Brian Keegan: Would age-specific taxation help to halt Ireland’s brain drain?
As a country, we consistently ask the wrong questions about our industrial and investment policy
The current row over turf tells us much about Ireland’s body politic, and it isn’t a good story. Bad policy does damage, but we don’t have enough politicians with sufficient ambition for their constituents to do it a better way. Surely, the real question is why any citizen of one of the wealthiest countries in the world has to rely on turf to heat their homes.
The wrong questions are also being asked about our ...
