Policing only comes onto the political agenda when its shortcomings provide an opportunity to attack the Government. We have seen this again with the response to the riots in Dublin last week.
Commercial property firms are failing, restaurants are closing, streets are emptying. Billions in warehoused debt remains warehoused with the tax authority. These are some of the more obvious economic scars from the pandemic.
There's a growing sense that GLP-1 inhibitor drugs, for the treatment of obesity, are going to be a big deal. What's the market's implied forecast?
This is the first in a three-part series on Self-Determination by Sinead O Sullivan following an invitation from the Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA) to help us reflect on the many complexities of our rapidly changing world.
Budget Day was initially disappointing, with red tape keeping tax measures intended to support start-ups accessible only to large corporations. But amendments to the Finance Bill show the mood music is changing.
Thursday marked the end of Irish exceptionalism. An end to the belief that we were different from other nations and that we were immune from the rise of the extreme right and from the appeal of the strong man/weak man narrative.
Fine Gael began its run as a major player in coalition governments just ten months after the Tories became the lead players in Downing Street. Is mental fatigue a factor in Dáil Eireann as well as in Westminster? In both jurisdictions, the business season is approaching.
Ben Dunne was a multi-millionaire from the family business at Dunnes Stores, friend and corrupter of politicians and at the centre of a call girl and cocaine scandal. He was also revered by many.
Overnight violence is sadly reminiscent of my previous home city. When it comes to policing unashamed bigotry, there are good and bad things we can learn from the French capital’s riotous history.
In an era of disruption, we also need to disrupt the way that the government does business. That means we need to move away from thinking only in electoral cycles, and create generational strategies.
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