“For what I have done, the nation will call me a traitor”: the words reputedly spoken by Czech leader Emil Hácha after he signed away Czechoslovakia’s independence in 1939. Hácha was the epitome of coerced compromise, later viewed as collaboration, the fa... See more
Irish consumers remain concerned about the uncertain economic outlook and the cost-of-living squeeze. The latest Credit Union consumer sentiment index was 61.2 last month, almost unchanged from the 61 rating reported for November. The headline value was, ... See more
On day three of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos last year, I sped down from the press centre to the main hall for US president Donald Trump’s virtual address to the event (they were in different locations). The purpose? I wanted to gauge, first ha... See more
Government spending last year was almost €4 billion higher than what had been set out in Budget 2025, the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (Ifac) has warned. Responding to the latest year-end exchequer returns, which showed Government spending hit a record €... See more
The latest full-year exchequer returns indicate – above all else – just how little Ireland has been affected by the main economic news story of 2025: tariffs. Despite extensive warnings about the State’s precarious position in Donald Trump’s new world ord... See more
