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Analysis: Business bears the brunt of the UK budget, as Labour backs ‘working people’

Despite weeks of briefing and speculation, there were still surprises in the UK Budget

30.10.2024 10

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Taking on Goldman and smashing the Big Four’s glass ceiling: Meet the Irish-American ex-KPMG boss

Mary O’Connor, the first woman to lead one of the Big Four Accounting firms, discusses life after KPMG

08.10.2024 10

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Taking on Goldman and smashing the Big Four’s glass ceiling: Meet the Irish-American ex-KPMG boss

Mary O’Connor, the first woman to lead one of the Big Four Accounting firms, discusses life after KPMG

08.10.2024 7

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Dominic McGrath: Boris Johnson is about to unleash his memoirs, but will anyone care?

The former British prime minister settles scores in his new book, Unleashed, but it remains to be seen how many people will actually be interested

04.10.2024 10

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Dominic McGrath: Is the Bank of England holding back UK economic growth?

Businesses are eager to see lower borrowing costs before making large investments

20.09.2024 10

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Has the UK economy gone from gloomy to boomy?

And across the whole of 2024, the UK's 1.3 per cent growth outstrips that of the US, Canada, France, Germany, Italy and Japan

19.08.2024 10

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Forget about rate cuts - expect caution alone from Bank of England next month

Threadneedle Street is unlikely to move the dial on interest rates, even positive inflation data, writes Dominic McGrath

14.08.2024 9

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City economists are struggling to predict Bank of England’s next rate move - here’s why

Bank of England will decide on Thursday whether or not to bring down interest rates from the 16-year-high of 5.25 per cent

30.07.2024 10

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Explainer: Why Aer Lingus, but not rivals, stumbled into a pay row

The Aer Lingus row instead was the most dramatic eruption of tensions that have beset the aviation sector in recent years.

14.07.2024 10

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Analysis: Can Britain do Bidenomics?

Rachel Reeves, the new UK Chancellor who is hanging her hat on the similarly-minded securonomics, hopes so

11.07.2024 10

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How Rachel Reeves, Mark Carney and C.S. Venkatakrishnan are shaping Britain’s green future

Ireland and Germany helped inspire the state-backed business bank set to help drive green investment in the UK

09.07.2024 10

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Analysis: The DUP’s difficulty proved to be Sinn Féin’s opportunity

The party's emergence as the largest in the Dail, the Northern Ireland Assembly and Westminster is a prize it has long desired

05.07.2024 20

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Dominic McGrath: Battered and bruised Sinn Féin struggles to do it all again

Mary Lou McDonald’s party is battling to rebound in the UK general election, but its campaigners have little time to regroup after bruising results...

16.06.2024 20

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Bank of England analysis: Little hope for June rate cut amid hot wage growth

Fresh labour market data comes as traders believe the regulator has already made up its mind about the impossibility of an interest reduction next...

11.06.2024 10

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Analysis: Next UK government may find golden goose in slowly reviving stock exchange

From Shein to Raspberry Pi, investors are hopeful that potential IPOs are a sign things can only get better for the LSE

07.06.2024 9

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Analysis: Sunak’s declaration of victory over inflation rings hollow

After many tipped June as the moment when interest rates could start to come down, investors are now paring back bets on a rate cut next month

22.05.2024 60

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Dominic McGrath: Why Bank of Ireland’s retreat from the UK market makes a lot of sense

Industry veteran Gail Goldie, chief executive of the UK arm, will know the pitfalls of the British market

19.05.2024 90

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Analysis: Hvivo Iseq exit unlikely, but talk of listing ‘review’ should serve as a warning

Prospect of a high-profile, small-cap exodus from the Irish stock exchange raises the question as to who Euronext Dublin is serving

13.05.2024 20

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What the ‘name and shame’ battle in the City means for the future of financial regulation

Irish business and our regulators are watching the row over whether Britain’s financial watchdog can maintain its independence

05.05.2024 20

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Analysis: Tory right seizes on Irish ‘hypocrisy’ as asylum row fades away in Westminster

Ireland’s emergency legislation has become something of a sideshow in the never-ending wrangling over asylum claims and illegal migration in the UK

30.04.2024 10

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Analysis: Will a clash on asylum upset Anglo-Irish relations?

UK and Irish governments have butted heads over Rishi Sunak’s Rwanda policy

29.04.2024 60

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Ben Bernake’s Bank of England review paints a sobering picture of central banks

The former Fed chairman’s critical review finds that all central banks are flailing when it comes to forecasts

14.04.2024 10

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Dominic McGrath: Why a honeytrap sexting scam has Westminster politicos agog

The curious case of a flurry of provocative WhatsApp messages has kept tongues wagging throughout the traditional Easter political break

12.04.2024 10

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Analysis: Jeremy Hunt's ‘fiscal fiction’ budget pushes difficult decisions beyond next election

The tax-cutting budget introduced today is likely do little to inspire voter confidence in Rishi Sunak's government

06.03.2024 20

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Analysis: Shein IPO will do little to shake troubled London Stock Exchange’s ‘second-rate’ status

Attracting the Chinese e-commerce giant would be a major boost to London’s exchange, but far from a panacea

29.02.2024 40

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