Defining Ireland’s relationship with the world is your problem now, Leo, and you will need to manage the Irish economy through a period of de-globalisation
Defining Ireland’s relationship with the world is your problem now, Leo, and you will need to manage the Irish economy through a period of de-globalisation
There are lots of review bodies, working groups and commissions. But Ireland doesn’t need any more plans – if we found a way to build houses out of old plans, we’d have the problem sorted already’
Noonanomics was a cautious combination of carefully judged sectoral policies that the Limerick TD’s stature helped to make possible
Private sector workers have a right to be enraged when a public sector worker, just by dint of a job choice, enjoys a stream of lifetime benefits
The budget must react to protect the interests of those affected by a hard Brexit. But for a Brexit budget, you need fiscal space. And that seems to be disappearing
Trump ‘plan’ is simple: it will create a vast sucking noise as the funds which enrich the IFSC and other business-friendly financial services destinations head back to the US. But it needs to turn into an actual plan first
In the wake of Britain's snap election, Ireland's ability to adjust in the face of uncertainty like this is probably our greatest asset
Dodgy housing data. Gardaí self-breathalysing. Leprechauns in national accounts. So can we trust the government’s growth rates and the fiscal space?
House prices are surging, leading to fears of another bubble. And there are simply not enough houses being built.
The reality about Brexit must take precedence over the current dubious narrative
Pay cuts, more taxpayers’ money or examinership – one of these things has to happen
Tiny states like Ireland are affected by events like what could have happened in the Netherlands far more than they affect them
An Post should be expanded, transformed and the regulations crippling its growth should be removed. Thirty years of data proves An Post has a future.
The way forward in the onrushing crisis that is Brexit is to pump money and resources into supporting our domestic firms in diversifying away from Britain
It's pretty clear that Bus Éireann is an expensive intervention the state no longer needs
Stephen Kinsella, economic commentator of the year, on whywe need to start treating Irish businesses the way we do multinationals
Ireland is very vulnerable to the re-nationalisation of US funds, writes Stephen Kinsella
Ireland is a European country, but culturally and economically we are much closer to the US