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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.

Wanted: a maverick gunslinger to save us from the cowboys

By ⋅ February 9, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

WANTED: MAVERICK gunslinger to cut down enemies of the State. Year 2010: Tumbleweed blows through the empty streets of the International Financial Services Centre. The once proud little place in the wild west of Europe is almost abandoned. A few nervous survivors squint through cracked glass at the young, fair-haired woman outside. She is wearing [...]

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