Category: Corporate governance
ESB should build broadband network in co-operation with other State utilities
Donal Palcic, Eoin Reeves 19/10/2018
Last week’s controversial resignation of minister Denis Naughten is generally believed to have thrown the National Broadband Plan (NBP) into crisis. The truth is that the plan has been in crisis since two of the three bidders withdrew earlier this year. The current process should have been abandoned months ago. This is not what citizens craving …
Living wage
Robert Sweeney 17/07/2018
LAST WEEK THE Living Wage Technical Group published an update of the living wage in Ireland. The living wage calculates the wage needed to live a …
The Irish Entrepreneurial State
Paul Sweeney 27/06/2018
In the last blog I set out how Aer Lingus, an entrepreneurial Irish state company, grew into a major company with over 14,000 employees in several …
The Irish Entrepreneurial State
Paul Sweeney 11/06/2018
In my last blog I looked at the Wild Atlantic Way as a good example of entrepreneurial thinking by public employees of the Irish state. Mariana …
Statistics don’t always tell the truth
Sinead Pembroke 08/05/2018
Today, statistics are major currencies in policy discussions and debates. They are used as weapons by government ministers, politicians and political …
Ireland and EU Corporate Tax Reform
James Stewart 03/05/2018
Corporate tax reform is a key objective of EU policy. Examples include proposals for a harmonized corporate tax system (Common Corporate Tax Base …
Corporates out of control
Paul Sweeney 18/04/2018
The revelation that the chairman of the Independent News Group suggested in 2016 that Ireland’s largest media group should be run in the interests …
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