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As he enters office later this month, Donald Trump will be thrown slap bang into the contradictions of his policy platform. The calls he makes will...
We have spent a fair bit of the last couple of months worrying about the risks to the Irish economy from the election of Donald Trump as the next...
Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael are heading into government with a group of rural Independents. And Sinn Féin, Labour and the Social Democrats are trying...
And so it starts. The terms on which the two party leaders will rotate as taoiseach is appearing as the first hot-button issue in the talks on...
When the next minister for finance takes office, there will be a hefty document on the desk containing a briefing on all the key issues. It will...
Meeting senior staff for the first time prior to joining I was asked by one whether I was “sound on the national question”
Labour’s finance spokesman Ged Nash wins the prize for quote of the campaign trail so far with his comment that Fine Gael was starting “to look...
A man called Robert Emmet Lighthizer is tipped to be Donald Trump’s “trade tsar” overseeing a key part of his economic agenda. Despite his name,...
Trump’s return to the White House is going to present Ireland with difficult political choices as economic rows blow up between the US and the EU....
There has been plenty of discussion about the extreme policies put forward by Donald Trump in his bid to win next week’s election. And lots of talk...
What do politicians propose when they want to be seen to “do something” about a problem? When they can’t really think of anything else, a...
The residential property market is looking frothy again. Prices in August were running 10.4 per cent up on last year, according to the latest...
After all the leaks, there wasn’t much in the budget that was surprising. But there was one thing. A decision which illustrates with crystal...
The sample families drawn up by the Department of Finance — and newspapers — to illustrate the impact of the budget often tell interesting stories...
Politically, this budget is tricky territory. As one long-term observer put it, when there is a deficit, ministers have to make decisions. This...
This week’s Apple decision felt important in the long history of Ireland’s relationship with multinationals. And it surely was, though it may take...
The oldies are all right. The boomers are, well, booming. So says the latest research from the Economic and Social Research Institute. The...
The extraordinary impact of the flood of foreign investment on Ireland’s corporate tax receipts is in the spotlight again before the budget. We...
Inheritance tax is going to be cut in the budget, probably through a hike in tax-free thresholds. And so one of Ireland’s few taxes on wealth will...
Just how high could house prices go? Estimating a “fair value” is an imperfect science, but on any calculation, and despite the strong jobs market,...
The Government will hope to get to the general election – probably in November – without too many controversies hitting. But one is brewing and it...
The housing debate in the general election is going to centre on one thing – home ownership. The first part of Sinn Féin’s housing plan, published...
Populism does not deal with “experts” very well. We all looked on as Britain sidelined the people who actually knew what they were talking about...
How do you come to grips with a populist presidency in a vital economic partner? With Donald Trump riding high in the polls and the Democrats in...