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Colm Lauder: The retail sector is not just recovering — it is redefining itself for a bright future

Risk remains in the sector, but retail assets are certainly rebounding, with a number of large deals recently bolstering confidence

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Colm Lauder

Explainer: How the state will return AIB to private ownership this year

The bank, bailed out in 2010, will be completely free of the state by mid-June, thus ending its period of disgrace

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Laura Roddy

Bernard Walsh: Strong equities and weak bonds mean those nearing retirement face complex questions

The investment world can become very noisy when we see increased volatility and falling share prices

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Bernard Walsh

Vincent Boland: Can yet another strategic review revive the fortunes of Deutsche Bank?

Some momentous decisions may have to be taken if the German bank is to have any prospect of thriving

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Vincent Boland

Pat Farrell: Ignore the naysayers, Ireland’s reliance on housing investment is a strength

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Pat Farrell

Analysis: Why state bodies and fuel firms are calling for a hydrogen future

Phasing in hydrogen could attract €6 billion worth of investment, Hydrogen Mobility Ireland argues

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Des Phelan

Business Post’s View: Expansion of junior ministers reeks of quango culture

The willingness to dilute decision-making in government reflects the fact that the public service has a productivity challenge

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Business Post Team

Business Post View: ECB must continue to cut interest rates to stimulate growth

The gap between the Fed and the ECB also reflects the dawning of a new political age with the arrival in the White House of the unpredictable and...

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Lucinda Creighton: How China’s Deepseek blew major hole in Nvidia and US AI complacency

Huge sums of money may not be needed to build new AI models, which could be good news for Europe, depending on how it responds

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Lucinda Creighton

Shane Coleman: Government has legitimised Lowry’s attempt at redemption from corrupt past

Outrage at his presence in government talks and attempted stroke on speaking rights was predictable and has proven costly

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Shane Coleman

Luke Byrne: DeepSeek, OpenAI and how 0.004 cent knocked $589 billion off Nvidia’s market cap

If DeepSeek has cracked the issue of the massive computing costs required for AI performance, OpenAI should be not only very worried, but also...

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Luke Byrne

John Deasy: Trump’s Maga mob has undocumented Irish Americans in its sights

There are more ads in Irish media about US green card lottery than green cards for Irish people

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John Deasy

Paul Johnston: ‘Stop digging and start building’ will be the key to reviving UK economy

Britain has fallen behind in the race for new jobs, new industries, and new technology and the government is determined to change this

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Paul Johnston

Ian Guider: Is a paywall inevitable for the Six Nations?

The investors who have bought into rugby want to make money, and that may well mean the end of free-to-air matches between nations

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Ian Guider

Anton Savage: Never mind the drunk drivers, let’s keep obsessing over speed limits

Why does the Road Safety Authority continue to focus on this issue, while avoiding the elephant in the room

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Anton Savage

Fionn Thompson: How DeepSeek’s stock market shock exposed the extent of AI’s market dominance

Monday’s mauling was first time since dot com bubble that the S&P 500 contracted despite the majority of the market gaining

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Fionn Thompson

Taoiseach Micheál Martin faces tough task at ‘relaxed’ EU defence talks

EU leaders will meet in Brussels on Monday for a one-day retreat to talk defence, Trump and a possible UK security pact

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Sarah Collins

Peter O’Dwyer: Having led a historic economic revival, our politicians went and squandered it

The Irish economy is a roaring success but one built on vulnerable foundations. When it comes crashing down we’ll rue the last 15 years of wasted...

01.02.2025 2

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Peter Odwyer

Post Script: Who’s Michael O’Leary slagging now?; Irish techies pony up for Collison-backed think-tank

Business Post deputy editor Aaron Rogan takes a look at the scenes behind the stories

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Aaron Rogan

Accusations, recriminations and a brewing US-China tech war – the DeepSeek fallout

As allegations of intellectual property theft swirl and the US government eyes potential restrictions, what’s next in the AI race — and for Big...

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Charlie Taylor