Opinion
Shane Coleman: State must stop writing blank cheques to avoid another crash
We must stop repeatedly over-spending and make a plan as to how we will pay for our ageing population and foot the bill for climate change
A day of reckoning is on the horizon for Ireland, its people, and those who lead us – and who would wish to lead us.
It’s too simplistic to say it is the Celtic Tiger mark II. There are too many important differences and some lessons learned: our banks are far healthier; there is no house price bubble; and fiscal policy, though loose, isn’t as reckless as it was in the noughties.
But there is ...
