While leaders like Charles Haughey and Garret FitzGerald bestrode the national stage as political and intellectual giants, today Micheál Martin and Simon Harris work hard to imitate leadership.
Echoing our own Fiscal Advisory Council, The Economist concluded that “Governments are living far beyond their means.”
At long last, the doom-mongers are facing sustained and active challenge.
“The things which happen most promptly and efficiently in Ireland tend to happen inside factories operated by Americans.”
The biggest reason why Harris should have avoided Finance is that Prudent Paschal was not in the least bit prudent.
Democratic revolt needed
Ireland is no exception when it comes to dodgy public sector accounting.
The last thing Ireland needs is a left emboldened by a Connolly victory.
There are two very valid reasons why we have focused so much critical attention on Israel’s behaviour in Gaza.
It’s time to sharply incentivise domestic economic activity. How did FF and FG respond to this challenge in yesterday’s budget?
Changes
Financial expert Cormac Lucey spells out 3 “fundamental errors” with Green policies – including a failure to consider cost versus benefits – and says they are driven by “too much faith, not enough fact”.