EU Analysis: Eyes on Ireland and other ‘frugal’ states as EU budget battle kicks off Johannes Hahn said the EU’s next budget - which will not come into force until 2027 - will need to be bigger than €1 trillion
Comment Shane Coleman: For too long, the health service has served the people who work in it and not patientsHeartbreaking case of Aoife Johnston’s death in University Hospital Limerick will for many confirm the narrative that our health service is fundamentally broken
Analysis Colm Lauder: Why there are new signs of life for investors in UK property British real estate investment market conditions improving in early months of 2024
Defence Looming threats of war in Europe demand we put our defences on a war footingCommitting to spend almost £90bn a year on defence from 2030 is a big decision, but the government is clear that it’s necessary, given the threat posed by Russia
Analysis Daniel McConnell: ‘Mixed bag’ of state spending signals difficult budget ahead for Paschal Donohoe Health remains the problem child as departments are warned to stay on target
MIGRATION Analysis: Dublin and London clash on migration further threatens fragile relationshipSpat between Simon Harris and Rishi Sunak has opened fresh fault lines following years of strain because of Brexit
Comment Anton Savage: Be yourself, follow your passion and other stupid pieces of adviceMoronic advice is everywhere, but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t avoid it
Life Eithne Shortall: Welcome to summer, season of hailstones and woolly housecoatsDo not adjust your calendars – it really is May, despite the fact at we’re freezing our collective arses off
Comment The Secret Restaurateur: If you want to support restaurants, ditch the delivery apps and go directThe commissions charged by the likes of Deliveroo, JustEat and Uber Eats are having a corrosive effect on the bottom line of small eateries
UK Analysis: Tory right seizes on Irish ‘hypocrisy’ as asylum row fades away in Westminster Ireland’s emergency legislation has become something of a sideshow in the never-ending wrangling over asylum claims and illegal migration in the UK
EU Analysis: Eyes on Ireland and other ‘frugal’ states as EU budget battle kicks off Johannes Hahn said the EU’s next budget - which will not come into force until 2027 - will need to be bigger than €1 trillion
UK Analysis: Will a clash on asylum upset Anglo-Irish relations?UK and Irish governments have butted heads over Rishi Sunak’s Rwanda policy
Housing Opinion: Want to solve the housing crisis? Leverage the billions in broadband investmentThe government’s ambition of achieving better regional development could also be helped by better utilising advances in broadband coverage
Politics Red C poll: Kite flying fails to reap rewards, with Independents on the riseThe government has started making election promises early this year but so far its not resonating with voters
Stock Take Kingspan’s warning on input costs suggests the ECB’s war on inflation may not be overThe Cavan-based insulation giant issued an upbeat trading update for the first quarter of 2024 but warned input costs may rise again
Public Finances Daniel Murray: Government has to put the brakes on runaway spending trainThe government has consistently spent more than announced in its budgets over recent years
The Last Post Matt Cooper: Helen McEntee’s car crash week sees confidence drain away from herJustice Minister’s performance at the Oireachtas committee was baffling, given questions were flagged in a Sunday newspaper two days before
Business Post's View Editorial: Arrival of a new entrant to the banking sector for the first time in almost 20 years is good newsFor a country with one of the youngest and wealthiest workforces in Europe it has long been a source of curiosity why international retail banks are so put coming here
Comment Ten questions savvy shareholders should be asking of their chief executives and chairsWith AGM season upon us, such meetings present a rare occasion for shareholders to hold their company bosses to account
Comment Maples: Despite supply shortages aircraft lessors are set for a bumper 2024 - here’s whyWith airlines and lessors waiting up to a decade for the delivery of new aircraft, this year is likely to see further M&A deals in the aircraft leasing sector
Business Post's View Donnelly and HSE must explain why outcomes so poor in health despite record spendingDespite concerns, the question of why record investment was not producing commensurate improvements in the health service has never really been answered
Comment Shane Coleman: For too long, the health service has served the people who work in it and not patientsHeartbreaking case of Aoife Johnston’s death in University Hospital Limerick will for many confirm the narrative that our health service is fundamentally broken
Comment Lucinda Creighton: Ireland ‘easy prey’ as true motives of malign foreign actors emerge across EU The arrests in Germany of Chinese spies may seem like a slightly fantastical scene from a John le Carré spy novel, but the operations are very real
Post Script Post Script: Unsociable Patrick Collison, Dermot Desmond gives a fright, Helen McEntee’s new-new adviserBusiness Post deputy editor Aaron Rogan takes a look at the scenes behind the stories