Faced with challenges from US and China, the EU is currently acting like a rabbit in the headlights with no appropriate strategic response

We have made good progress on decarbonising electricity and in retrofitting buildings but are moving too slowly on transport

Budgets in both Britain and Ireland have postponed difficult decisions in a manner that will reduce their room for manoeuvre when the next election looms

While many Northern nationalists see unification as a solution to poor governance, that is a fallacy

Calls to reduce such immigration to ease pressures on infrastructure would only makes things worse

Luddite approach to AI won’t serve anyone as workplace is revolutionised

Uisce Éireann left relying on budget funds is the wrong model

Any move to unity in the near future could prove serious for an unprepared Northern Ireland economy

Ireland has benefited hugely from its EU membership and now needs to play a constructive role in its reform

Limiting methane emissions is a good thing but agriculture is producing other, more damaging, greenhouse gases

Very unwise to use up what may be ephemeral corporation tax receipts on long-term tax and spending commitments

We hear a lot in the media about a cost-of-living crisis. This is seriously at odds with the facts

Traditional, more narrowly focused engineering skills are no longer as valuable as in the past

John Foster managed the country’s finances for 34 years to 1811

Allegation that Mercosur might adversely affect beef farmers through falling prices is a scare story without real foundation