Weekly digest: €1m-a-year influencer Lisa McGowan talks about hard graft required to succeed; and new Meta Ireland boss Anne O'Leary in profile
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?? Eurozone inflation ticks up slightly to 7pc ahead of key interest rate meeting
Irish inflation fell back significantly to 6.3pc, according to the EU’s harmonised measure of consumer prices, from 7pc in March. It measures a slightly different basked of goods than the CSO’s consumer price index.
?? ‘People don’t see the hard graft that goes into it,’ says €1m-a-year influencer Lisa McGowan
The 51-year-old mum of one from Tullamore , Co Offaly, says: “Look I didn’t steal it, I earned it and half of it went to the tax man.”
She is starting to build her dream home this week on the back of the profits.
‘I was working 22 out of 24 hours a day. My relationship with my son suffered’
?? Ben Dunne gyms swing back into profit as owner says ‘paying rent is a mug’s game’
Ben Dunne’s gym group last year swung back into profit – recording operating profits of €3m.
???? Plunge in 'fully remote' jobs advertised as employers reverse tack
The number of fully remote job vacancies being advertised has plummeted in recent months as businesses revert to mandatory in-office days.
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?? Dropbox confirms Dublin to be affected in global plan to cut 500 staff
Dropbox, which employs hundreds of people in Dublin, has announced layoffs of 16pc, or 500 people, from its 3,100-strong global workforce.
??♀? Profile: Anne O'Leary seen as a steady hand as Meta in Ireland hits choppy waters
In its 15-year history in Dublin, Anne O'Leary is only Meta Ireland’s fourth country manager.
However, the 54-year-old Corkonian is also the tech giant’s third country boss in the last 12 months. Meta is currently going through a perfect storm of business and sectoral challenges, with multiple layoff rounds and a CEO who says that the bad times are here to stay.
Against this backdrop, Ms O’Leary is seen as a steady, reassuring choice for Meta as its new country lead. She ticks a lot of boxes for the tech giant’s Dublin role. She has experience running a sizeable multinational organisation in Ireland.
Read the full profile on Independent.ie
?? How to go about getting truly independent financial advice as the big industry players buy up smaller advisers
Without robust financial advice, consumers can rack up unsustainable debt, fall for too-good-to-be-true investment propositions, or save too little for their retirement. Yet finding truly impartial financial advice tailored to individuals is getting more difficult as large players in the market snap up smaller wealth managers and brokerages.
?? Adrian Weckler: From TV to ChatGPT, moral panics over technology are nothing new
Why are we so addicted to moral panic when it comes to new technology?
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1 年Hard graft ???????????????????? oh please. I doubt she ever broke a sweat since 2010
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