Ireland acts as if the good times will last forever – and is drifting toward populist economics and bloated spending ...

Today, the key battle for the Australian worker’s living standards is the same throughout the English-speaking world: the ...

Over the past few decades, one of the electoral attributes of the Irish centrist parties – Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael – is an ability to gauge where the majority of the population are on big issues and ...

“Gradually and then suddenly,” is how Ernest Hemingway described bankruptcy in his 1926 novel, The Sun Also Rises. This is what often happens when people run out of money and options. At first money ...

From plutocrat to bureaucrat, everyone seems to have an opinion on Dublin’s proposed MetroLink. Some argue it’s too expensive to build, others that it’s too expensive not to build. One opinion that ...

When you are in a crisis, the choice is never between good and bad – it’s always between bad and worse. Ireland has a housing crisis. We have far too many people and not enough homes for them. We ...

One of the joys of writing a weekly column is the unusual tributaries explored, often sparked by real-world events. Today I’ve been watching old clips of The Godfather, in particular Marlon Brando’s ...

One of the golden rules of economics is you can’t manage what you can’t measure. Managing a problem will be easier using hard evidence, backed by accurate data. It is a business school version of the ...

No matter what some people might argue, Ireland needs immigrants. This economy and society cannot survive without them. From healthcare to high-tech, construction to hospitality, the country would ...

What full blooded young lad wouldn’t be taken with Niamh of the Golden Hair? Wasn’t Oisín only human when he said yes to the beautiful daughter of Manannán Mac Lir, the God of the Sea, particularly as ...