Population growth is driving Ireland’s housing crisis — and policy is lagging behind

Successive Oireachtas hearings have left politicians none the wiser about who to believe, but the bling they have revealed shows the need for a plan to refocus resources on public-service broadcasting.

Ahead of the next budget, it's time to check the economic state of the nation again. Economically speaking, things have never been better. Socially, of course, it depends entirely on whether you have access to assets and services.

We cannot continue to avoid dealing with the funding issue which is at the root of the current difficulties at RTÉ, writes Oireachtas Media Committee member, Fianna Fáil Senator Malcolm Byrne.

Building an AI that can decode the markets is still a challenge. But when it comes – and it will – many professional investors will be sidelined.

I have come to learn that there are two dirty words in Europe - defence and deterrence. For some reason, Europeans have come to believe that they are above defence, and they think the whole “global security problem” lies with deterrence.

I used to believe that the most important factor in delivering sustainable growth was clever sales and marketing. I was wrong. The most important factor in delivering sustainable growth is hiring enough of the right people.

While many aspects of the way RTÉ handles star pay remain unexplained, one fact is clear: €150,000 of the top-ups paid to Ryan Tubridy, while legal, are questionable.

RTÉ has known about the commercial and editorial challenges of managing commercial arrangements for decades. It has yet to ensure transparency in the terms of this engagement.

We can expect to hear more from the US and other key trading partners about the yuan’s valuation profile being too cheap, and we will also see occasional excitement about fiscal stimulus measures.

The government’s fiscal strategy, as set out by the Summer Economic statement, is to stimulate the economy as little as possible while making it look like loads is happening. This means masking prudence with extravagance, and that is very hard to do.