The minister for justice is right to target judicial reviews but if the goal is more housing, the key lies not just in faster decisions but in more predictable ones.
Oliver Callan’s review of Leo Varadkar’s memoir criticised the former Taoiseach’s attitude towards the “housing disaster”. Complex issues deserve better than simple words.
Presidential candidates promise a conversation about who we are as a nation. The real question is whether we can reconcile our wealth with our failures on housing and poverty.
The frightening, doomed drift away from dialogue is growing more common in the US, a nation that has never once been a stranger to political violence and is further from that status, now, than it was even two weeks ago.
Prime Minister Keir Starmer's successful courting of the American president amid a plethora of landmines will go down as a win. He desperately needed it as he contends with high-profile exits, looming tax hikes, and the rise of Nigel Farage's Reform.
Amid a boardroom rift, complaints that were not upheld, and "unsettling speculation", we still don't know what is happening inside the semi-state responsible for Ireland's largest airports that has led to reports of its CEO's departure.
While the Irish economy continues to thrive, it presents no justification for runaway budget spending and remains exposed to US risks – but still offers a healthier picture than those of its neighbours.
Decades in the making, the airport’s second runway was delivered on time and on budget — only to be hobbled by passenger caps and night-flight limits. Ireland now faces calls for bigger projects like MetroLink without the same scrutiny. Why build it, if we won’t plan to use it?
The tax treatment of share options given to workers joining start-ups is a significant barrier to recruitment at a critical stage. It must be adjusted if new companies are to compete with multinationals for talent.
Private equity's push further into the realm of continuation funds increasingly looks like a Ponzi scheme. Matched with US efforts to open PE assets to retail investors, it has the potential for disaster.
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