Meet Eternal Katastrophy, an up-and-coming death metal band. The five-piece sound like a chainsaw meeting a swarm of angry hornets. Lead singer Danny’s voice rasps like a rusty door. On stage, the guitars and drums are belted out at a million miles an hour. The image of the band is genre-specific, from the hulking, energetic […]
Continue ReadingFormer taoiseach Leo Varadkar will be the star attraction when Chinese entrepreneurs and investors are invited to join him on an exclusive tour of the Great Wall later this month. Numbers are limited to 15 and only business founders, board chairmen/women, presidents and principal shareholders or owners need apply to take part in the three-hour […]
Continue ReadingMinister for Enterprise Peter Burke has said he couldn’t offer any assurances regarding the operations of Aughinish Alumina. A Department of Enterprise investigation into the Co Limerick refinery’s role supplying a key raw material used to make aluminium to Russia is expected “pretty imminently”, according to Burke. Burke was speaking at Dublin Castle where he […]
Continue ReadingTen days into Ireland’s Council of the EU presidency and we’ve had the first Father Ted reference in Brussels. Simon Harris was the culprit. “Is there anything to be said for another paper? Is there anything to be said for another meeting? Is there anything to be said for another discussion? No, there’s something to […]
Continue ReadingThe Government should recuse itself from negotiating legislation that touches on digital policy and corporate tax in Brussels during its Council of the EU presidency, given its “questionable track record” and cosy relationship with tech multinationals, a group of 50 academics has said. In an open letter they have questioned the Government’s ability to act […]
Continue ReadingMinister of State for Road Transport Seán Canney has told the Road Safety Authority (RSA) he was concerned about its “lack of visibility” following a series of road deaths late last year. The regulator for utilities has imposed a €31 million penalty on Uisce Éireann for failing to meet performance targets, relating to leakages and […]
Continue ReadingMEPs will vote next week on a resolution calling for a ban on Irish alumina exports to Russia. It comes as the Government finalises an investigation into the Aughinish Alumina plant in Co Limerick which exports half of its product to Russia where it is smelted into aluminium. According to an Irish Times investigation, these […]
Continue ReadingTrade in goods between the European Union and the US reached a record €875 billion last year despite tariffs, but the figures mask significant economic damage, notably to Germany’s auto sector, a study published on Friday found. The research by the German Economic Institute, or IW, found a 7.7 per cent rise in EU exports […]
Continue ReadingThe idea of banning exports of alumina to Russia has been pitched in confidential discussions at European Union (EU) level for more than a year and a half by the Estonian government, without success. The Irish Government is coming under serious pressure on the international stage to clarify Aughinish Alumina’s role supplying key raw materials […]
Continue ReadingLanding a deal on a controversial overhaul of Europe’s capital market rules will require all countries “giving a bit” in negotiations, Tánaiste and Minister for Finance Simon Harris has said. For the past decade finance ministers have been debating internal EU reforms that would make it easier for investment funding to move around the 27-state […]
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