definitely not helped...

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Matt Cooper

Lucinda Creighton: Europe and Canada find a safe haven in each other with Carney at helm

Trump’s isolationism is hitting his own voters, destabilising the bond markets and making the international trading environment unpredictable for...

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Lucinda Creighton

Shane Coleman: First 100 days of ‘conservative and reactive’ government leave a lot to be desired

A government that endlessly threads water will ultimately sink, so the coalition needs to get a move on

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Shane Coleman

Daniel McConnell: Fog of war over Dublin Airport thickens as legal wrangle escalates

The dispute looks less like regulation and more an act of national self harm

04.05.2025 5

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Daniel Mcconnell

Aidan Regan: The inside story of how Ireland became Coca-Cola’s multibillion-dollar tax shelter

For years, multi-jurisdictional groups have relied on complex international structures to manage their tax obligations

04.05.2025 1

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Aidan Regan

One IP, two balance sheets: How VMware’s Irish engine turns global growth into local losses

When the rights to VMware's IP were onshored to Ireland, the income streams had to come with it, with a sharp surge in intangible assets on the...

04.05.2025 10

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Aidan Regan

William Fry’s Stephen Keogh on his ‘market leader’ lawyers and a landmark merger in the works

The law firm’s managing partner talks about how he’s finding the top job and why a proposed merger with Eversheds Sutherland is his most complex...

04.05.2025 1

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Catherine Sanz

John Cronin: Results season has shown us the underlying resilience of the Irish banks

The key factors underpinning this strong financial performance are broad-based

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John Cronin

Mandy Johnston: McDonagh latest victim of Ireland’s housing Bermuda triangle

Holding out for a hero is pointless: what Irish housing needs is not a ‘czar’ but a coalition of unglamorous geniuses who know how to get it done

04.05.2025 1

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Mandy Johnston

Philip Andrews: Inside the room as cold war breaks out between Big Law and Trump

Irish barrister and competition law expert Philip Andrews was in Washington to witness how American firms are being treated by the US president

04.05.2025 1

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Philip Andrews

Ireland’s Tax Mirage: How US tax reform fuelled a corporate tax boom – and why it may not last

A combination of Donald Trump’s US tax changes and the ending of the double Irish tax scheme led to a huge Irish tax boom

03.05.2025 5

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Aidan Regan

Jonny Cooper: How Liverpool’s winning performance began a decade before league kick-off

Arne Slot has taken a team and a culture nurtured by Jürgen Klopp and evolved it to become England’s most successful club when all trophy wins are...

03.05.2025 2

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Jonny Cooper

Editor’s note: The Business Post lays bare the full-scale of Ireland’s economic vulnerability

Our in-depth investigation exposes in unprecedented detail just how that supercharged-but-fragile economy has been built, the complex financial...

03.05.2025 1

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Peter Odwyer