Economy Analysis: Ireland’s competitiveness is under threat. How can it be protected?Three trends threaten to kill our economic competitiveness - but we can mitigate their impact
Politics Juries to be abolished and Slapps curtailed under government’s new defamation billThe Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024 attempts to reduce legal costs while also penalising those found to have initiated a SLAPP case
Economy Infrastructure deficits, high cost of doing business and EU state aid changes threaten Irish economyThe National Competitiveness and Productivity Council has brought forward its report so it can be a factor in Budget 2025 considerations
Housing Government makes up to €250,000 in subsidies available to apartment buyersConcerns have been raised over the scale of subsidies being provided to stimulate construction, but the industry has said the funds are crucial to making apartments viable
The Last Post Matt Cooper: Kenny Jacobs has a point when he says semi-state CEOs are underpaidThe bosses of commercial semi-state bodies are paid considerably less than their private sector peers, something that is unlikely to get us the best talent
Policy The population policy puzzle: How a country set to grow bigger and older will be paid forAs new data shows the population could breach 7 million by 2057, what are the policy implications for the government?
UK Colm Lauder: Want to beat the Nimbys? Irish politicians should look to UK Labour for pointersThe new Labour government in Britain has said it will overturn controversial planning changes introduced last year by its predecessor
Planning City Council to face down businesses over Dublin traffic planA traders group has warned the plan will reduce retail spending by €141m
Policy How Rachel Reeves, Mark Carney and C.S. Venkatakrishnan are shaping Britain’s green futureIreland and Germany helped inspire the state-backed business bank set to help drive green investment in the UK
Housing Why it’s ‘doubtful’ figures lauded by Darragh O’Brien as proof of housing progress were accurateDetails contained in a confidential memo to Michael McGrath cast doubt on the veracity of figures the housing minister claimed were evidence of the government’s progress
Policy Budget 2025 will be a week sooner in October than plannedJack Chambers, minister for finance, said the government will run its full term, amid talk of an early election
EU Michael McGrath could bag top EU role - but he’ll have to defeat stiff competition first Ex-finance minister is widely tipped for a coveted economic portfolio - but so are many other diplomatic heavyweights
Housing Number of new homes for rent to plummet by almost 70 per cent ‘unless rental caps eased’In its pre-budget submission, Savills also called for changes to the stamp duty regime and help-to-buy scheme
EU EU bypasses Hungary to unblock €1.4 billion in Ukraine aidHungary is still blocking more than €6 billion in military aid that EU officials say Ukraine needs desperately
Policy Education Minister Norma Foley calls for ‘health warnings’ on social media platformsHer comments follow those from the US Surgeon General, who supports placing cigarette-style warning labels on social media platforms
Future of Europe Future of Europe: EU ‘paradigm shift’ aims to tackle key migration issue at a time of changeThe bloc’s landmark migration and asylum pact aims to better deal with the issue of those coming to Europe’s borders
Politics Running a full term: Coalition partners weigh pros and cons of March electionThe prospect of an October election is growing in the two largest government parties after local election votes
Policy Gordon Brown: ‘Seismic shifts’ mean geopolitics is dictating economicsGordon Brown was speaking at the Amundi World Investment Forum where he outlined his fears and hopes for politics and the global economy
EU Future of Europe: EU’s right turn could mean more populist, protectionist policiesThe shift of the EU Parliament to the right raises questions about the future of enlargement, defence and the economy
UK Fiscal fight club: Assessing Rishi Sunak’s Tory manifesto of tax and national insurance cutsBrad Pitt had something of an unlikely cameo in the Toru manifesto launch.