Few Irish bosses can say delivering babies in a Dublin hospital helped equip them for their job at the top. But MSD Ireland managing director Mairéad McCaul’s time in the Coombe as a midwife has stayed with her to this day.
Despite the war in neighbouring Ukraine, Poland continues to demonstrate extraordinary resilience.
Anyone who thinks the Central Bank has eased the mortgage lending rules to facilitate struggling first time buyers, should think again. The move, while the right one, is as much about maintaining the supply of housing next year as some developers reckon rising costs just won’t make it worth their while to build houses.