Having a million EVs by 2030 is an illusion - we cannot even meet existing electricity demand
The march towards complete dependence on electricity as the only available energy source seems to be inexorable. And yet we in Ireland have narrowed our options to a dangerous degree
Sinn Féin’s leaders are not really leaders. They’re more like glove puppets for unseen controllers
Recent controversies are not the reason for Sinn Féin’s decline, they’re symptoms of its underlying reality
An intervention from Germany’s opposition could prove important to the EU’s approach to migration
The party is calling for a temporary closure of the country’s borders to asylum claimants
Growth of Hamas was not merely observed by Israel’s government, it was actively encouraged
Ireland’s chief rabbi says Israel is not waging a war of retaliation. But the Israeli government’s stated policy is that the war is one of the destruction of Hamas’s military and governing capabilities
Sex education cannot be taught on a one-size-fits-all basis
The terror that posed as SPHE education in the past was undoubtedly deeply harmful to adolescents
Children’s hospital, Metrolink and bike shed are all symptoms of a deep governmental malaise
Like Britain, we suffer from advanced administrative sclerosis, but we’re in complete denial
Ireland must tackle the ‘pull factors’ that attract asylum applicants
A proposal to charge asylum seekers with jobs €15 or €25 a week for accommodation is a pathetic response
Housing crisis will not be solved by Sinn Féin or Coalition
Idea that local authorities can deliver housing faster than building contractors is daft ideological posturing
A €336,000 bike shelter is cheap compared with cost of transforming Leinster House library
Independent Senators have been trying to see OPW plans to transform the beautiful members’ library at Leinster House into a ‘main committee room’ for the Dáil, to no avail
Why is our capacity to deliver infrastructure projects worse now than it was in the 19th century?
A railway was built from Dublin to Cork with little more than a shovel and a pick in the 1840s. Today the Shannon pipeline project will take 15-20 years from conception to completion - and that’s if all goes well
Ireland is in no position to accept 25,000 homeless migrants claiming asylum every year
It is idle to debate whether ‘Ireland is full’. But it is not idle to acknowledge the glaring truth that Ireland is in no position to accept 25,000 homeless migrants claiming asylum every year
Trump’s ‘conversation’ with Musk reveals dangers that were not made explicit until now
Former US president lauds Russian leader while being profoundly hostile to the European Union
Is the Metrolink really the best way to provide a rail link to Dublin Airport?
A new strategy review document favours building a surface railway to serve Dublin airport by linking it to the Dublin suburban network at Clongriffin
A Trump presidency will embolden Putin and Netanyahu and present a dreadful danger for the world
Michael McDowell: The future of the United States is now at stake as never before. Bound up in that is the viability of liberal democracies around the world in the face of totalitarianism
Our party whip system is too severe. Politicians should be able to vote with their conscience
British and American systems do not quake at the thought of governments losing votes via their supporters who disagree with the majority