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Jim Power

Jim Power: Pharma and food can feed the economy's eventual recovery

The foodservice sector will have a key role to play in the rebuilding of the Irish economy post-Covid-19.

Sun, 17 Jan, 2021

Jim Power: The least we deserve is the opportunity to look forward with some hope

My new year’s wish is that fiscal austerity does not enter the domestic lexicon for a long time to come

Sat, 02 Jan, 2021

Jim Power: It's not all about the vaccines - reasons to be cheerful about the economy in 2021

Assuming the virus is gradually brought under control, we are likely to experience a significant rebound in investment, global trade, spending, and international travel, writes Jim Power

Wed, 23 Dec, 2020

Jim Power: One wonders why the UK ever joined the EC in the first place

The UK relationship with the EU has become incredibly acrimonious and the wounds may never be healed, writes Jim Power

Sun, 13 Dec, 2020

Dire jobless figures tell you all that you need to know about why we have to reopen

This year is one we will all want to forget as quickly as possible, and we hope that we can look forward to better times. How 2021 turns out will be influenced, above all else, by the vaccines, writes Jim Power

Sun, 29 Nov, 2020

Jim Power: Vaccine news offers cautious optimism

The economist says the future looks brighter than it has done for some months

Mon, 16 Nov, 2020

Hair and beauty black market costs the exchequer €55m

Jim Power: Budget 2021 is the most expansionary in the history of the state

Budget 2021 is all about Covid-19, Brexit, housing, health, and the climate, writes Jim Power

Tue, 13 Oct, 2020

Jim Power: Resilient Irish economy will need more help in the Covid-19 storm

Some business sectors are quite simply in a very dark place

Wed, 19 Aug, 2020

Brexit imports hitting new car sales head on

The motor industry provides a very good barometer for the overall economy, and particularly how business and consumers view the world, writes Jim Power.

Fri, 09 Nov, 2018

Global politics is quite dangerous and extreme

As usual Ireland’s presidential election was a fractious affair, which demonstrates just how worked up and vitriolic people can become in relation to an issue that is of trivial significance, at best, writes Jim Power.

Fri, 02 Nov, 2018