Trade fears: Ireland may be caught in crossfire if President Trump ramps up rhetoric after midterms
When President Donald Trump tweets, he moves markets. Last week’s upbeat comments on the possibility of a deal with China to call a halt to a trade war between the world’s two largest economies helped stock markets rally from the bloodbath of ‘Red October’. By Friday, however, his officials were backpedalling, and not for the […]
EU digital tax could backfire – Donohoe
The EU’s success as an exporter leaves it vulnerable if tax norms are torn up, which would include creating the digital services tax sought by France and others, Paschal Donohoe has warned. He denied France had offered to make-up for any tax loss to Ireland to win support for its plan. “No such offer has […]
Startup diary: For every €1 you spend in marketing, make €2 in revenue
Our podcast is now live. (A search for voxgig on iTunes will bring it up.) It is, as with most things we do, a soft launch. There’s only one episode just yet. Our general strategy for getting things done is accept embarrassment with version 1, and then iterate our way out of mortification. It might […]
Friday 2 November 2018 Irish banks face ‘toughest ever’ European stress tests
Regulators’ ‘worst case’ scenario by factors in house prices here falling by 5.1pc HIGH stocks of bad loans and a relatively pessimistic ECB view of Irish growth prospects will weigh on AIB and Bank of Ireland in the EU’s latest bank stress test results today. However, both banks go into the current process in better […]
Ireland confident Merkel’s pledges on Brexit will stick
German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s decision to exit politics over two years will weaken her EU power – but Irish officials are confident her Brexit pledges to Ireland still stand. The Irish Government believes Ms Merkel’s surprise announcement that she will begin withdrawing from politics will also have a negative effect on on Brexit, though it […]