Irish Election - Coverage of Irish Politics, News and Current Affairs

Recent months have seen the issue of prostitution come to prominence as the Presidential election approaches. A disturbing parallel with the Lisbon debate is evident in the near unanimity of the political and intellectual ‘Establishment’ for a blind support of traditional policy approaches. How can someone simultaneously claims the mantle of liberalism while also attempting [...]

For going on 5 years now I have been living in the UK. For the first few years you still feel attached to home. Still keep as up to date with the news as you would if at home. But then as you begin to realise that the news back home has very little impact [...]

Did this Government ever really  intend to play hardball with its lenders and the EU on the terms and conditions of the bailout? If so, then the opportune moment came immediately upon their election to office. That moment is gone, as signalled by the climb-downs by the Finance Ministers and by the Taoiseach  on their [...]

HSBC to pay $US63 million compensation to investors in light-touch regulated Irish investment fund linked to Bernie Madoff.

IMF statement on the US$3 billion loan for Egypt – A number of fundamental structural reforms, including the transition to a VAT-like consumption tax and reform of the highly inequitable and costly system of subsidies, are needed to improve the efficiency of public spending and help reduce the fiscal deficit in the medium term. We [...]