We don’t lack for plans. But we do lack systems to implement them
November 13, 2020 3:10 amWhy is it that we have many, many plans, but our instruments for delivering and monitoring those plans are not... View Article
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The economy has two chronic illnesses (and neither are Covid)
November 12, 2020 4:04 amWhether or not the Covid-19 pandemic moderates in the foreseeable future, with or without effective vaccine available on the market... View Article
Supreme Court standoff: Politics helped get us into this mess
November 11, 2020 5:53 amFrom afar, it seems so obvious. Justice Seamus Woulfe was supposed to meet with former chief justice Susan Denham, accept... View Article
The vaccine is an injection of normality, but we must find a way to channel the savings of the Irish people
November 10, 2020 4:39 amA vaccine exists to combat the virus. The vaccine appears to work. And not just work — the vaccine Pfizer... View Article
The luck of the Irish: Why a Biden presidency and a Republican Congress might be the best of both worlds for Ireland
November 9, 2020 4:13 amAfter a nail-biting conclusion to last week’s US presidential election, Joe Biden secured the US presidency, but the Democrats did... View Article
In a hateful US election, a man’s lonely plea for unity in the town of Wiscasset
November 7, 2020 5:50 amCable news in the United States is loud in every way. Congressional hearings are packaged up like soap operas and... View Article
Punchbowls at parties: Trump’s two achievements that made him tough to beat
November 6, 2020 4:37 amBiden supporters expected a landslide: a giant repudiation of Trump, along with control of the senate. As I write on... View Article
The blue wave turned into a purple sludge, while populism and partisanship replace ideas and ideals
November 5, 2020 5:23 amCalling the results of the US presidential and congressional races in the 20th hour after the closing of the polls... View Article
“Plans are useless, but planning is indispensable”: Developing Ireland post-Covid-19
November 5, 2020 4:23 amIreland doesn’t really do forward planning. We do make lots of plans though. Thinking carefully about making the future a... View Article
Analysis: Home birds snared by domicile levy meant for ‘wild geese’
November 4, 2020 4:23 amIn 2010, finance minister Brian Lenihan introduced an income tax ‘domicile levy’ with the “intention of ensuring wealthy Irish domiciled... View Article
