Presidential candidates promise a conversation about who we are as a nation. The real question is whether we can reconcile our wealth with our failures on housing and poverty.
As voting day looms, Róisín Shortall talks taxation, dropping the spending cap, overhauling housing and halting a creeping privatisation of basic services in a Social Democrats government.
Political analyst Gary Murphy talks about how Irish politics has moved left, why Sinn Féin will struggle to form a coalition, and who will win the election.
Fine Gael’s finance spokesperson argues that personal tax cuts would not increase Ireland’s exposure to global risks and welcomes new faces among voters and party colleagues.
Pearse Doherty is confident Exchequer surpluses will fund his party’s “catch-up programme” on housing and other capital spending.
An alarmingly large majority of American voters have said they believe the country's political system has failed them. They want to vote another way, they want to look at things another way. Distrust and disdain run very deep.
The UK seems to be over the chaos of nationalist rule at the time France faces into its own version of it. Despite the temptation to see this cycle as a one-off, there are reasons to fear the longer-term impact of populist politics, write Thomas Hubert in Paris and Michael Cogley in London.
Ahead of Green leadership ballot, Roderick O'Gorman talks about his vision for a more social justice-driven party, shedding its urban-centric tag, and how a challenging four years as minister stand him up as the best candidate for the job.
Irish policymakers have been ignoring inconvenient truths for decades. Over the next three weeks, I will be looking at the real data in a range of issues including the national accounts and the labour market. But today, I am starting with housing.
The central party after the election has become the first major political force to question Ireland’s approach to foreign direct investment. In government, it would raise additional tax revenue from multinationals – but how sustainable would that be?
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