Economic growth forecasts continue to be lowered as the scale of the challenge posed by the coronavirus outbreak globally becomes clearer, writes Oliver Mangan

A line from that classic 1995 television advert came to mind this week: “It’s good to talk.” But instead of actor Bob Hoskins extolling the virtues of phone lines, the phrase found vivid application in a growing technology perfectly suited to these self isolating times we find ourselves in, writes John Daly.

It is startling the extent to which the coronavirus pandemic has changed the ground rules for business, writes Brian Keegan.

Global plagues and slumps leave human misery in their wake, but can also lead to major economic reforms, writes Kyran Fitzgerald

The drive to find a vaccine to combat the coronavirus is well underway. Several large pharmaceutical and smaller biotech companies are working on making new antibodies, drugs and vaccines to combat the coronavirus disease but lack of funds may yet get in the way, writes John Whelan.

The Taoiseach’s address to the nation on Saint Patrick’s night set a pretty perfect tone for where we find ourselves at the moment.

It is now clear that the coronavirus will result in a major hit to global growth in 2020, with many economies entering recession in the first half of the year, writes Oliver Mangan

Dr Coy's allows diabetics and healthy eaters to enjoy chocolate guilt-free, writes Trish Dromey

In this peculiar new Ireland of empty supermarket shelves and panic-buying, the food on our tables has never seemed more relevant, writes John Daly.

The prospect of the coronavirus leading to redundancies in under pressure companies could spark an upsurge in employment litigation, warns Kyran Fitzgerald

A Belfast-based age-tech company wants to help older adults to stay living independently in their own homes by supporting better communication with family and healthcare providers, writes Ruth Doris.

Irish trade is at risk over the spread of the coronavirus in the US, writes John Whelan.

The CSO last Friday published the first estimate for growth in the Irish economy last year and there were no surprises.

For readers who recall the markets after 9/11 in 2001, October 1987, and the Lehman crash in 2008, there’s a sense of deja vu in what happened to stock markets in recent days.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Young people are particularly engaged with the twin issues of climate change and biodiversity loss and rightly so. It is, after all, their natural inheritance — and that of their likely offspring — which is being squandered.

The often lonely status of the CEO can demand a heavy personal price in meeting the expectations of directors, shareholders, customers, and employees, writes John Daly

It is too early to gauge the full economic and trade effects of the coronavirus outbreak, however, a number of global agencies have come out with their estimates of the likely damage to international trade and various economies across the globe.

The hazards and futility of trying to forecast the future have been highlighted in dramatic fashion by the escalation of the Coronavirus.

Smart tags are being used by online retailers to battle the growing practice of ‘wardrobing’, writes John Hearne

The Irish economy will undergo a major shock in coming weeks as the consequences on Covid-19 unfold.

After a stellar 2019, we warned in this column at the start of the year that investors seemed very complacent and were “ill-prepared for shocks, meaning they are vulnerable to unexpected bad news”.

‘Up the escalator, and down the lift’, is the old stock market adage that remains all too relevant.

Jennifer Melia at Enterprise Ireland aims to help women to set up their own firms, writes Trish Dromey

After a dinner in London the other week, with younger acquaintances, I unexpectedly experienced the fresh wind of progress.

I believed at the time that the decision in Budget 2019 to increase the Vat rate for the hospitality industry from 9% to 13.5% was a mistake in terms of its timing, its magnitude and the rationale that was used.