Caged tiger – A year after the recession took hold and rendered the Celtic Tiger clawless, Ireland’s local law firms tentatively voice hopes for recovery. Friederike Heine reports.

Bad bank bail-out – At the height of the economic crisis, the Irish Government created the NAMA to lend state-guaranteed bonds to banks. McCann FitzGerald’s Shane Fahy examines how this intervention came about and what it will mean for the next generation of taxpayers.