Joe Gill: Can China’s homegrown jet take off?
September 12, 2025 5:36 amOne year, while a kid, I asked for an Action Man at Christmas. I got an imitation version with arms... View Article
Categories for Voices
Tara Shine: What on Earth is happening with sustainability reporting?
September 11, 2025 5:28 amIn my column from April this year, I explored the implications of the EU’s “Stop-the-Clock” directive, which postponed key sustainability... View Article
Thomas Hubert: Further Ryder Cup funding should be conditional on Adare Manor financial transparency
September 10, 2025 5:03 amI’ve followed with interest The Irish Times’s reporting this week on the expected €30 million additional funding request expected to... View Article
A dangerous new weapon has been unearthed in Irish development policy
September 9, 2025 5:03 amRegulations should be judged not by their intent, but by their effect. I believe that this relatively simple principle is... View Article
The market doesn’t care much about the Fed
September 8, 2025 5:50 amFor many months now, the US President has been furious. A lifelong debtor, he demands cheaper money. The Fed is... View Article
Market interest is the strongest sign yet MetroLink might actually happen: Rewinding the week that was
September 7, 2025 5:25 amThe most politically charged statement at the all-star MetroLink spectacular staged by the State in Dublin on Thursday came not... View Article
Paul Flynn: Jim Gavin becomes more impressive, not less, as you scratch the surface
September 6, 2025 5:13 amI have watched some of the coverage of the Irish presidential campaign, wondering how my old manager Jim Gavin will... View Article
Logo wars and tariff battles: Trump’s presidency as performance
September 6, 2025 4:23 amSeptember, in America, and no shortage of back-to-school spirit in national politics and governance and contemporary political theatre. Contrary to... View Article
“The figures have to add up”: Start-ups’ budget wish list may have to temper expectations
September 5, 2025 4:24 am“The figures have to add up”, “stable”, “secure”. These were some of the key lines to pluck out of the... View Article
Colm McCarthy: Sprawl, subsidies, and the MetroLink mirage
September 5, 2025 3:09 amIreland has seen an accelerating urbanisation of economic activity and population for generations. In the 1920s, around half the employed... View Article
