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Brian Caulfield on Budget 2025: No new schemes please. Just make sure that the ones we have work

September 30, 2024 5:53 am Published by Brian Caulfield

I re-read my piece for The Currency from this time last year recently to see if we have made progress... View Article

Five years in five days: Rewinding the week that was

September 29, 2024 5:28 am Published by Ian Kehoe

In his first column for The Currency last week, the economist Dan O’Brien succinctly encapsulated the myriad contradictions that define... View Article

Nearly all human life is available somewhere in Beggars Bush. And The Old Spot has become part of that extended family

September 28, 2024 5:38 am Published by Sam Smyth

I met the late Garrett Cooney, a formidable and most eloquent senior counsel, in The Old Spot gastropub nearly a... View Article

Kate Demolder: Is the Sean “Diddy” Combs case finally the music industry’s #MeToo?

September 28, 2024 5:02 am Published by Kate Demolder

Sean “Diddy” Combs was once the most ubiquitous man in hip-hop. The rapper-turned-mogul-turned-impresario moved successfully through the ‘90s and aughts,... View Article

Dan O’Brien: The Irish numbers are gravity-defying. But beware storm clouds on the horizon

September 27, 2024 5:48 am Published by Dan O'Brien

Capital and labour: the more they are available, the more economies can grow. Fuelled by multinationals’ money pumping up capital... View Article

Colm McCarthy: There should be a judge-led public inquiry into the NCH debacle

September 26, 2024 5:58 am Published by Colm McCarthy

Two persuasive arguments have been mobilised against the current enthusiasm of government and opposition, and many commentators, to “go for... View Article