Mandy Johnston

1 week ago | businesspost.ie | Mandy Johnston

Opinion Many Irish and international business leaders increasingly see the political system not as a space to thrive, but as something to endure Jack Chambers: the minister for public expenditure is ambitious, business-minded and smart, yet his biggest challenge isn’t the opposition but the system he’s meant to lead.

3 weeks ago | businesspost.ie | Mandy Johnston

Opinion Britain understands this dynamic and sent Peter Mandelson, a shrewd political strategist, and a former EU commissioner with deep institutional knowledge Trump’s renewed protectionist agenda is not abstract. His aim of capturing overseas earnings of US companies are targeted at jurisdictions like Ireland Under Trump, economic tools have become instruments of political power.

1 month ago | businesspost.ie | Mandy Johnston

Politics On taking office, this government did not promise a revolution but competence, yet this has sadly been invisible in recent weeks Taoiseach Micheál Martin and Tánaiste Simon Harris: This government did not promise a revolution but competence, yet this has sadly been invisible in recent weeks. Picture: Maxwells When this government took office, it felt like Irish politics had finally entered its grown-up phase.

1 month ago | irishtimes.com | Mandy Johnston

For: Mandy JohnstonIreland’s energy security has reached a crisis point. Successive governments have pursued politically expedient policies that have left the country dangerously vulnerable to energy shocks. As one of the most energy import-dependent nations in the European Union, Ireland has resisted developing a Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) terminal – an essential safeguard against supply disruptions.

1 month ago | businesspost.ie | Mandy Johnston

Opinion I was one of just five Irish officials granted access to the most powerful office in the world when I travelled with Bertie Ahern Former taoiseach Bertie Ahern and US president George W Bush during their 2003 St Patrick’s Day meeting, at which Mandy Johnson was present. The meeting carried its own tensions, coming as it did after mass protests in Ireland against the US invasion of Iraq. Picture: Getty