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Tory-bashing and crisis economics
By Seán Whelan, Economics Correspondent Michael Martin has just made an important speech staking out radically new policy territory for Fianna Fáil on Europe, Britain and Ireland. In it he says: - The...
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The business and politics of Climate Change
The question of CO2 emission targets is central to debate on the climate change bill By Will Goodbody, Science and Technology Correspondent @willgoodbody Amid the hullabaloo surrounding...
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Chopra’s big idea for Ireland’s banks
Ajai Chopra has suggested how the ESM could be used to help Irish banks By Business Editor David Murphy Enda Kenny and Michael Noonan are getting ready for their lap of honour when Ireland exits the...
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The threat to Ireland’s corporation tax
Tim Cook defended Apple's Irish tax status at a US Senate hearing By Business Editor David Murphy On my desk is a computer with a Google search engine (European HQ, Dublin) and Microsoft software...
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Microsoft’s new Surface Pro – tablet or ultrabook?
It looks like a tablet but feels like and ultrabook By Will Goodbody, Science and Technology Correspondent @willgoodbody Watch the review at:...
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How not to tax (Phil Hogan take note)
Thousands of people are in mortgage arrears By Business Editor David Murphy They say history repeats itself for those who weren’t watching the first time. Thus there is a lesson to be learned from the...
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Looking at data protection through the prism of national security
Should intelligence agencies be able to access stored personal data? By Will Goodbody, Science and Technology Correspondent @willgoodbody Hands up how many people were surprised to learn that US...
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Traces of Troika will linger long after bailout
The number crunchers won’t vanish entirely By Business Editor David Murphy Gerry Adams’s infamous expression about the IRA that “they haven’t gone away you know” is a fitting description for the role...
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To ICT, or not to ICT?
Do you want to be the next Mark Zuckerberg? By Will Goodbody, Science and Technology Correspondent @willgoodbody This weekend Leaving Cert students across the country will have some thinking to do....
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Drumm laid bare by Anglo tapes
David Drumm's attitude bled into the culture at Anglo Irish Bank By Business Editor David Murphy The Anglo tapes are riveting listening. Perhaps the most illuminating aspect to them is the insight they...
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Portuguese turmoil endangers euro calm
The eurozone could come under more pressure after a relatively calm spell By Economics Correspondent Sean Whelan Apart from the Cyprus upheaval (and, OK, it was a pretty big upheaval), things have been...
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4G coming soon to a network near you
by Science and Technology Correspondent Will Goodbody @willgoodbody Watch my report here: http://www.rte.ie/news/player/2013/0705/3558300-4g-services-to-begin-in-autumn/ 4G is coming soon to a network...
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A stroll down Haddington Road
The Department of Expenditure and Reform sees Haddington Road as a fully-fledged agreement By Economics Correspondent Sean Whelan The Civil Service have already received their first pay packet of the...
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Irish scientists at CERN’s cutting edge
By Will Goodbody, Science and Technology Correspondent In a corner of the CMS detector experiment control room at CERN, there sits a collection of empty champagne bottles. Each one tells its own story...
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Work to do for Irish exporters
ESRI research has called into question the way growth is measured in Ireland By Business Editor David Murphy There has been much discussion about Ireland being an export-led economy. The country’s...
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Paying a price for superfast mobile broadband
France's SFR is one of the European operators to already launch 4G By Will Goodbody, Science and Technology Correspondent @willgoodbody If you are wondering what the cost of 4G will be when the Irish...
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One step closer to Education system’s ‘Eureka’ moment?
Big day for students - and those who work in the area of educational policy, curriculum design, scientific research and commercial IT By Will Goodbody, Science and Technology Correspondent...
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Rising prices changes the property game
Rising prices could lessen the sting of negative equity By Business Editor David Murphy When it comes to residential property, many people are understandably sceptical of any talk of a recovery. The...
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The business of developing fun – Gamescom 2013
This year's Gamescom headlines have been dominated by the big hardware makers By Will Goodbody, Science & Technology Correspondent @willgoodbody Imagine an exhibition centre the size of the RDS....
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Is Ulster Bank going to quit Ireland?
Ulster Bank's CEO has said the bank remains committed to the Irish market The British taxpayer has sunk almost €18 billion into Ulster Bank, but the big question is whether it is in the interest of its...
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