In case you missed it this week: we released our Interim Report (HY25), highlighting our strategic focus on staking activities, and we reported significant progress towards a more senior public market listing.
Once again I am leaving the Munich Security Conference in a low mood. Amongst all the noise, the US signalled their plans for Europe, so things are becoming clearer. But things are clearly not good.
This is what we now know, and what we now have to do about it:🧵1/17
There are lads receiving weekly dole, free healthcare and affordable housing who are convinced “the government does nothing for me” because for their whole lives the welfare state has effectively been a natural phenomenon and not the deliberate creation of FF, FG and Labour.
Worth rem #Ireland's ranked in the World's Top 10/20 Table for nrly every single social/economic metric you can thk of, inc. (ironically) the World's Press Freedom Index...
...despite the daily lament of most journos & the rest of the #left tht it's a dystopian hellscape! 🤯🤡🙄
Morning. When the government introduces the “Danish” wage subsidy model this week - a v good move. It must not overlook the 330,000 people who are self employed, pay taxes, employ others but are not represented at top table by IBEC or ICTU and have no voice! #Coronavirusireland
And by the way, given that the ECB provided €750 billion of funds at minus 0.75% - government should demand that the Irish banks refinance their entire mortgage book now and drop all mortgage rates existing and new to 0.5%. They’d still make profit and huge relief to punters.
Grounds for optimism
China report no domestic cases for the 2nd day
If a country tests & shuts down, then within 6-10 weeks they should see few cases & be able to open back up -Bill Gates
Medics in China indicate drug Favipiravir
is effective in treatment for coronavirus.