Billions needed to fund health services into next decade, ESRI says
Think tank forecasts likely expenditure for statutory homecare and other services
Stigma and admin burden among reasons for not taking up medical cards
New ESRI research paper shows families out of pocket due to failure to avail of cards
John FitzGerald: The shift from specialist to generalist skills in public service is a mistake
Downgrading of specialist skills has contributed to policy failures in the 2000s
Cillian O’Connor helps Ballintubber secure back-to-back Mayo titles
Andy Moran’s Ballaghaderreen come off second best at MacHale Park
Healthcare reform threatened by geographic inequalities in services
ESRI study finds imbalance in distribution of services could impede Sláintecare programme
There is a social gradient in ill health and earlier deaths: Poor people die younger
Inequality in life expectancy has received much less attention than income inequality
Angela Copley founder of Ballyfermot abuse survivors’ group dies
‘To say I was humbled and honoured to have her in my life would be an understatement’
Will Brexit break old patterns of Anglo-Irish migration?
Ireland and Britain have been a common labour market for decades. That may change
Doonbeg welcomes Donald Trump as ‘new neighbour’
Locals in Co Clare village say presidential ‘one-two’ will be good for jobs
Diarmaid Ferriter: Be wary of shameless, populist water charge abolitionists
The determination of politicians, not to do what is best for the environment or what is equitable, but what is most popular is undiminished
Brendan Walsh: An influential Irish economist who taught students to ask questions
Obituary: ‘Although Walsh was wary of governmental interference in economic affairs, he was the great eclectic rather than the espouser of any particular economic ideology’
Economist Brendan Walsh inspired generations of students
Brendan Walsh was a sharp analyst of Irish economics and society
Conditions ripe in Ireland for growth of internet of things
Technology giants are not the only companies moving into the internet of things era of smart devices
Marriage rate between Catholics and Protestants under 1% in 1911
New study finds that mixed marriages were vert rare prior to first World War
Four dead in separate road incidents over the weekend
Lives lost in crashes in Wexford, Kerry, Westmeath and Dublin city
Cork firms count cost after heavy flooding hits city centre
High tide and south easterly winds led to River Lee bursting banks on both channels
A whiskey story
With several distilleries about to go into production, the range of Irish whiskies is set to expand hugely, hopefully ending the current drought in the market
Third-level education is a ‘confidence trick and scam’, forum told
Prof Mary Gallagher of UCD makes claim at launch of charter against commercialisation of universities
Assuming protection as member of euro zone ‘a major flaw’
Honohan points finger at wrong policy thinking
Things not nearly as bad as they are often portrayed
Inside Politics: We enjoy living standards that were unimaginable to previous generations
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