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Full coverage: government

Sean Keyes: Precisely the wrong amount of government

Investing billions in a new city quarter is always going to be hard. Just getting the government lined up it is a big job in itself.

Sean Keyes
22nd Nov, 2023 - 4 min read

Who will run the much-needed public-public partnership for social housing?

If we have learned one thing from the two decades it took to build 72 homes on one Dublin site, it is that the public bodies involved in housing delivery must move from box-ticking to joined-up thinking.

Thomas Hubert
17th Jul, 2023 - 3 min read

Beyond the Apple effect, the Government hopes for a corporation tax soft landing

The profits of multinationals have become the second-largest source of Exchequer funding and the latest Government forecast is that the weight of corporation tax will peak this year, but “windfall” receipts remain unpredictable.

Thomas Hubert
18th Apr, 2023 - 4 min read

Irish media is finally covering world news. But should it be government-funded?

RTÉ has appointed three new journalists to report on previously ignored global issues, the latest to receive backing from the Department of Foreign Affairs, and Green Party ministers have allocated funding to broadcasts about climate change. Personal experience shows the limits of this model.

Thomas Hubert
19th Jan, 2023 - 8 min read

Tara Shine deciphers the Climate Action Plan for business

The latest edition of the Government’s climate plan marks a step change towards the decarbonisation of Ireland’s economy, but still lacks a clear narrative on expectations from business. Yet we can start to pull it together from threads in the hefty document’s various chapters.

Tara Shine
10th Jan, 2023 - 7 min read

A poor Climate Action Plan, a poorer public debate: Ministers need cool heads to tackle global warming

Having raised expectations with a sugar-coated Climate Action Plan last year, Eamon Ryan and Charlie McConalogue are faced with the hard reality of carbon budgeting figures. It could be make-or-break time for the coalition.

Thomas Hubert
20th Jul, 2022 - 7 min read

Workers will be competing between Laois and Laos. Why not let them live where they want?

The Government's new strategy for rural Ireland shows a rare grasp of the deep implications of remote working. The challenge lies in its implementation – and, crucially, in the right timing for the roll-out of proposed policies.

Stephen Kinsella
1st Apr, 2021 - 7 min read

Charlie McConalogue on €10bn CAP deal, a chaotic Brexit and his plans for the beef industry

Last month, the Minister for Agriculture was burning the midnight oil in EU talks worth €10bn to Ireland. Next month, his industry is facing Brexit chaos. Yet Charlie McConalogue is at his most combative when discussing the lack of transparency in the beef trade.

Thomas Hubert
13th Nov, 2020 - 23 min read

Climate bill aims to avoid a repeat of the Nphet-Government clash

Much delayed legislation introduced by the Government on Wednesday will apply to Ireland the carbon budgeting world standard developed by the UK since 2008. It may not ban petrol cars as promised, but its ambition is much bigger: regulate the collaboration between scientific experts and politicians in solving their greatest challenge for the next 30 years.

Thomas Hubert
8th Oct, 2020 - 5 min read

National Broadband Plan: the €3bn contract, the companies, the claw-backs – and the redactions

Nine months after its signature, the contract between the Government and Granahan McCourt’s companies to deliver broadband to every building in rural Ireland has been published. Or at least some of it has.

Thomas Hubert
26th Aug, 2020 - 8 min read
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