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By Barry O'Gorman on May 22, 2009
Great report in the Irish Times today of Tony Connolly’s success in Australia in conjunction with Deloittes. This is the type of entrepreneur activity which can get this country back on its feet. Well done Tony! Share on Facebook
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By Barry O'Gorman on May 15, 2009
Today’s report in the Irish Times gives a reasonable summary of just how bad things are around Europe. We have made some serious errors in Ireland – but there is a major international dimension to this. Was interested in listening to economist John Fitzgerald today. Even if we end up putting €20bn into rescuing our [...]
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By Barry O'Gorman on April 25, 2009
Great piece in the Irish Times introducing a number of the top financial blogs – for those interested. Ironically another example of a challenge to the newspapers – provided by a combination of economists and journalists. Share on Facebook
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By Barry O'Gorman on March 21, 2009
Dan O’Brien (senior Editor & Economist, the Economist Intelligence unit) did not hold back in his call to action in his article in the Irish Times yesterday. O’Brien is a well known face to the Irish public – through his regular appearances on Prime Time. Clearly he is very fearful for the outlook for the [...]
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By Barry O'Gorman on February 9, 2009
Over the last few weeks have seen a number of examples of restaurants in Dublin offering excellent value. I see Tom Doorley writing on the same subject in the Irish Times today. The begrudgers will moan about the prices the restaurants were charging during the Celtic Tiger days. What’s the point? These business ares fighting [...]
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By Barry O'Gorman on January 31, 2009
The Irish Times reports on 29th January agreement being reached between Eircom and four records companies re illegal downloads of music – implementation of the ‘three strikes and you’re out’ approach by Eircom (and, presumably, other ISPs at a future date). Writing in the GigaOM blog, 31 January 2009, Janko Roettgers, under the heading ,’BitTorrent [...]
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Damning assessment of Irish Economy
By Barry O'Gorman on March 21, 2009
Dan O’Brien (senior Editor & Economist, the Economist Intelligence unit) did not hold back in his call to action in his article in the Irish Times yesterday. O’Brien is a well known face to the Irish public – through his regular appearances on Prime Time. Clearly he is very fearful for the outlook for the [...]
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