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John Whelan

An expert in Irish and international trade, John Whelan is a former Chief Executive of the Irish Exporters Association, a role he held for more than a decade and previously served as an export industry adviser to the AIB Bank Group.

File Photo POST-BREXIT TRADE talks between the EU and the UK are still deadlocked this morning, with the risk of a no-deal scena

Fast growth in cross border trade highlights dilemma of NI Protocol

The impressive growth in trade was mainly driven by a surge in exports from the North to the Republic, increasing by 48% in the first three months

Sun, 30 May, 2021

Google online search advertising antitrust press conference

John Whelan: Ireland has to navigate EU 'level playing' digital plans

The Covid-19 crisis has led to a revolution in the way people work, socialise and buy goods and services through digital platforms -- much to the benefit of the US giants.

Mon, 05 Apr, 2021

John Whelan: Getting ready for a rapid Irish upturn once the vaccines are in arms

There is strong evidence that continued growth in Ireland’s exports to the Asian market can be expected this year and next

Sun, 14 Mar, 2021

John Whelan: Biden administration is rapidly repairing the economic damage of the Trump years

A final settlement of the 16-year-old trade dispute over illegal subsidies by both Washington and Brussels

Sun, 07 Mar, 2021

John Whelan: Why small firms will be worst hit as Ulster Bank pulls out

The State must devise a master plan for the future of banking, and it must move fast.

Sun, 21 Feb, 2021

Aboard The World's Largest LNG Powered Container Ship

Why a shortage of shipping containers is threatening Ireland's economic recovery

The world is facing a huge imbalance in the availability of shipping containers

Sun, 14 Feb, 2021

Abandoned facemask face mask as protection against Covid-19 coronavirus

John Whelan: The number of Irish business failures will rise in this third lockdown

Euler Hermes, the global business insurance and underwriter, indicated that 780 Irish firms will file for insolvency in the year ahead

Sun, 10 Jan, 2021

Brexit may bring windfall to Ireland’s financial services industry

The UK still has much to lose and the EU and Ireland much to gain

Sun, 27 Dec, 2020

John Whelan: Brexit illustrates need for all-Ireland trade body

Information and advisory service required to meet needs of SMEs to grapple with the increasing range of regulatory requirements, as well as tariff and tax issues, in trading across the border post-Brexit

Sun, 06 Dec, 2020

Aviation sector set for clearer skies

Boeing’s top-selling 737-Max aircraft reportedly has cleared the US Federal Aviation Administration’s review of its various safety issues and could be released from the "no-fly" restriction by November 18

Sun, 15 Nov, 2020