The Green Party is currently debating whether to enter government with Fianna Fail and Fine Gael.  There are legitimate arguments on all sides of this question.  However, before making a…

The Irish Times headline had a familiar, ominous ring: “We must not forget coronavirus bill will have to be paid someday” Donal Donovan went on: ‘Clearly, the deficit will be…

All manner of pressure is being put on the ‘smaller’ parties – Greens, Labour, Social Democrats – to sign up to a new Fianna Fail-Fine Gael government.  Some of the…

‘New economy’, ‘truly historic’, ‘very substantial change’, ‘more left-wing than Sinn Fein’s election manifesto’, a ‘new relationship between the public and private sector’:  like a film whose best scenes are…

‘The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls and tenement halls.’ (Paul Simon) ‘As I went down in the river to pray, studying about the good ol’…

The Sunday Business Post (paywall) reports that Fianna Fail and Fine Gael are discussing various fiscal responses to reboot the economy when the emergency is over. ‘Initiatives such as temporary…