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Des O'Malley was implacably opposed to terrorism, rejected the fiery nationalism of Charles Haughey and his contribution towards cleaning up Irish political life will ensure a prominent position in Irish history.

Political interference has blurred the picture of what is in many aspects a typical story: Two corporations are merging. They and their investors are fighting to protect their interests.

The UK and the EU remain at loggerheads over how to manage trade around Northern Ireland after Brexit, yet current issues were first raised four years ago and solutions agreed in 2019. In his book, the EU’s chief negotiator Michel Barnier explains how we came to this, but also reveals his personal outlook on Ireland, partition and why peace was his top priority.

We are not yet through Covid, and the housing crisis is already back on centre stage. In this extensive interview, Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage Darragh O'Brien talks about how he intends to turn things around.

The sale of an entire housing estate in Co Kildare did not happen by accident. It occurred because of policy choices that the Irish state made over the past eight years – choices that have changed the nature of home ownership and distorted the housing market.

Comments allegedly made this week by Boris Johnson were a callous dismissal of the lives lost to Covid-19, but other failings could bring down the UK's prime minister.

Following the resignation of a former housing minister, Dublin Bay South voters will set the stage for a housing election – pitting wealth against income.

Brothers Michael and Danny Healy-Rae, the millionaire independent Kerry TDs, regularly make headlines with their contracting companies and investment properties. But how do they run their business – and how well?

Hazel Chu’s decision to run for the upcoming Seanad by-election, despite fervently believing the votes aren’t there for her to win, has been the latest thing to send the Green Party into a frenzy. Chu spoke to The Currency about why she ran, her future with the party and the issues within it.

Since the start of the pandemic, the US Federal debt has ballooned. To implement many of the new administration’s longer-term objectives, Congress will have to find trillions in new spending capacity. And they will have to do this against all political odds and market sentiment.