The few days rest around New Year affords us all the opportunity to pause and consider what 2011 may have in store for us, both

Dear Minister Gormley,   I am writing to you regarding the important matter of the proposed amalgamation of Limerick City and County Councils, as recommended

As Budget Day approaches you will see and hear the intensity of predictions and analysis from the ever growing phalanx of pundits will increase.  

On the Late Late Show a few months back I raised concerns about the Greens attitude to collective cabinet responsibility. At the time I was

Since I left Government nine months ago, I have committed my political thinking to finding new and innovative ways of restoring confidence in our capacity

IBEC’s Danny McCoy summed up the current dilemma very neatly recently on RTE’s Primetime. Talking about such positives as continuing export growth and positive balance of

To paraphrase Jim Callaghan (the former UK Prime Minister not the FF Dublin City Councillor) “Bad news can be half-way around the world before good

The recent Dail economic debate turned out to be more interesting than I had expected, particularly the contributions from back benchers on both sides. Whether the

Whether it was the protests in France at the increased retirement age or the announcement by the UK’s Chancellor of the Exchequer of the axing

Without a doubt the story of recent weeks, if not the year, was the remarkable rescue of the 33 trapped Chilean miners.   It was a