The Big Picture Vincent Boland: Tech’s accelerating slide is about value, culture and credibilityBig tech is facing a reckoning with diminishing advertising, overvalued stocks, stagnant innovation and encroaching regulation just some of the factors the shrinking sector is struggling to deal with
Housing John Walsh: Allocating extra resources for housing is not necessarily the right strategyBefore considering fiscal incentives to tackle the housing crisis, we should examine whether reform can deliver greater value for money on existing spending
Politics Ian Guider: It’s time to see the wood for the trees on the so-called Coillte ‘land grab’Claims that a vulture fund is swooping in on Ireland’s forests are wildly wide of the mark
The Last Post Matt Cooper: Political thinking on Coillte plan is barking up the wrong treeCriticism of the forestry manager’s money-raising proposal reveals that opponents may be concerned more with private farmers being denied an opportunity than with landgrabbing per se
Housing John Walsh: Allocating extra resources for housing is not necessarily the right strategyBefore considering fiscal incentives to tackle the housing crisis, we should examine whether reform can deliver greater value for money on existing spending
Housing Conor O’Connell: Extraordinary times mean a unified effort is needed to build homes for allWe are entering a difficult phase of housing development as escalating costs coincide with land shortages and other problems, but housing initiatives, planning advances and a cooperative approach could boost delivery
Politics Ian Guider: It’s time to see the wood for the trees on the so-called Coillte ‘land grab’Claims that a vulture fund is swooping in on Ireland’s forests are wildly wide of the mark
The Big Picture Vincent Boland: Tech’s accelerating slide is about value, culture and credibilityBig tech is facing a reckoning with diminishing advertising, overvalued stocks, stagnant innovation and encroaching regulation just some of the factors the shrinking sector is struggling to deal with
Politics Lucinda Creighton: Leo Varadkar’s early election plan may turn out to be the right oneThe Taoiseach’s indication that he favours an autumn 2024 poll took some by surprise, but it is not as risky as it first appears
Comment Elaine Byrne: Do Enoch Burke’s rights trump all other rights? The answer is evidently and undeniably noThe controversy around the evangelical Christian highlights the need to address in law and the constitution the ‘conscience clauses’ and exceptions sought by those holding various beliefs
Business Post's View Editorial: Tech growth unlikely to come off the tracks despite layoffsJob cuts in Google and Microsoft are a response to shareholder pressure to lower costs, rather than a crisis
Business Post's View Editorial: Amateurish property developers are a menace to public finances Over and over, Irish property developers have shown a lack of competence, imagination or foresight, and then do nothing but assign blame elsewhere
The Last Post Matt Cooper: Free GP care proposal raises issues of practicality over costThe price of extending free doctor visits to all citizens is estimated at €880 million a year, but there are bigger questions around GP shortages, pay rates and financial responsibility
Health Tony O’Brien: Donnelly must avoid backlash to proposed consultants’ contractIn bypassing the relevant bodies before they have completed their member consultation processes, the Minister for Health is taking a huge gamble
Politics Elaine Byrne: The ‘rainy day’ Fine Gael is saving for is here – it’s called the housing crisisHousing has already cost the government two ministers, and there is every chance that it will cause further instability in the months ahead
Comment & Analysis Comment: ‘New land tax could push up the price of Irish homes’Will the new Residential Zoned Land Tax stimulate or stymie development, asks Pat Davitt of Ipav
The Big Picture Vincent Boland: Our global economy can’t function without this Taiwanese microchip plant — for nowTSMC’s microchips are vital, but with Taiwan under threat from China, there are moves by governments to become less reliant on the tech giant
War in Ukraine Lucinda Creighton: On Ukraine, the German government is increasingly morally bankruptGermany, Europe’s largest country, should be leading the fight against Russian aggression – instead, Ukrainians are dying as Berlin drags its feet
Comment John Walsh: A lack of political leadership means business must lead the way on climate changePolitical parties take climate change seriously – until difficult decisions have to be made, or an electorally important cohort has to be appeased
Comment Pat Rabbitte: Donohoe’s undeclared donation is ‘only a cat on the field of play’ compared to Ireland’s corrupt pastThose seeking to exaggerate the importance of an undeclared campaign donation of around €1,000 to Paschal Donohoe seem to have no awareness of how far we have come on issues of ethics and probity
Housing Ian Guider: Forget crisis summits on housing, the government needs to get its cheque book out The state does not have the expertise, people or time to build much-needed housing and apartments, so it needs to pay others to do so – and fast
Economics Aidan Regan: Global tax games fuel wealth inequality and erode democracyIreland may profit from its privileged position on the gameboard, but the real winners are the super-rich owners of Big Tech and Big Pharma corporations
The Big Picture Vincent Boland: Goldman Sachs is first of many forced to rein in lavish cost base The titan of Wall Street leads investment banks’ move to cut spending as outlook for global financial industry worsens
