Among the many crises, housing is the unresolved constant
‘Whoever is buying the houses is driving up their prices, so who could it be?’ writes David McWilliams
IT Sunday
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Presidential campaign kicks into life
Arrival of Gareth Sheridan and the withdrawal of Mairead McGuinness bookended the first week of real interest in the race for the Áras
Ireland’s Greenest Places 2025 long list
Longlist of greenest places includes towns and villages from across Ireland, as well as suburbs
Roads policing report a challenge for new Commissioner
Report found that some frontline gardaí working in roads policing were openly “hostile” towards doing their jobs
Scrapped Amazon plant a sign of Ireland hitting the infrastructural buffers
State plans huge investment just as the financial outlook grows more uncertain
Message from the Editor: Presidential vaudeville shouldn’t obscure two important points
The Irish presidency is a difficult role to fill - as we’re now seeing
The leaving of unlivable Temple Bar
What does the future hold for one of Dublin’s most popular areas?
Message from the Editor: seven million reasons to plan
Ireland’s population has reached levels not seen since the Famine, highlighting the need for inclusive, forward-thinking policies
Longer-term thinking needed on housing
The key pillar of the Government’s response to housing pressures has been to stimulate the private sector to build more
VAT rate cut for hospitality is back on the table - but will it be enough?
Move to reduce rate to 9% will limit room for income tax measures
Message from the Editor: Israel’s attack on Iran a dangerous escalation
What makes this attack all the more significant is not just its scale, but the geopolitical context
Ireland’s economic data is bonkers but puts us in the spotlight
Ireland’s corporate tax take and manufacturing base are looked on enviously not only from the US, but from Europe
Ireland’s under-35s: Better educated, better paid, and locked out of housing
College education attainment rates among under 35s in Ireland have transformed dramatically since 2000
‘When the other three estates fail the Fourth Estate has to succeed’
Resignation of CBS News CEO the latest casualty in Donald Trump’s long, slow war on mainstream media
Message from the Editor: Ireland’s silent slowdown
Uncertainty over Donald Trump’s tariffs is darkening the economic outlook
Who is Robert Prevost?
He has a ‘great, great desire to help the downtrodden and the disenfranchised’
Message from the Editor: a morass of Government’s own making on housing
Unseemly bickering between Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael suggests absence of sense of purpose that might at least ameliorate crisis over course of Coalition’s term
A pope is laid to rest. What comes next?
The election of Pope Francis’s successor will be like no other
Rory McIlroy’s crowning achievement captures hearts and minds
Seeing a sportsperson try and fail so many times makes the eventual success about much more than golf, writes Malachy Clerkin
Donald Trump blinked, but the danger hasn’t passed
David McWilliams takes a lap of honour in his column this week but is far from sanguine about the disruption unleashed by the White House
The reshaping of America’s relationships with allies and adversaries
Ireland’s business model is in need of a complete rethink, writes Cliff Taylor
A more polarised, confrontational Dáil takes shape
While Donald Trump prepares to announce swingeing tariffs, the lower house maintains its focus on parliamentary procedure
‘Collapse’ in apartment construction shows scale of housing challenge
Minister’s admission to Dáil is indication that the Government’s housing policy is struggling
Trump meeting shows Ireland faces delicate diplomacy
Despite Trump’s pledge not to do anything to hurt Ireland, his administration seems intent on pushing ahead with significant tariffs
Message from the Editor: If you agree with everything in Opinion, then we have failed
In the digital age, algorithms are designed to confirm our pre-existing beliefs and shield us from alternative views
Message from the Editor: a diplomatic disaster in the White House widens the atlantic fissure
Oval Office meltdown showed that Trump’s administration has more or less aligned with that of Putin
Trump’s bullying of Ukraine
The US has granted three of Vladimir Putin’s main demands before ceasefire talks even begin
New response to housing ‘permacrisis’ to be explored
Housing proposals this week show growing realisation by Government that scale of issue is simply beyond State’s resources
Message from the Editor: The challenge of covering Donald Trump’s chaotic, whirlwind presidency
The firehose of non-stop announcements makes it difficult to distinguish the outlandish statement from the radical policy shift. Perhaps the US president himself does not always know the difference
Businesses in Ireland brace for impact from Trump policy changes
While it is easy to dismiss ‘Trump being Trump’ there are clear signs of change internationally
Storms abound as new Dáil takes office
IT Sunday: ‘Ireland is awash with cash and the Government has the opportunity to use this to push Ireland forward’
Challenge for government is to turn proposals into progress
Flicking through the new programme for government similarities with its predecessor from 2020 are clear
Message from the Editor: A week that highlighted the value of fair, ethical and independent journalism
As we are owned by a Trust, we have no billionaire proprietor interfering in editorial decisions and we are free to pursue the stories that matter even when - especially when - the most powerful people in society seek to stand in our way
Message from the Editor: The next coalition will face a year of global instability
Weeks ahead of his inauguration for a second term as president on January 20th, Donald Trump is already upsetting the calculations of America’s allies as well as its adversaries
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