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Michael Dineen, chief executive of Contracting Plus (right) with commercial director Jimmy Sheehan

Indian expansion is the silver bullet for Cork contracting business

Retail & Services
Eimear McGovern
January 18, 2019, 13:07

Inside Track: Michael Dineen Founder of Contracting Plus

European Central Bank could delay a rates rise until 2020.

Interest rates outlook has changed dramatically. What does this mean for mortgage holders?

Personal Finance
Cliff Taylor
January 18, 2019, 12:53

Smart Money: Changing economic outlook could push ECB to delay rate rise until 2020

This year’s ‘worry’ list, for example, is dominated by climate change concerns.

Climate change tops list of worries at World Economic Forum

Economy
Gillian Tett
January 18, 2019, 11:08

Davos: global financial issues no longer seen as top area of concern

Brian McGrath, Foyle Port CEO: ‘We are Brexit ready’

‘We are looking for the softest Brexit possible’

Work
Amanda Ferguson
January 18, 2019, 05:59

Brexit Proof: In the first of a new series on how business is managing the challenge of Brexit, we talk to Foyle Port CEO Brian McGrath whose business straddles the Border

‘The biggest business case for diversity is still its beneficial impact on the bottom line.’ Photograph: iStock

Irish companies pay lip service to diversity and inclusion

Work
Olive Keogh
January 18, 2019, 05:45

Boards are 92% white, 74% male with low levels of disability and LGBT representation

Ken O’Toole: as chief executive of Stansted, he’s steering the airport’s £600 million expansion plan

Ken O’Toole: ‘A lot of airports don’t have a clue what airlines want’

Transport & Tourism
Barry O'Halloran
January 18, 2019, 05:42

Stansted Airport CEO sees baggage-transfer innovation as key part of €675m expansion

Ticket barriers on the London Underground: substantially more frictionless than Brexit. Photograph: Dominic Lipinski/PA

Brexit, the ‘Bird Box’ challenge and other forms of madness

Economy
Laura Slattery
January 18, 2019, 05:38

Planet Business: Nike’s self-lacing shoes, YouTube’s banned pranks; UK’s ticking clock

The first challenge in becoming a leader is to establish an authentic sense of self that engenders legitimacy and credibility. Photograph: iStock

Becoming a leader: how to take that book-learning and make it happen

Work
January 18, 2019, 05:26

A newly-appointed leader who doesn’t give time to reflection is doomed to failure

Kieran Whelton with some of his UK imported secondhand cars at his car dealership in Knock, Co Mayo. Photograph: Keith Heneghan

Market for used cars shifts as sterling rates drive UK imports

Retail & Services
Michael McAleer
January 18, 2019, 05:15

Record 100,755 used cars registered in Republic in 2018

In the case of a no-deal Brexit, Irish food exports, especially of meat, will be subject to heavy duties. And the full effects will take some time to play out

The ‘backstop’ was a British proposal, not one tabled by Ireland or the EU

Economy
John FitzGerald
January 18, 2019, 05:11

John FitzGerald: One concern about a bad-tempered Brexit is that some of the potential ways of smoothing the economic consequences may be ignored

Australia-based pension specialist Stephanie Lyons

Wild Geese: ‘Don’t be afraid to leave home,’ says Stephanie Lyons

Work
Pádraig Collins
January 17, 2019, 18:00

Louth-born pension specialist in Sydney won top Irish Australian business award

Beijing by night. The immigrant investor scheme is simple. Make the investment, visit Ireland once a year, and you and yours are entitled to an Irish residency permit for five years, renewable – forever.

Caveat: Is it the end of the road for cash-for-visas scheme favoured by Chinese?

Economy
Mark Paul
January 17, 2019, 17:03

Chinese citizens account for 97 per cent of all applications for Irish visas under investor programme

It seems that “digital natives” are more savvy to this kind of content than so-called “digital immigrants”

Fake news? Maybe not as bad as you think

Technology
Marie Boran
January 17, 2019, 09:25

Web Log: Facebook users older than 65 almost seven times more likely to share fake news

Flickr is a quieter place since the rise of Instagram and cloud storage

Save your Flickr photos before they are deleted

Technology
Marie Boran
January 17, 2019, 08:35

Web Log: Platform to limit Flickr Free accounts to 1,000 uploads from February

Setting limits on your kids’ screen time won’t work if your own head is constantly buried in a screen. Photograph: Getty Images

Phone, kettle, black: Is your screen use setting a bad example to your kids?

Technology
Marie Boran
January 17, 2019, 07:35

Weblog: Children’s media consumption is influenced by their parents, researchers find

Nikola Tesla: developed Faraday’s induction invention

Cutting the cord: when will Tesla’s 100-year-old vision become reality?

Innovation
Chris Horn
January 17, 2019, 06:50

Induction technology to power our lives could do away with all those gnarly cables

Dr Cailbhe Doherty and Dr Alison Keogh, founders of the Pace-Man.

Pace-Man and Output Sports give fitness training the personal touch

Innovation
Olive Keogh
January 17, 2019, 06:35

If your 2019 fitness goal includes successfully running a marathon, keep reading . . .

Post-primary teacher Mark Baldwin says his SchooVR platform is education led, curriculum based and supports a variety of different learning styles

Teacher’s virtual reality platform aims to improve student engagement

Innovation
Olive Keogh
January 17, 2019, 06:00

SchooVR is used by over 100 teachers in Ireland and UK, says creator Mark Baldwin

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