Gerard Howlin News Today

In the past, there was a formula which ensured that the worse things were, the more money you got. That’s no longer the case

Series of flip-flops by Sinn Féin on hate speech, the Nature Restoration Law, and the recent referendums raises questions. If they can’t speak clearly for themselves, how can they speak for us?

The problem isn’t the overrun - it is that the cost was grossly underestimated and all the information the market needed to squeeze the Government was made public

There are no signs that the lightening of the mood is helping the Government parties. But it’s not necessarily good for Sinn Féin either

Politics is now increasingly a zero-sum contest seeking only tactical advantage

Unable to afford their own homes or save for a pension, they’ll have to carry the burden of paying for the pensions of the home-owning generation. More must be asked of older people

Accommodating asylum seekers and refugees is a medium-sized infrastructure problem in danger of imminent political contamination by the far right

Too many of our 13 MEPs are in peripheral groups, where little real power is exercised. Thirty per cent of Ireland’s parliamentary presence is in a group that comprises just over 5 per cent of the parliament

Ireland cannot sustain a bigger state on our current tax base

Just as a government worthy of the name must pass a budget that is credible, the health service must be able to live within its allocation