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Spending more money would add to inflation without making us better off, whatever about its effects on voting behaviour
There is a case to encourage European production of strategically important goods to guard against restrictions from other countries
Many returning emigrants are highly skilled and hugely valuable for our economy
Experience in UK and with Eir is that private owners don’t invest in networks but just saddle companies with debt and take dividends
Exodus of foreign-owned banks after the crash has been costly for Ireland's bank customers and bad for the wider economy
For a highly mobile young population, house purchase is not always a suitable short-term option
John FitzGerald: Children born today can expect to live up to 30 years longer than their great grandparents
Reducing Ireland’s beef herd makes more sense than a huge reduction in profitable dairy cattle
Ireland is at full employment, but building industry now falls in number of Irish workers
EU tax on aviation fuel will incentivise airlines to be more environmentally friendly while retaining links with families
Playing around with the books won’t get Europe’s biggest economy out of its downturn
Compared to the Republic, Northern Ireland has actually reduced greenhouse gas emissions by almost a quarter since 1990
Officials on both sides of the Border have been complicit in failure to deliver the necessary but controversial overground interconnector
On the Government side, the agreement will not break the bank
French study shows economic costs of change to green fuels would be limited, but there will be costs