The EU status quo Ireland prospered in for 50 years is at an end. We need to cop on and catch up quickly
Being at the centre in Brussels requires new credentials we have yet to acquire.
Ireland needs to stop holding out against Mercosur
Trade deal is a big win for Ireland, but beef farmers feel challenged
Keeping student fees down and reducing VAT would cost €3 billion we don’t have
Just days away from the next turn in the Donald Trump tariff saga, we are being egged on to slash a dangerously narrow tax base further
Micheál Martin and Paschal Donohoe are responsible for this Government’s lethargy
They have power, but seem unwilling to introduce cultural change and fiscal discipline
There’s never been a better time for a left alliance - if they don’t fall out first
Housing, Trump and fading traditional political loyalties mean anything is possible come the next election
Renters forking out €2,000 per month are paying the price for water charges debacle
As the housing shortage cuts into economic competitiveness and social solidarity, the consequences of bad decisions are more apparent
James Browne has little power to fix the housing crisis. The status quo is in charge
Housing gets enormous amounts of money and endless new initiatives. But it has never had an alignment of power and responsibility
Micheál Martin would be a more credible leader of Fine Gael than Simon Harris
It’s a sign of Fine Gael’s watered-down identity that it’s easy to imagine Harris in Labour or the Social Democrats
The general election campaign was a raucous wake for an era that was already over
We stand on the brink of a tariffs war weighed down by the cost of our inefficiency and self-indulgence
Ireland is not anti-Semitic but it’s not a good time to be Jewish in this country
There is no space left here for either a broader perspective or nuance. There is an increasingly automatic overlapping of Jewish people with Israel
Micheál Martin has real power at last. The big question is what he’ll do with it
Martin reshaped politics after the economic crash by building the widest possible base committed to some version of the status quo
A good foreign policy is one that no one notices. Unfortunately that’s not Simon Harris’s style
Harris’s success or failure in his new role will mean success or failure for all of us
Programme for government is notable not just for a lack of ideology, but a lack of passion
Gathering almost every TD with a stake in the status quo in one government will prove to be a mistake
Ireland is being harmed by divorce between managing the economy and managing public spending
Where there is neither control of spending nor effective delivery, it is the worst of all worlds
Verona Murphy getting the Ceann Comhairle job was a sign of Michael Lowry’s political savvy
With no third party to disproportionately set the agenda or take the blame, the prospect of Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael parting as good friends at the end of the next Government will be more challenging