Forget the verbiage. Ignore the noise. Ryanair’s first quarter numbers do the talking; earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) was 23 per cent, net margin 20 per cent, EPS (earnings per share) growth over 20 per cent. And that is despite certain demand (eg UK APD-related weakness) and cost (airport charges, staffing) pressures. FY ‘guidance’ [...]
The art dealer Ambroise Vollard played a decisive role in the development of modern art. Incredibly foresighted, he defended unknown or ‘banned’ artists and was the first to organise a one-man show devoted to Paul Cezanne. He also supported the French artist, Rouault, who in turn had a significant influence on Irish artists, Evie Hone, [...]
There’s a very good chance that I’m responsible for the horrible weather this summer. I think I put a hex on it. Jinxed it. I didn’t mean to, you understand, but I think I did it nonetheless. There were a few good days at the beginning of June, which seems like a million years ago, [...]
Visiting the Amish community in Pennsylvania can be a rewarding and unsettling experience for outsiders who venture there. It is a place frozen in another time. Green rolling hills are dotted with Holstein cattle and weather beaten barns, people live without electricity or cars and draw horses and mules plough the fields. Churches dot the [...]
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