Byron Fry: Ireland’s Cern membership must turn scientific collaboration into economic growth

It is easy to lose sight of the significant impact that threats of litigation can have, and we owe it to ourselves to be more thoughtful. We should think, before going legal, about the consequences of such belligerent moves.

Irish policymakers have been ignoring inconvenient truths for decades. Over the next three weeks, I will be looking at the real data in a range of issues including the national accounts and the labour market. But today, I am starting with housing.

Sinn Fein is a political offshoot of the Northern troubles, a maverick campaigning force that has made up its socialism as it has gone along. Working from issues not ideology, it retained an anti-establishment cred that has attracted so much youth.

As the global geopolitical climate heats up, China will not have the luxury of being able to solely focus on long-term domestic policies and will need to make some challenging decisions to protect its core interests.

From a new wealth tax to a charge on onshored intellectual property, the Sinn Féin manifesto proposes a range of tax reforms. In a detailed assessment of the proposals, tax expert Eoin O’Shea assesses the detail of each proposals and its likely impact.

It is possible, though not probable, that a government dedicated to the twin principles of growth and distribution could be formed. So, what possible policy platform could a government of the left piece together? And what would it mean for business, the economy and society?

Despite concerns over inflation, the markets do not anticipate rates to rise until 2025 at the earliest. Instead, the real focus for central bankers will be on the longer-term issues surrounding eurozone banking profitability. Investors in Irish banks will be watching on with interest.

We have witnessed a historic political realignment. But it has been driven by a radical realignment of expectation from a generation who feel they are victims of a growing economic divide beyond young and old.

The exit poll may point to a three-way tie. But Sinn Fein has the real winner of this election. Stephen Kinsella looks at 3 factors behind the party's surge: demographics, reverse tribalism and wealth inequality.

The good news is, to-date, the latest global health crisis does not seem to be a trigger for a major and sustained sell-off. The bad news is, we are yet to see its full impact.