My talk for the social media summit is here.
We live in a world characterised by the wholesale rejection of elites. Exercising the power given them as citizens, voters […]
Factfile Age: 51 Appearance: urbane, besuited and calm Newsworthiness: the British media turns on the only steady hand in the […]
Slides and readings are at this dropbox link.
The world is awash with populists. From Ireland’s independents to President Duterte of the Philippines, from Germany’s anti-immigrant AfD party […]
We have entered the most fractious period in industrial relations in decades. In the private sector, as unemployment falls to […]
Budgets are all about context. They can’t be understood without a sense of the political situation the government of the […]
It’s not a fiscal space - it’s a sweetie space Sweeties for all. The good times have returned, total domestic […]
Catastrophes need causality. We even call earthquakes acts of God. There’s something about us that needs to find the whys […]
Dublin Bus workers have secured a 36 per cent increase in the amount recommended by the Labour Court. The lesson? […]
Tom Waits is always right. The large print giveth, and the small print taketh away. Let’s look at the small […]
Why are non-life insurance premiums rising so much faster than the cost of other services? Premiums have risen 60 per […]
Our review of workforce planning models, commissioned by the Health Researc Board, is here, just published today. My evidence to the […]
Gabriel Fagan looks like the quintessential central bank economist. Grey-haired, serious, sober and well-informed. He’s the kind of guy you […]
Contrast the Irish government’s reaction to the Brexit announcement with its reaction to the ruling by the European Commission that […]
The European Union is investigating Apple to see if it owes countries like Ireland billions in unpaid taxes. As of […]
