Uncertainty over planning permission is a fact of life in our system, and it causes problems. In Europe, they do it differently.
The Government’s new micro-generation purchase scheme will be a nice bonus if you want to put solar panels on your roof, but the real revolution lies in its implications for power prices.
While the character played by Gwyneth Paltrow at Holloway Road platform, or the baseball batsman poised to swing beside the home plate face an unavoidable time constraint, investors enjoy a rare option to let time be their friend.
The 2021 Six Nations will be a defining tournament for Ireland and their head coach Andy Farrell. His rugby career has been characterised by an unending quest for knowledge but now Farrell must solve Ireland's selection dilemmas if he is to succeed.
Even at €292,000, Robert Watt is arguably good value to manage a €22bn budget in the Department of Health. But the real issue is the nature of the public sector, where performance and pay are not linked.
Absent a major policy push, a drop in employment in retail opens a world of precarious gig-economy work, long term joblessness, forced migration, and the attendant anger of communities easily weaponised by populists.
Ireland has become a global platform for multinationals to shift profits to low-tax jurisdictions under the form of interest. The resumption of international tax talks following Joe Biden’s election will put this role into question.
Somewhere along the way, we forgot how to make beautiful places. We should do better.
Let’s take a step back: the real cause of the current drama is less the widely analysed actions of chat-boards and day-traders, and more the extraordinary policy environment which helped propel stock prices ever higher.
The dismissal of Frank Lampard as Chelsea manager has led to a debate which at times has split along tribal lines and offered a reminder that English football has long been a testing ground in the battle of populism versus technocrats.
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