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John Looby: The tribal poison is spewing across the streets of Dublin

December 11, 2023 5:35 am Published by John Looby

Arguably, the centrepiece of the Kilkenny Arts Festival is the Hubert Butler Lecture. In memory of the great essayist, his... View Article

December 10, 2023 4:45 am Published by Ian Kehoe

In late 2016, I travelled to a white-picket fences-style housing estate outside New York to meet the economist Ashoka Mody. ... View Article

December 9, 2023 5:48 am Published by Sinead O'Sullivan

Most of my Saturdays start, boringly, in the same way. Depending on the antics the night before, I’ll either wake... View Article

December 9, 2023 5:24 am Published by Tom Lyons

In the summer of 2021, AIB appointed a receiver over all shares legally and beneficially owned by the entrepreneur Barry Napier in... View Article

December 7, 2023 2:46 am Published by Stephen Kinsella

The Fiscal Advisory Council has often been compared to a watchdog. Michael Noonan used to say when political colleagues complained... View Article

December 6, 2023 5:24 am Published by Sean Keyes

An easy error to make is to mistake the process for the goal. We’ve all done it: got fixated on... View Article

December 5, 2023 3:09 am Published by Ronan Lyons

I remember the scene vividly. Sitting in a room with several policymakers, as well as others, the topic of limiting... View Article

December 4, 2023 5:57 am Published by Tara Shine

As COP28 gets underway in Dubai this week, there is a flurry of new reports out from UN and scientific... View Article

December 3, 2023 5:21 am Published by Ian Kehoe

In my email last week, I promised to return to Gerry Houlihan, who, along with his family, had just sold... View Article

December 2, 2023 5:17 am Published by Paul Flynn

When Jim Gavin took over as Dublin manager, I became conscious of something that was going on. More precisely, I... View Article