Bruton's Rainbow Coalition laid the foundations of the Good Friday Agreement and cemented Ireland’s position as the poster child of the EU. The late Taoiseach came into his own on the world stage.
The post of Garda commissioner will become vacant in June of next year when Drew Harris finishes his tenure. But who will take up the reins after he goes? For a whole lot of reasons, it is vital that the State has a plan.
Ireland has some good rugby teams, but the national U20 side is arguably the outstanding one. The U20s have won 22 games out of 24 since 2019. What's behind the success of Ireland's underage development system?
A recent study from Germany’s CESifo Institute asked a very important question: How vulnerable are European economies to geopolitical risks associated with changing trade flows and deglobalisation?
The twin engines of the Irish economy were sputtering amid lay-offs and contractions. They are firing once again, fuelled by research and technology.
To build 50,000 homes per year, enormous amounts of capital will have to be found each and every year. Here are the options.
What Ireland needs over the next three decades is the exact opposite of what it has had for the last one: a system that can deliver homes at huge scale, and that can adapt as conditions change.
The DUP is returning to Stormont and Viktor Orbán has dropped his veto on helping Ukraine, but it could take more economic damage before the benefits of international cooperation overcome narrow domestic interests – including in Ireland.
In Marseille on Friday night, Ireland found another level. The post-Sexton era is looking promising.
Jeffery Donaldson has confronted his party’s hardliners in a way that Peter Robinson and Arlene Foster never managed to achieve. For the DUP and Sinn Féin, the real work begins now.
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