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The date of the Irish Presidential election has, of course, been announced for 27th October, which is a Thursday. I doubt at this point that the date announced will be [...]

The outcome of the European Summit earlier this month from an Irish perspective has been very positive given, in particular, the interest rate reduction with respect to bailout terms. The [...]

The late Declan Costello’s contribution to Ireland through politics and judicial service has been highlighted but perhaps his writings also had a significant influence across the Atlantic? Declan Costello collated [...]

The Fine Gael Presidential election convention on 9th July will see three candidates contesting, and I am encouraging all those party members eligible to vote to give Gay Mitchell MEP [...]

Although this is not a particularly topical issue, I would feel that there should be consideration given to establishing a more clearly defined appointment process for high-level roles within the [...]

As the newly elected Seanad settles in, the Government is meanwhile clearly determined to see the Seanad abolished during the lifetime of its current term. Some have argued that our [...]

The recent decision by the ICC to exclude Ireland from the 2015 Cricket World Cup is obviously galling from an Irish perspective, but should also be regarded as one from [...]

The Chairman of NAMA, Frank Daly, has suggested that NAMA is examining the prospect of providing financing to fund commercial and personal property deals. Certainly, the recent Allsop auction of [...]

The decision by the ECB to raise interest rates by 25 basis points to 1.25%, which is projected to be the first in a series of similar increases this year, [...]

                  The budget passed in December features an unprecedented extent of fiscal retrenchment to the Irish economy, in the order of €6 [...]