These days any question of increased resources – whether for investment, public services or social protection – is met with ‘how can we afford it?’, ‘the fiscal rules won’t allow…

Fresh from making a mess of home-ownership policy – in particular, the mortgage subsidy scheme which will increase house prices and end up in the pockets of developers – the…

In the last few weeks people have understandably been following the US presidential elections.  However, since the last general election there has been a slow trend emerging in the Irish…

I suppose it would be expected of a progressive discussing the US Presidential election to describe Donald Trump negatively:  a bigot, a liar, a tax avoider, a sexual predator, a…

Of all the statements and comments from Budget 2017 my favourite comes from the Minister for Finance in his budget day speech: ‘We are a small and very open economy…

The 1 percent serves as an excellent symbol of actually existing capitalism.  Examining the inequalities between households gives an insight into the level of solidarity within a country.  Wealth and…