Economist Dan O’Brien was disinvited from addressing the Oireachtas committee on the Occupied Territories Bill. This is what he would have told lawmakers had he been allowed to speak.
After decades of restrictive planning rules that ignored shifting household demographics, new guidelines on apartment standards mark a significant — if overdue — course correction.
Aircraft leasing is one of Ireland’s greatest economic success stories, but global competition is heating up. To stay ahead, policymakers must double down on what works.
Some 1,796 candidates—from junior management to “C” suite level—completed The Panel's Candidate Sentiment Survey. In part one of the findings, we look at hybrid working future expectations and the shifting balance of power.
When directors abuse the trust placed in them, the fallout can be devastating—not just for creditors, employees, or the taxman, but for the public at large.
Paul Flynn admits something no one expected — a soft spot for Meath, shaped by friendship, legacy, and a changing GAA landscape.
Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez was proving that socialism could work in Spain, but then the lights went out. Now, for the first time since he became prime minister in June 2018, he’s looking vulnerable.
Warnings about unsustainable spending have gone unheeded as government promises mount, from regional wish lists to defence upgrades. Neutrality has quietly delivered one of Ireland’s greatest fiscal dividends, and abandoning it could cost more than any infrastructure project ever has.
The United States is now in the unprecedented position of being the issuer of an unanchored global reserve currency. However reluctantly, the rest of the world is now in the unenviable position of being the user of the unanchored US dollar.
To tackle a national emergency – a housing deficit of 300,000 homes and growing each year – we need to pay less attention to national myths and more attention to good policymaking.
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