GUBU spells out key issues for the new year

During the week, I was delivering a presentation outlining the key issues and challenges for Ireland over the coming year.

I was informed afterwards I had inadvertently stumbled across an acronym that would resonate with older readers — GUBU.

In my view, the key issues for Ireland in 2014 will be growth, unemployment, banking and uncertainty — growth in the international economy; the necessity to cut unemployment; the need to restore a functioning banking system; and intense uncertainty regarding the policy approach in the eurozone and many other issues outside of our over the coming year. There you have it — GUBU.