From the Government's bold move in 1999 to halt a Euro qualifier against Yugoslavia to today’s position to go ahead and play Israel, has Ireland traded moral leadership for a fixture behind closed doors?
The latest allegations on RTÉ mark continued tension between An Garda Síochána’s imperatives of transparency and national security. Independent offices on protected disclosures and on security already exist to take them up.
The European Commission recently suspended Brazilian beef imports into the bloc, reigniting a fierce debate over the EU-Mercosur trade deal and how its safeguards are working.
I genuinely hope that we get to mark the end of the housing crisis within the next couple of years. But we will be living with an unhealthy housing system for some time to come – and the political system needs to remember that and not get distracted.
If I was the owner of a hotel in Donegal, I would market the destination for its cool weather and green landscapes, while also leaning heavily on the efforts to be sustainable and reduce emissions.
The Government will host the International AI Summit in October. We should seize this opportunity to create a practical and safer vision for AI that serves the people of Europe, our businesses, and public institutions.
Jack Chambers is getting bored of just spending money and more excited at increasing the return he can get from it. Beyond the €17bn metro test, transferring early capital successes into current expenditure will be the bigger challenge.
Leinster are still sore about losing Joey Carbery to Munster eight years ago, but behind that individual story is a wider and ongoing issue about talent circulation – and the lack of it.
Could Canada become the EU’s first “associate member”? Maybe. But first, EU officials are talking about how to “persuade” the likes of Ireland to ratify the EU-Canada trade deal, Jonathan Keane reports from Strasbourg.
With deal activity across Europe slowing, investors are looking harder at the quality of earnings, growth prospects, and value creation. Ireland possesses many of the characteristics they seek.
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