John McManus: Why we should resist efforts to rein in Dáil privilegeThe squabbling post Paul Murphy’s acquittal is a small price to pay for an open forumFri Jul 21 2017 - 00:45
John McManus: State should split St Vincent’s or risk creating a monsterTaxpayer-funded assets will be controlled by opaque group with deep enthusiasm for private medicineWed May 31 2017 - 01:06
Why we keep making the same mistakes over housingJohn McManus: Politicians and builders are united in need for rising house pricesWed May 17 2017 - 03:00
John McManus: Maternity hospital row has as much to do with money as GodSVHG has protected its own financial interests through taking control of the new hospitalFri Apr 28 2017 - 10:17
John McManus: Rural broadband is as much a human right as access to free waterMaybe the the time is right for a new movement modelled on the water campaignWed Apr 12 2017 - 16:10
John McManus: Taoiseach blows out Mary Robinson’s lightOffer to extend presidential franchise raises uncomfortable questions about diasporaSat Mar 18 2017 - 06:00
John McManus: Who is really the fascist? The limits to free speech in IrelandFew believe free speech should have no limits, but where is the cut-off point?Fri Mar 03 2017 - 10:41
John McManus: No stopping Dáil committees after rulingKerins case judgment means committees are free under privilege to abuse citizensMon Feb 06 2017 - 10:13
What Enda Kenny didn’t tell the “global elite” at DavosFragility of Goverment due to growing anger over inequality probably not mentionedFri Jan 20 2017 - 16:02
The State is about to create another housing bubbleThe Irish economy is set to repeat its old mistake of excess mortgage-lendingWed Jan 04 2017 - 09:29
John McManus: Apple’s adventures in tax wonderlandThe US giant thinks that governments exploit loopholes to make firms pay taxWed Dec 21 2016 - 01:00
John McManus: Why don't we make TK Whitakers anymore?Did his plan’s success paradoxically contribute to the crash and rise of populist politics?Thu Dec 08 2016 - 14:56
John McManus: Only one in five is living the Irish dreamFair rewards are elusive and this creates a breeding ground for populist solutionsFri Nov 25 2016 - 13:23
Ireland: Best little country for plucking refugees out of the seaWe are slow to take in refugees but dispatch rescue ships with great gustoFri Oct 21 2016 - 16:03
We have found the cure for crime – it’s called jobsNew figures are not good news for politicians on the ‘reopening Garda stations’ bandwagonFri Sept 30 2016 - 04:30
John McManus: Why Nama is in such trouble over Project EagleState agency should have blown the whistle on Northern Ireland sale but chose not toSat Sept 17 2016 - 05:00
John McManus: Why we have no right to spend Apple’s €13bnThe money does not belong to us and we should give it back to its ownersWed Aug 31 2016 - 19:21
Free the Nipple and simplifying the battle for social justiceCarina Fitzpatrick made a statement on everything from parenting to sexualitySat Aug 06 2016 - 02:07
John McManus: Outrage over vulture fund tax avoidance rings a little hollowCharties have been used for years to reduce tax on international deals done from DublinSat Jul 30 2016 - 02:49
John McManus: Housing plan looks like a bailout for buildersIt’s not that the Government can’t bring down house prices, more that they don’t want toSun Jul 24 2016 - 11:18
John McManus: Nama’s worst nightmare comes a step closerReluctance to face up to Project Eagle fiasco may cost agency dearlySat Jul 16 2016 - 01:35
John McManus: Paul Murphy is Ireland’s Boris JohnsonIrish Water is to Murphy what Euroscepticsm was to Johnson. It is the single issue that keeps on giving and that he never wants to see resolvedSat Jul 09 2016 - 00:41
John McManus: What Moody’s A rating really tells us about the new politicsLittle concern that a resurgent Dáil will be allowed stray too far from the economic status quoSat May 21 2016 - 02:03
John McManus: the great motor insurance price hike mysteryIf motor insurance is so unprofitable, why does anybody do it?Wed May 04 2016 - 01:00
John McManus: Are we about to bail out the private hospitals?It is hard to believe that we have created a private hospital system that is too big to failWed Apr 27 2016 - 01:23
John McManus: How does Joshua Molloy differ from the Supermarket Jihadi?Both men eventually seem to have grown tired and disenchanted with war and fightingWed Apr 20 2016 - 01:38
John McManus: TDs have much to gain from publishing their tax returnsWould we elect more politicans like Michael Lowry if we knew about their finances?Wed Apr 13 2016 - 13:40
John McManus: Imagine if the Panama Papers weren’t a hoaxPity Frank Flannery and all those caught up in the Mossack Fonseca leakWed Apr 06 2016 - 17:26
Panama Papers: Developer used firm to shield assets from NamaRay Grehan's quarter-share in €50m Dutch casino transferred to British Virgin Islands firmTue Apr 05 2016 - 13:27
John McManus: Is it valid to compare 1916 rebels to Islamic State?UK commentators have gone where Irish ones fear to treadWed Mar 30 2016 - 10:36
John McManus: Property funds have become the new ‘bondholders’Nobody who just got a Dáil seat wants to be the Irish version of Greece’s Alexis Tsipras and Syriza - who stood up to international capital and got whackedWed Mar 16 2016 - 01:00
Equating au pairs with employees is ludicrousWorkplace watchdog’s ruling will be honoured more in the breach than the observanceWed Mar 09 2016 - 01:00
John McManus: The electorate has failed Fianna Fáil and Fine GaelIf social democracy is what it takes to preserve the civil war fabric of our political system then so be itWed Mar 02 2016 - 01:18
John McManus: A Government addicted to legal adviceThe Government’s habit reached its denouement in efforts to reform the professionWed Feb 24 2016 - 02:47
John McManus: Garda reduced to being security men at drug dealer funeralsHow can it be considered a success when gardaí facilitate a public celebration of crimeWed Feb 17 2016 - 01:00
John McManus: Welcome back Richard Barrett your country needs youSomewhat inexplicably the Government do seem slow to take up his offer of helpWed Feb 10 2016 - 01:54
John McManus: Do US firms now have a taste for Irish politics?During the marriage referendum they overtly tried to influence the outcome of the democratic process in their favourWed Jan 27 2016 - 04:00
John McManus: How Nama and Gerry Gannon unlocked BelcampThe price of sites must bear some sort of relationship to what people are prepared to pay for a houseWed Jan 13 2016 - 02:52
Facebook’s taxes would be more use than Zuckerberg’s philanthropyNo need to get too excited about Facebook boss giving our money awayThu Dec 03 2015 - 08:51
Only surprise is that farmers are surprised about IFA boss’s payPat Smith’s salary is no more or less troubling than that of any other successful executiveMon Nov 23 2015 - 10:06
John McManus: Housing policy dilemma a tale of two IrelandsSome need house prices to return to 2007 levels and others need them linked to 2015 wagesWed Oct 14 2015 - 04:40
John McManus: Rural crime is about jobs not Garda stations or the bail lawsA thousand more on the dole in Garda district leads to extra 50 break-ins and theftsThu Oct 08 2015 - 07:59
John McManus: Nama cannot just walk away from controversy over €1.6bn Northern Irish dealWhen you look at the background the agency’s position does not really hold waterFri Oct 02 2015 - 06:00
Campaign for new sail training ship to replace Asgard IIAlantic Youth Trust want insurance money from sunken ship to help fund new vesselMon Jun 29 2015 - 01:00
US drug company buys EirGen for $135mMiami-based Opko acquires Waterford-based manufacturer of generic cancer drugsWed May 06 2015 - 01:00
Eircom seeks go-ahead to spend €500m and to sell Temple Bar siteTelecoms group wants covenants limiting its indebtedness significantly relaxedSat May 02 2015 - 01:00
Signs of leeway from Europe on debt ahead of Greek electionEurogroup chief says room to manoeuvre if new government honours its agreementsSat Jan 24 2015 - 08:18
Inside Davos: Ireland signals positive links with fiscally responsible Northern EuropeansEnda Kenny’s efforts to use Davos to send a message to voters back home do not seem to have worked out so wellSat Jan 24 2015 - 00:02
Davos: France ‘must speed up reforms’ in wake of QEFrench president commits to faster reforms alongside ECB launch of quantitative easingFri Jan 23 2015 - 15:46
