Could the US go downhill for good following Trump’s war on Iran?
The Suez crisis was the end of the road for Britain as a global rule-maker. The US is setting itself up for a repeat
Fuel protests were a tactical masterclass and may have set the stage for more
By capitulating and throwing money at the problem, the Government has set itself up for a repeat performance, as Ireland’s EU presidency looms
Is Ireland the worst run country in Europe?
There is no cost control. And no one seems to care about what we are getting for all this spending
David McWilliams: Sinn Féin’s class-war language is more British than Irish
Voters wary as Mary Lou McDonald’s party beats all-or-nothing, Marxist drum on housing
History shows oil shocks are followed by recessions – will it be any different this time?
Ireland remains highly dependent on fossil fuels despite experiencing previous oil crises
Entrepreneurial, local Irish business is the real employment miracle in Ireland
The people we call entrepreneurs are the ones who make the economy dance. Without them, there’s no products, sales or demand for workers
Two Chinese companies, Shein and Temu, are undercutting retailers in every country
If the Chinese juggernaut continues to make things better than Europeans, what is there for Europe to make?
Disruption to gas rather than oil might hit Ireland most dramatically
We are fixated on tech and AI, but forget how the economy is mostly still heavy, dirty and smelly
American money is destroying the Irish economy from the inside
Ireland is dangerously overdependent on a small number of companies for far too much revenue
Ireland’s low urban population has left us with a problem of extreme commuting
As Clare and Tipperary people know, Ireland has become a country of sprawl, of suburbs creeping into countryside and towns and villages choked with traffic
The Irish banking system is not working – and that rarely ends well
Economies grow when banks lend money, but ours have become glorified safe deposit boxes
When crypto falls, it won’t be pretty
Bitcoin promoters sometimes portray price spikes as evidence it is money - in fact the opposite is true
The world has put too many financial eggs in a country run by a basket case
Concentration of global risk in one country – the US – is a source of enormous jeopardy
David McWilliams: In a trade war between the EU and the US, what happens to a city like Galway?
Donald Trump may have made a U-turn on Greenland, but the rupture between Europe and the US is permanent
Who do you trust more with your money: Jerome Powell or Donald Trump?
Although it might seem arcane, issuing criminal proceedings against the head of the Federal Reserve is a huge move of global significance