Ireland into the 21st century – with such a bewildering speed and transformation that future historians will rely on the refrain of ‘all is changed, changed utterly.’ Even the prospective…

Obviously Kitty has read one too many missives from ISME and IBEC about how small Irish enterprises would be world champions were it not for high taxes, high wages, over-regulation,…

Don’t you just love it when the Right get all worked up over the injustices that the moneyed-classes must endure in our democracy? Marc Coleman was particularly agitated by those…

When children begin one of those connect-the-dot puzzles, the idea that the exercise will lead to any coherence seems foolish. By the time they finish tracing, they have completed the…

‘I started on it but I always thought I had it under control. Now it controls me.’ ‘Hey, I was young; a little bit wouldn’t do any harm. It’s not…

It came at the end of the speech. Covering all the bases, including his Commitments for Change, with passionate words on the health service (‘health is a community service, not…

Thanks to Progressive Gardener for bringing this to my attention. What would you say to a proposal that would (a) reduce carbon emissions, (b) reduce public expenditure, (c) increase business…

There are some who believe the reason why wealthy people are wealthy is because they’re smarter and work harder. The corollary is that the poor are not so smart and…

J ust once I’d like to see the following news report: Tuck McGrath, CEO, explained the reasons for the company closure. ‘It’s all management’s fault. Our Human Resources Manager is…