Category: Finance

Ireland has approved a record €159 million in funding under the latest round of the Disruptive Technologies Innovation Fund (DTIF), marking one of the State’s most significant investments in next‑generation research and commercial innovation. The announcement follows the approval of seven additional projects worth €39 million, bringing the total number of funded initiatives under Call […]

When it comes to major U.S. industries, three tends to be the magic number. Historically, auto manufacturing was long dominated by Chrysler, Ford and General Motors – the so-called “Big Three,” which at one point controlled over 60% of the U.S. auto market. A dominant trio shows up elsewhere, too, in everything from the U.S. […]

Abuja — 5 December 2025 — The United Kingdom has launched two major economic reform programmes worth £12.4 million, aimed at strengthening Nigeria’s macroeconomic stability, fiscal resilience and long‑term growth prospects. The initiatives were unveiled at the British High Commissioner’s residence in Abuja, underscoring renewed UK support for Nigeria’s reform agenda. The programmes — the […]

Picture this: You’re looking to buy a place to live, and you have two options. Option A is a beautiful home in California near good schools and job opportunities. But it goes for nearly a million dollars – the median California home sells for US$906,500 – and you’d be paying a mortgage that’s risen 82% […]

In early 2022, Ukraine’s Deputy Minister of Social Policy, Kostiantyn Koshelenko, was focused on a multi-year project to modernize how his country delivered government support to citizens. The planned Unified Information System of the Social Sphere (UISSS) would consolidate 15 separate databases into one platform, laying groundwork to create a more harmonized user experience. Then […]

On the Bonthe Sherbro River estuary of Sierra Leone, the air is filled with the scent of saltwater, fish, and woodsmoke. For the people who live here, daily life revolves around the rhythms of the estuary, and many have built their livelihoods around the resources of the sea and land. However, intensive harvesting of mangrove […]

Imagine going from having a book club with your co-workers to seeing them only on a Signal chat where every member has to be vetted – and the main conversation topic is when you might lose your job. That’s what it was like for workers at one federal agency earlier this year. “I’d never seen […]

Dublin, December 3, 2025 – Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Martin Heydon TD has confirmed the release of €9.5 million in payments under the 2025 Protein Aid Scheme, a key support initiative for Ireland’s tillage sector. Boost for Sustainable Farming The scheme incentivises the cultivation of nitrogen‑fixing crops such as beans, peas, lupins, […]

Even before this year’s Spotify Wrapped drops, I have a hunch what mine will reveal. I’m guessing I’ll be among Spotify’s top 1% of listeners for an obscure 2004 track titled “Rusty Chevrolet” by the Irish band Shanneyganock. I heard it first thanks to my son, whose friend had been singing it on the swings […]

When you hear the phrase “family business,” you might think of the backstabbing Roys of “Succession” or the dysfunctional Duttons of “Yellowstone.” But while TV’s family companies are entertaining, their real-life counterparts may be even more compelling. Around the world, family businesses produce about two-thirds of all economic output and employ more than half of […]