It's that time to take a break.  Wishing all readers the best of the season.  And look forward to coming back in the new year with a good debate and…

We know what one of the big battles will be in 2014.  Ministers are making declarations.  Demands are being made.  Analysis (after a fashion) is being put forward.   Its tax…

The bailout for Ireland has been a resounding success.  The austerity programme that has been in place since 2008 has brought us back from the brink and piloted the economy…

Now that the Troika is leaving town it is a good time to take stock.  We don’t do that very well.  We don’t evaluate, we don’t compare inputs with outputs. …

'Now it isn't easy to stand up for truth and for justice. Sometimes it means being frustrated. When you tell the truth and take a stand, sometimes it means that…

The drums are beating.  Throughout the nation we hear a growing chorus demanding tax cuts (including the leader of the Labour Party) to relieve ‘hard-pressed’ families.  And this demand is…

Remember all those observations?  About how the highest income groups pay almost all the tax and how terrible it is that begrudging lefties want to tax them more?   About how…