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Traliblaze Talk: Stories from My Grandmother

By ⋅ May 2, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

This story was originally published in The Irish Times on October 29, 1996. My Grandmother died the next day soon after it had been read to her. STORIES FROM MY GRANDMOTHER By MARGARET E. WARD (note: spelling incorrect in Irish Times archive) 1482 Words 29 October 1996 Irish Times GRANDMA was a jailbird. The confirmation [...]

How do you solve a problem like the bank system? (Sound of Music)

By ⋅ April 2, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

How do you solve a problem like the bank system? (based on “How do you solve a problem like Maria?” from the Sound of Music) By Margaret E. Ward They climb the market and scrape their pocket The Armani suits have got a tear They waltz on their way to bank guarantees And whistle at [...]

Will Ireland concede on Irish corporation tax? Interviewed on BBC World Service “World Business Report”

By ⋅ December 9, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

BBC World Service “World Business Report” asked me “What will Ireland say if EU leaders insists it increases its corporation tax rate in line with other European countries?” BBC World Service “World Business Report” (mp3)

Cooley software and pottery entrepreneur Dr George G. Moore

By ⋅ August 26, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

Originally published in UCD Business Connections magazine, September 2011. Link here: http://issuu.com/glosspublications/docs/ucd_connections/1?zoomed=&zoomPercent=&zoomX=&zoomY=&noteText=&noteX=&noteY=&viewMode=magazine Profile: Entrepreneur Dr George G. Moore By Margaret E. Ward When Louth business tycoon George Moore was just a boy in Pearse Park, Dundalk a local priest was inspired by a Cooley legend to launch a hurling competition. In the epic Táin Bó [...]

Former IMF chief economist Simon Johnson forecasts Ireland”s post-bailout future in our Newstalk interview

By ⋅ March 14, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

Part 1 of a Newstalk interview.

EU ministers worry Irish debt could spread: interviewed on National Public Radio

By ⋅ February 20, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

I talked to National Public Radio about the Euro’s fear of Irish debt. Lions and tigers and bears..oh my!

Writing in clear English: top ten tips

By ⋅ May 25, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

Want to write clearly, right from the start? Then you need to plan, write and edit in equal measure. Here are Clear Ink’s top tips for getting your message across.  www.clearink.ie Writing and speaking are tools for communicating a message. That’s it. Yet so many things – jargon, legalese, academic-speak, overly formal or informal language, [...]

Jump on in?

By ⋅ November 3, 2009 ⋅ One comment

Thinking of starting an internal corporate blog? Think again, carefully. Blogs are an interesting new communications tool but too many organisations jump into the “blogger pool” without testing the water temperature or depth.   The combined forces of slashed communications budgets, job cuts and a renewed focus on the competition have many firms in a panic [...]

Is marketing making our kids fat?

By ⋅ September 14, 2009 ⋅ One comment

Health claims are a feature of food marketing but legislators are biting down hard on “better for you” sugary and fat-filled foods writes Margaret E. Ward

The cost of “Keeping up with the Fitzpatricks”

By ⋅ March 6, 2009 ⋅ 3 comments

Ireland needs a drastic shift in cultural attitudes – away from entitlement and towards personal responsibility. The arrogant aristocracy has made taxpayers as cheap as chips.

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