Peter Hoskin

A downturn milestone

The Irish economy has become the first in the EU to officially slide into recession.  Here in the UK, we’re most probably in the middle of one already, but we’ll have to wait a while longer yet for the official figures to confirm it.

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How Gen Z ruined Guinness

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James Joyce called Guinness ‘the wine of Ireland’. Now it feels a bit more like the Coca-Cola of alcohol – as much brash branding as beer. Once, it merely had an ugly logo and the rowdy promise of Emerald Isle hedonism which – I confess I have often thought – is crafted to appeal to

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