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Scale of spending increases on the current side is of major concern for the future of the public finances
Scale of spending increases on the current side is of major concern for the future of the public finances
The extraordinary amounts of money spent on a security hut and a bike shed at Leinster House have put the body in the spotlight for all the wrong...
This government’s final chance to exercise the financial levers of state must seek to make life easier for businesses and citizens
Our universities are underfunded to the tune of €307 million a year and more than half the research equipment in Irish universities is over a decade...
After many years of dithering, Europe needs to invest €500 billion in its defence industry over the next decade
To do otherwise would have been to surrender the principle that taxation is a national competence, not an EU one
Prolonging the term only exposes them to the pitfalls of an Irish winter
In capitalism’s grand theatre, there are no guaranteed encores, only those who evolve and those who perish
The baffling cost of the Oireachtas bike shelter shows just how bad we are at managing our resources
Çimsa’s €330 million investment in the border region is a resounding vote of confidence in Mannok, its 800 employees, and its prospects
As the clock ticks down on these “easy money” days, the message is clear: those who fail to act have no one to blame but themselves
For better or worse, the chipmaker’s results will have seismic repercussions on US markets
Powell, speaking Friday at the US central bank’s annual symposium in Wyoming, said the “time has come” for the Fed to lower benchmark rates
The past three years have presented an ambiguous picture of the global economy and its constituent parts
Taoiseach's intervention is now not only necessary, it is his duty to act and end this mindless national act of self harm
As the Democrats gather in Chicago, the US vice-president’s platform has lacked clarity and detail on many fronts
A culture of productivity has too long been absent from the health service
Issuance of cat bonds is set to exceed record levels this year - here’s why
Private credit rose to prominence over the past decade by gobbling up much of the company financing traditionally provided by Wall Street
While the stock market may be experiencing a rough patch, it is not yet a harbinger of a full-blown economic crisis
If it is not, we could well find ourselves facing an unavoidable and unpleasant fiscal reckoning
Both treasury yields and the average cost for blue-chip debt plunged in recent days
The new OECD 15 per cent corporate tax rate has eroded some of Ireland’s competitive advantage
The urgency of resolving this issue by next summer cannot be overstated
Open-ended property funds are facing a critical dilemma in Europe with offices out of favour
Jury trials in defamation court actions are in no-one’s interest and it is right to abolish them
It’s clearly not normal that a market is dominated so comprehensively by such a small number of players
The faulty update at the centre of the infuriating breakdown in the technology that runs our modern world was developed by Crowdstrike, a...
Ireland must build, and to do so there must be a more unified vision to break current gridlock
The agreement, a compromise splitting their original demands, allows both sides to declare a pyrrhic victory
Nato’s members share fundamental things. Each is free, sovereign and independent, and committed to its own defence and that of its allies
There are welcome early signs that the Anglo-Irish relationship will be prioritised by Downing Street under the new Prime Minister
In the Budget, the new finance minister can signal that Ireland is not complacent, that the government values the 'squeezed middle' – workers and...
Jack Chamber will be under severe pressure from his coalition colleagues to deliver a budget that captures the public’s imagination, and also its...
US President no longer looks like the man who can beat Donald Trump and keep American democracy and the republic safe
The true villain here is the government’s clumsy and maladroit implementation of policy
Airline’s pay dispute with its pilots will get very real this week as work to rule policy kicks in from Wednesday
If a compromise fails to emerge, the Irish public must brace for a summer holiday season that could be heavily disrupted
2024 elections saw a major setback for the Green agenda across Europe
Mortgage repayments have risen for Irish homeowners, but the extent of the interest rate passthrough has been lower than in many other European...
Starmer and Labour would do well to remember it is not won yet
The EU Green Deal requires more funding and greater buy-in from affected communities to succeed
There is still time for the party’s leadership to throw out the disgraced, pathetic, sordid convicted criminal they are poised to choose as their...
Two-point increase for Fine Gael since last month means the party is now four points higher than when Leo Varadkar decided to resign from office in...
Housing Commission’s landmark report sets out the the costs of that failure, and the rewards of doing things better
October’s budget represents a golden opportunity to introduce tax reform specifically aimed at helping small businesses to reduce the large number...
Dark clouds are hanging over the European project and major questions are being asked about the readiness of the EU institutions to meet the...
Ireland gets a lot right but its infrastructure is terribly inadequate and harms our economic competitiveness