Since Covid, there has been a political expectation that the State will insulate everyone from everything, all the time. This is economically not viable.
The best response to the worsening geopolitical outlook is a stronger state balance sheet. The government has chosen to wish it away.
In a country missing hundreds of thousands of homes, the prospect of 80 apartments compared to a single mansion should not even be a close contest. Unfortunately, in Ireland, it is.
The current energy shock is not just about war – it is the result of long-term policy failures that have left Europe dependent, exposed, and scrambling for alternatives.
We’ve been here before: a war, an energy price shock, a government response. Blanket fuel subsidies should be ruled out.
I sat through nearly every public session of the Moriarty Tribunal and witnessed the tangled web of influence and money firsthand. Lowry now claims injustice but he never challenged the tribunal’s damning findings. And those findings still stand.
From red hats to hourglasses, from city streets to the Oval Office, the US is alive with signals of tension, humour, and frustration.
Between bookshops, galleries and long lunches with friends, Washington feels timeless — yet the distant thunder of war reminds us how closely the city lives with power.
Oil’s leap to $119 is more than a price spike – it’s the start of a global economic shock that could drive inflation higher, disrupt supply chains and reshape interest-rate predictions.
A trip to Japan with an old friend who first taught me why Warren Buffett matters becomes a journey through temples, history and boardrooms – and a search for signs that corporate Japan may finally be changing.
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