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There is some truth in Tánaiste Micheál Martin’s accusation that the media are “cheerleading” Sinn Féin to a “slam dunk” victory in the...
Pub talk has all too often passed for economics in political circles this summer. The ECB put up interest rates to tackle inflation which is our main...
Electoral systems matter in determining election outcomes. Our system, which has been stable since the foundation of the State and practically...
Anger is not a policy. Behind the public’s anger at the appalling assault on American tourist Stephen Termini on July 19th is a State that...
Rhodes is burning but roads are the burning budget issue on the Government backbenches. Budget 2024, scheduled to be announced in early October, is...
Two controversies occupied public attention over the past weeks. One, in RTÉ, sucked up almost all the oxygen. The second, the new Nature Restoration...
The group Women for Election have appointed a man as chief executive. Brian Sheehan, who will take up the role, is well-regarded and was previously...
President Michael D Higgins used an interview in the Business Post on Sunday to launch an excoriating attack on the policy direction of the...
Sinn Féin, the alternative government and party of change, is absent without leave on climate change. In an Ireland that perfected the art of...
Fianna Fáil may be moribund, but Micheál Martin holds more cards in his hand than any other Government party leader. He is the next Irish nominee...
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar put mortgage interest tax relief back on the budgetary agenda last week. No promises, he said. Instead, he left it swinging in...
It is not the impudence of Robert Watt, the secretary general of the Department of Health, that is the issue. It is the impotence of the politicians...
The younger generation are screwed, and the system is stacked against them. The brouhaha in the Dáil about housing may be potent politics but there...
Lifting the eviction ban marks the start of the general election campaign. It immediately framed the politics of March. The Dáil isn’t sitting this...
In fits and starts, but without any plan to speak of, we have exploded the size of the State. In 2015 Ireland spent €54 billion. This year it will...