This time, French voters have clearly chosen to move their elections away from the post-WWII battleground between centre-right and centre-left. The constitutional implications and the lessons for democracy are profound.
When Elon Musk made his bid for Twitter, he spoke about unleashing the social media company's extraordinary potential. Twitter's purchase of an Irish start-up is designed to help them do that.
As the government continues to throw hundreds of millions at fuel and electricity bills, piecemeal measures become increasingly unfair and inefficient. Targeting and environmental nudging would get more bang for the same buck.
Switching mortgage provider is a pain in the neck, so banks use cash bonuses to tempt people to move. If you're willing to take on the admin, the bonuses sum to thousands.
There are good reasons to think inflation will settle back down. The important thing for Ireland is not to bake in permanently higher costs, according to Patrick Honohan, the former governor of the Central Bank.
The big miss for employers who dismiss the candidates over 50 on age grounds alone is experience. A lot of older candidates can “see around corners” as they are likely to have had relevant experiences in the past.
City golf courses are a sinful waste of space. By building on the centrally-located Dublin courses, we could accommodate 250,000 and make a dent in the housing crisis.
In this podcast, Paul Flynn and Marc Ó Sé look to the All Ireland championship and ask how Kerry will cope with the pressure that comes with being favourites in a championship like no other.
In a special French election podcast, Thomas Hubert and Stephen Carroll discuss the reasons behind the rise of Marine Le Pen, as well as Emmanuel Macron's culpability.
We can no longer outsource governance and hard choices to Europe, energy to Russia, and security to the US. Whether we figure out what to do with ourselves in the right time scale is another matter.
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