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Watching all these trees in the northern hemisphere taking up carbon and turning it into blossom, green leaf and new branch has been marvellous this year as it is every year.

This is a very different Irish government to the one that created the tech hub that is there now - and which will slip away over time if they cannot turn things around

The Irish Government seem to be busy investing in social programs rather than business related growth sectors.  You cant spend the same Euro twice.

SHAME that the politicians didnt use the CCS to manage the reverse auction purchase of viable PPE - and instead created a VIP fast-track for UK politicians to line the pockets of mates who gamed the system.  The same dodgy approach meant that small UK Suppliers who COULD supply viable equipment as part of a reverse auction process were frozen out of the procurement fix.... The reverse auction system has been live for over 5 Years now and is a BRITISH piece of software from a Birmingham based company! Crown Commercial Service - CCS

Add the costs of getting to net zero for Europe to the costs the banks will shoulder to move their portfolios to a compliant status, and the costs of building all the renewables, and the costs of installing all the EV chargers and the increased cost of insurance for EV's for Write off for battery damage accidents (that ICE drivers will be picking up as well as EV drivers) and the loss of income when the sun dont shine, or the wind dont blow, and the cost of mothballing Nuclear and burning Lignite in Germany, and you have a real Enviroshambles going on!  Especially as the developing world will want their bite of the carbon pie (see French Guiana and Suriname for details).... We are exporting our carbon production to China, India, Thailand etc..... Bring on Hydrogen and Toyota's new engine please!  Bankers wont get us out of this, Scientists will!   Banks should fund science!

Its an ESG headline - A tale told by an Ixxxt, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing,  W Shakespeare esq 

it will be much cheaper than blockchain or crypto currency thats for sure.... when cash is 'at rest' its consuming nothing -  Crypto is always being held on live processors - as is its audit trail -    this is a very silly headline, sorry Finextra - normally you are on the ball - this one, not so much! 

Maybe not so brief.  Interestingly there may be a lot of dark reasons for the growth of cash - many high street outlets (barber shops/fast foods etc prefer and push cash for its liquidity and lack of traceability.

Great to see cash on the rise...  I use cash - i generally have £100 slid into my iphone case.  My wife does not use cash  - she never goes to the ATM.... She comes to me, and generally my £100 gets spent through my wife, to pay for dog walkers coffee clubs, carers expenses for my Mother in Law etc.  I tip delivery drivers, give it to my son when I need him to get something for me, or occasionally to give to a homeless person.  Its great to have, we should use it or lose it....  The death of cash hasbeen overly reported - and it just does not want to go away.... nor do we want it to! 

WOW I was hired into a lowly sales manager job for a USA based Multinational Fintech and had to account for every day of my working life -  These guys were asleep at the wheel!