The Irish Times view on the economy in 2024: still defying gravity
The road ahead is clear enough – use the funds coming from strong corporate and income taxes to invest in housing and infrastructure - but delivery remains the key issue
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Ireland’s economic future is bright, apart from a housing crisis, a sick health service and Donald Trump
A negative cost/price dynamic is alienating consumers and pushing many businesses to the brink
What will Donald Trump 2.0 mean for the US - and the rest of the world?
Trump will face significant logistical and legal limits to his stated aim of deporting a million migrants a year
The Irish Times view on the world in 2024: democracy under strain
A year of terrible wars and the re-invigoration of populist politics which has all underlined deeply worrying trends in international relations
Undocumented Irish still fighting for legal status in US as Donald Trump promises new crackdown
Former congressman Bruce Morrison says Irish who overstayed holiday visa waivers lose right to a defence if new president takes aggressive approach on illegal immigration
‘It’s all braggadocio’: Donald Trump’s former security chief scathing over lack of coherent strategy
John Bolton describes Trump’s decision-making as driven by personal relationships and ‘neuron flashes’, rather than a deep understanding of national interests
Donald Trump, millennials and vegans: An A-Z guide on Christmas conversation killers
Our essential guide includes advice on what to say – and what not to say – if you want to make it unscathed through Christmas Day with family and loved ones
Matt Gaetz paid thousands of dollars for sex and drugs, US House report finds
Florida Congressman resigned from House last month after Donald Trump selected him to be attorney general
From liberal icon to Maga joke: the waning fortunes of Justin Trudeau
With the Liberal Party trailing the Conservatives by 25 per cent in the polls, Canada’s long-serving prime minister will soon either step down as leader or call elections that he’ll most likely lose
Joe Biden commutes sentences of 37 death row inmates
Decision to change punishments to life in prison without parole follows month of pressure from campaigners
South Korea detects signs of North Korea preparing more troops and weapons for Russia
Seoul, Washington and Kyiv have said there are around 12,000 North Korean troops in Russia to assist in its war in Ukraine
Panama’s leader rebuffs Donald Trump’s threat to reimpose US control over Panama Canal
Trump complained over weekend of ‘ridiculous’ transit fees for US vessels travelling through canal
Palantir partners with leading defence and tech companies to win US government contracts
Palantir and Anduril, two of the world’s largest defence firms, creating consortium that includes Elon Musk’s SpaceX and ChatGPT maker OpenAI
A fiscal fight is brewing in the court of Donald Trump
America’s debt pile and the case for tax cuts will be flashpoints inside the new administration
Trump threatens to retake control of Panama Canal unless deal reached
The comments prompted a strong rebuke from president Jose Raul Mulino who said: ‘Every square meter of the Panama canal and the surrounding area belongs to Panama and will continue belonging so’
Musk leads race to be world’s first trillionaire
Lesson of the 20th century was that when a critical mass of citizens feel the system is rigged against them, we encourage radical politics
‘No place to hide’: Trapped on the US-Mexico border, immigrants fear deportation
Thousands of illegal immigrants living in a netherworld along the Texas border are braced for the likelihood of a long-promised crackdown once Donald Trump assumes office
US Congress passes spending legislation to avert government shutdown
Late-night vote capped week that saw US president-elect Donald Trump and billionaire ally Elon Musk defeat initial bipartisan deal
The world is no longer multipolar - it is ‘multiplex’
Worldview: Multipolarity is based mainly on nineteenth and early twentieth century European precedents concerning balances of state military and strategic power. A multiplex world allows due place in producing order and disorder for institutions, corporations, extremists and social movements
Ukraine: Key events that shaped 2024 and will influence the conflict in 2025
Ukraine is still standing after more than 1,000 days of full-scale fighting with Russia, in the biggest war in Europe since 1945
Donald Trump is changing America in ways that will reverberate long after he is dead
The US president is a once-in-a-lifetime master manipulator of the unseen energies that sway the electorate
Western indifference to Israel’s thirst for war defines a grotesque year of hypocrisy
As China and Russia weigh up their options in anticipation of Donald Trump’s second presidency, horrified countries in the Global South see Gaza as an emblem of US and European double standards
Fatalities in Kursk and Kyiv as Ukraine and Russia trade missile strikes
At least one dead in Kyiv and six killed in Russia’s Kursk region
Peter Mandelson named UK ambassador to US for ‘new chapter of friendship’
‘Prince of Darkness’ will seek to woo Trump administration, avoid trade war and ensure the countries remain aligned over Ukraine
Novo Nordisk shares tumble as weight-loss drug trial data disappoints
Obesity drug CagriSema misses goal of 25% body weight reduction
Trump threatens tariffs if EU doesn’t buy more US oil and gas
US is the world’s largest producer of crude oil and the biggest exporter of liquefied natural gas
Setback for Trump as Republicans fail to pass spending Bill and shutdown looms
Thirty-eight Republicans vote against package, hastily assembled after the president-elect and Elon Musk scuttled a prior bipartisan deal
Ireland has won the corporation tax game for now, but will that last?
The upcoming Trump presidency presents a huge challenge to maintaining the State’s tax receipts
During this hard men era, Ireland would do well to remember Seán MacBride’s words
MacBride asked ‘if those vested with authority and power practice injustice, resort to torture and killing, is it not inevitable that those who are victims will react with similar methods?’
Ukraine should not be pushed to negotiating table too soon, says new EU foreign affairs chief Kaja Kallas
EU summit: Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy says Russia ‘not interested’ in peace
Georgia appeals court disqualifies prosecutor Fani Willis in Trump 2020 election case
Ruling throws into doubt future of case which includes US president-elect and 14 allies
Vladimir Putin claims war in Ukraine has made Russia ‘much stronger’
Moscow ‘ready for negotiations and compromises’ to end the fighting, Russian president says during carefully controlled press conference
EU summit: European leaders to send ‘clear signal’ on Ukraine support to Trump
Zelenskiy is invited to attend first part of Brussels talks, with threat of an EU-US trade war also set to dominate summit
To the French, Germans and even the Brits, Ireland is blessed with boring politics
Amid criticism of Ireland’s domestic politics making it hard for new ideas to break through, there’s something to be said for ‘same old, same old’
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