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May 24th, 2017

Noonan Bows Out

Noonanomics There are two Irelands. The one concerned with the big-picture stuff, the macro-economic story, will celebrate outgoing Minister for […]

May 16th, 2017

All workers deserve public sector conditions

Some of the world’s first public sector workers were donkeys. This fact is not well known, and it takes some […]

May 9th, 2017

Budget 2018 must be framed as the Brexit budget

The government and our civil service have played a blinder since before the Brexit vote. As the referendum was announced, […]

May 2nd, 2017

Trump v Ireland Inc

Tax policy is all about detail, detail, detail. Who gets hit for how much and in what circumstances. What thresholds […]

April 25th, 2017

May has left Ireland with volatility and the prospect of a nearer hard Brexit

In the wake of Britain's snap election, Ireland's ability to adjust in the face of uncertainty like this is probably […]

April 19th, 2017

Ireland is having difficulty with official statistics

The concept literally no one likes rolls around every year. We’re stuck with the fiscal space forever. The reason for […]

April 12th, 2017

Ireland’s property timebomb

Housing is the fundamental public policy problem. Everyone needs a roof over their head, preferably for a long time so […]

April 4th, 2017

Bus Éireann’s three remaining routes

Bus Éireann can’t continue in its current form without one of three things happening. First, the unions could accept pay […]

April 3rd, 2017

Brexit isn't about trade, or migration. It’s about power

Our understanding of the world is shaped by a hunger for narrative – a story with a beginning, a middle, […]

March 21st, 2017

Careful what you wish for in battle over FDI

Part of Ireland’s prosperity rests on its attractiveness as a foreign direct investment hub. Ireland’s big idea since the 1950s […]

March 20th, 2017

Ireland must focus on mitigating the external risks to our economy

I’m writing this from Groningen, a beautiful city in the Netherlands with one of the world’s oldest universities. Groningen’s buildings […]

March 13th, 2017

Bus Éireann should be let go to the wall. An Post should not.

In this column two weeks ago I argued Bus Éireann should be shut down. Sixteen years of data convinced me […]

March 6th, 2017

How Ireland can survive the flight from Britain’s shadow

The Taoiseach needs to give his speech writer a high five, or maybe a fist bump. Because in the last […]

February 27th, 2017

I would let Bus Eireann go

Should we intervene? This is the fundamental public policy question. It spawns a set of follow-on questions, like: Why should […]

February 20th, 2017

Ireland is the Lionel Messi of getting other people’s money. Trump might end that.

The stock market is reaching new highs. People are talking about inflation again. Goldman Sachs has never had it so […]

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