We must resist France and Germany’s ploy of good cop/bad cop
AFTER a week in which we have seen a lot of talk about what happened in the past and some dramatic PR optics designed to suggest some change in the future, I want to bring our focus back again on to issues that may have
We can trade our way back to prosperity
Having marked the 95th anniversary of the Easter 1916 Rising, it is a good time to focus on some positive news and remind ourselves of the words of Sean Lemass, who said that “there is nothing on earth that the people of this country cannot
Launch of hyped jobs plan fizzles out like damp squib
About this time last year, I started to explore new ideas and policies designed to get our economy moving again. Over that year I have set out a range of possible initiatives from developing the digital games sector to introducing start-up visas, from turning intellectual
What happened to all the brave talk of burning bondholders?
IN the days since Michael Noonan announced the latest attempt to revive our moribund banks, we have seen and heard a number of new ministers tell us that there is no change in policy on the bondholders. Senior unguaranteed bondholders, they tell us sternly, cannot
Question remains as to why decision rushed through
AMID the torrent of claim, counterclaim, accusation and denial generated by the Moriarty Tribunal, one fact emerges about which there is no dispute. At a cabinet meeting on March 2, 1995, the then Government took a decision on how the mobile phone licence was to
EU reform plan will deliver a fatal blow to economy
CCCTB. Get used to these letters — you will be seeing and hearing them a lot in the coming weeks. CCCTB stands for the Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base. According to the European bureaucrats proposing it, this is merely about bringing simplicity, reducing compliance costs