Almost three and a half years after the Brexit referendum the uncertainty continues.

The spectre of a no-deal Brexit is forcing Minister Paschal Donohoe to resist the urge to spread the cash before an election next year. This implies there is some silver lining to a no-deal Brexit.

Irish shares and Government bond yields fell today as a political manoeuvre by UK prime minister Boris Johnson was seen as boosting the chances of a crash-out Brexit at Halloween and an early British election.

Global markets appear to have called time on the dangerous game of hardball US president Donald Trump is playing with China, as a plunge in shares, government bond yields, and the price of oil signalled his trade wars could lead to world recession.

Margaret Thatcher was reported to have said that a man over the age of 30 taking the bus could consider himself a failure.

Airlines “cannot expect a free pass” on taxes aimed at reducing carbon emissions, despite the industry’s marked resistance to an EU report on taxing aviation.

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Failure to fund higher education stores up problems for the future It is close to three years since the publication of the report of the expert group on funding Ireland’s third level institutions.

The Brexit roadshow rolls on and last week’s commotion in the House of Commons shows just how difficult it is for businesses to cope with the uncertainty it throws up.

There has been cross-party support and agreement on Ireland’s response to the substantial threat posed by Brexit.

The Government needs to make a resolution that 2019 will be the year we finally get serious about climate change.

Irish people care a lot about places. Most conversations begin or quickly move on to establishing where you are from. Our sports are based on parish and county allegiances and our politics are essentially local.

The “car crash” of Brexit is the “most scary economic prospect of our lifetime” but people, including Ireland’s political leadership, still do not realise just how serious it is, the founder of Irish regional airline CityJet has said.

Britain has days to come up with a “concrete” solution on ensuring there is no hard border with the North or Ireland will block Brexit talks moving to the next phase.

Irish rugby put its best foot forward this week as it made the case for Ireland to host the 2023 Rugby World Cup, writes Declan Jordan.

Raise rent supplement; bring in strict rent control, writes Declan Jordan. 

The recent scandals at some of our third-level institutions revealed by an RTÉ investigation could not have come at a worse time for the third-level sector in the public debate around sustainable funding.

Pharmaceutical giant Merck’s announcement of 330 jobs for Cork and Carlow is evidence that multinationals’ fear of US president Donald Trump’s policies are easing — but there could be a threat to Ireland looming from French president Emmanuel Macron, an economist has warned.

Immigration is contentious, and election campaigns worldwide have alleged that immigration deprives locals of jobs and that refugees are a burden. 

The return of a hard border between the Republic and Northern Ireland is “inevitable” and will disrupt trade and harm the economy, a leading economist has warned ahead of his lecture in Cork this week.

Fears that pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly’s decision to postpone a €200m investment in Kinsale, Co Cork are a reaction to US President Donald Trump’s protectionism are overstated, according to a leading economist.

A report from the German Chambers of Commerce Worldwide and the German-Irish Chamber of Commerce concludes that of all the EU members, Ireland has most to lose from a hard Brexit and based on the level of trade between Ireland and the UK it is hard to disagree with that conclusion, writes Dr Declan Jordan of UCC.

Here’s a briefing on some of the stories and issues highlighted on irishexaminer.com today

University College Cork has been instructed to re-interview one of the college’s lecturers for promotion after the Labour Court heard the original selection process was seriously flawed.

A scheme to lure business people to redevelop historic city streets has been extended to Cork, Galway, Kilkenny, and Dublin.

Finance Minister Michael Noonan’s decision to retain the 9% Vat rate in the tourism sector will not create jobs, only safeguard existing employment, an economist has predicted.

It may have been the end of the road for Trap but University College Cork hopes Tuesday’s soccer clash in Vienna might spark the beginning of some students’ ambitions to study there.

Eamonn Pitts reports from a recent Teagasc/National Rural Network conference on prospects for development of the rural economy