This is precisely what has been happening in Ireland over the past 15 years. The Irish banking system is not working. The role of banks in the economy is to take in deposits and lend out money. This ...

Crypto is not money. It will never be. If or when it falls fully to earth, expect retribution for the various grifters who ...

The one thing that successive Irish governments want to avoid is having to make a choice between Europe and the US. As long as the US is guardian of the Grand Bargain, Ireland can be European and ...

In late August 1989 I travelled to Czechoslovakia by train via East Germany to witness the 21st anniversary of the 1968 Prague Spring. People spoke about the beauty of Prague but few Irish people had ...

At Christmas, we are often reminded to think about those who are less fortunate. It’s a time for charity as well as excess, but it can be a prompt to reflect on a few basic aspects about life in ...

What’s the matter with Ranelagh? Before examining the economics of the last-ditch attempt to stop the country’s biggest infrastructural project, it is worth remembering why the MetroLink is ending ...

The New York subway system, built largely by Irish labour a century ago, is a mass-transit achievement that shuttles four million commuters around the city every day. Exposed metal rivets jutting out ...

At Dublin Airport beyond US immigration lies a piece of America and today the place is buzzing with tourists, students, business people and Irish-American families. With about 40 direct daily flights ...

Years ago, as a much younger man, I had the opportunity to interview the much older English socialist Tony Benn. We sat for an afternoon in the basement of his London home, lined with books and ...

Economies are on my mind: Australia, where I’m on a book tour; Argentina, which just voted again for Javier Milei’s party; and Ireland where we elected a president who could be described as hard-left.

Australia has not experienced a recession in four decades. The economy has grown every year since 1990. Consider the chaos we in the West have experienced economically, financially, industrially and ...