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Dan O’Brien: How Ireland prospers amid economic uncertainty

Dan O’Brien: How Ireland prospers amid economic uncertainty

The global economic outlook is uncertain, to say the least. The quality of governance in the US, the country that was once the world’s anchor of stability, is increasingly resembling th...

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“Shifting sands”, “luck penny” payment, and a family “steamrolled” by litigation

“Shifting sands”, “luck penny” payment, and a family “steamrolled” by litigation

It would be a fair bet that not many people will remember what they were doing on the evening of August 22, 2023.  But, the country will have a firm grasp of the exploits of John Magnie...

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Colm McCarthy
                                    18th Sep, 2025 –
										6 min read

Colm McCarthy 18th Sep, 2025 – 6 min read

Colm McCarthy 18th Sep, 2025 – 6 min read

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Building for growth, capped by caution: The lessons of Dublin Airport

Building for growth, capped by caution: The lessons of Dublin Airport

If this country had a coherent system for evaluating big public investment projects, Dublin Airport’s second runway, which finally opened in August 2022, would have won plaudits for lon...

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Green light for Eamon Waters’ Dublin 8 student accommodation complex

Green light for Eamon Waters’ Dublin 8 student accommodation complex

A company controlled by the waste and recycling entrepreneur, Eamon Waters, has received planning permission for a large-scale student accommodation project in Dublin 8. Blackpitts Resi...

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