John McManus: God forbid Stephen Donnelly should have a good ideaVaccine proposal was killed off by a combination of Government’s terror and Opposition’s opportunismTue Apr 20 2021 - 00:53
Harry Styles in a dress. A South County Dublin parent writes...“You have had your fun and now I am left to pick up the pieces”Thu Nov 19 2020 - 14:51
John McManus: Is this the best little country in the world for lockdowns?Ireland lacks institutional wherewithal to do anything but lie low til Covid passesMon Oct 26 2020 - 01:39
John McManus: Is reopening hairdressers a risk worth taking?Other European countries have taken a different approach to IrelandWed May 06 2020 - 14:33
We are dropping the ball on Covid-19 testingEU roadmap sees capacity for large scale testing as a prerequisite for exiting lockdownThu Apr 16 2020 - 06:04
Government flying blind on lifting restrictionsNew case figures do not give an accurate picture of the spread of coronavirusFri Apr 10 2020 - 10:13
Consultants want private business exempt from national effort to save lives‘Many’ and ‘some’ are words people use when they don’t have accurate figures and oftentimes translate as ‘not a lot’Mon Apr 06 2020 - 12:28
John McManus: A black swan moment for Sinn Féin?Events characterised by failure of the supposedly clairvoyant to predict the future accuratelyThu Feb 20 2020 - 14:54
The trouble with saying ‘I’m not right wing or racist but . . .’Ireland is as predisposed to racism as any society although we are probably more prone to self-deceptionMon Nov 11 2019 - 01:21
Johnson deserves a hearing in Ireland but will not get oneAt this late stage there seems little appetite for alternatives to the backstopSat Aug 24 2019 - 01:20
John McManus: The real reason why the state subsidises private schoolsThe fiscal arguments for this state of affairs are flimsy, but change is still unlikelyWed Jul 31 2019 - 10:34
Should the rich get to choose how they contribute to society?Inviting wealthy to fund housing may add philanthropic legitimacy to tax avoidersSun Jul 14 2019 - 13:30
How Mytaxi killed Irish taxis and now owns the futureSuccess in Ireland and new €5 cancellation fee point to winner-takes-all capitalismWed May 15 2019 - 09:22
John McManus: Someone finally shouts stop but nobody caresSenior civil servant warns over €3bn rural broadband fiasco in waitingFri May 03 2019 - 10:01
Should we care about Trinity College ‘hazing’ antics?Controversy over reporting by student newspaper has upside for freedom of expressionThu Mar 28 2019 - 00:46
Varadkar and Rees-Mogg have different tailors but wear much the same clothesWorrying to see Taoiseach and Paschal Donohoe demonstrating ambivalence to expertiseFri Dec 07 2018 - 00:52
Are men just better at science than women?Study showing women are more empathetic, men more analytical, stresses social factorsWed Nov 14 2018 - 06:05
Simon Harris should get off Twitter and start doing his jobMalak Thawley case shows limits of his trigger-happy approach to the health serviceFri Sept 28 2018 - 06:00
John McManus: Has Ireland developed shitlife syndrome?Life expectancy has started to peak as inequality risesSat Sept 01 2018 - 05:00
Shane Ross is helping to fight against fascismJohn McManus: Minister and Independents are a bulwark against strong-man politicsFri Aug 10 2018 - 01:15
John McManus: Why did Robert Pitt take on Denis O’Brien and Leslie Buckley?Former chief executive crucially was an outsider in tightly-knit corporate IrelandSat Apr 21 2018 - 05:00
How have we all ended up working for free for waste collection firms?John McManus: Panda has enslaved me as an unpaid rubbish sorter facing finesFri Mar 02 2018 - 09:11
John McManus: English deserve a break over BrexitIrish smugness about UK folly must be tempered by memory of independenceFri Jan 19 2018 - 01:00
Irish-based structure may still help Apple avoid billions in taxParadise Papers: Apple says it changed residency of its Irish subsidiaries but insists move did not reduce tax paymentsTue Nov 07 2017 - 01:00
The stockmarket says everything about the Government’s housing policy€700 million new entrant Glenveagh sees little chance of meaningful intervention to reduce pricesFri Oct 13 2017 - 01:00
John McManus: Eoghan Murphy has to do more than just get his crazy onVulture funds must be convinced that building homes now is the rational courseWed Aug 16 2017 - 01:00
John McManus: UN Committee against Torture now last resort for Irish NGOsDomestic dead ends force campaigners to turn to Geneva in effort to embarrass Government into actionWed Aug 02 2017 - 01:41
John McManus: Why we should resist efforts to rein in Dáil privilegeThe squabbling post Paul Murphy’s acquittal is a small price to pay for an open forumFri Jul 21 2017 - 00:45
John McManus: State should split St Vincent’s or risk creating a monsterTaxpayer-funded assets will be controlled by opaque group with deep enthusiasm for private medicineWed May 31 2017 - 01:06
Why we keep making the same mistakes over housingJohn McManus: Politicians and builders are united in need for rising house pricesWed May 17 2017 - 03:00
John McManus: Maternity hospital row has as much to do with money as GodSVHG has protected its own financial interests through taking control of the new hospitalFri Apr 28 2017 - 10:17
John McManus: Rural broadband is as much a human right as access to free waterMaybe the the time is right for a new movement modelled on the water campaignWed Apr 12 2017 - 16:10
John McManus: Taoiseach blows out Mary Robinson’s lightOffer to extend presidential franchise raises uncomfortable questions about diasporaSat Mar 18 2017 - 06:00
John McManus: Who is really the fascist? The limits to free speech in IrelandFew believe free speech should have no limits, but where is the cut-off point?Fri Mar 03 2017 - 10:41
John McManus: No stopping Dáil committees after rulingKerins case judgment means committees are free under privilege to abuse citizensMon Feb 06 2017 - 10:13
What Enda Kenny didn’t tell the “global elite” at DavosFragility of Goverment due to growing anger over inequality probably not mentionedFri Jan 20 2017 - 16:02
The State is about to create another housing bubbleThe Irish economy is set to repeat its old mistake of excess mortgage-lendingWed Jan 04 2017 - 09:29
John McManus: Apple’s adventures in tax wonderlandThe US giant thinks that governments exploit loopholes to make firms pay taxWed Dec 21 2016 - 01:00
John McManus: Why don't we make TK Whitakers anymore?Did his plan’s success paradoxically contribute to the crash and rise of populist politics?Thu Dec 08 2016 - 14:56
John McManus: Only one in five is living the Irish dreamFair rewards are elusive and this creates a breeding ground for populist solutionsFri Nov 25 2016 - 13:23
Ireland: Best little country for plucking refugees out of the seaWe are slow to take in refugees but dispatch rescue ships with great gustoFri Oct 21 2016 - 16:03
We have found the cure for crime – it’s called jobsNew figures are not good news for politicians on the ‘reopening Garda stations’ bandwagonFri Sept 30 2016 - 04:30
John McManus: Why Nama is in such trouble over Project EagleState agency should have blown the whistle on Northern Ireland sale but chose not toSat Sept 17 2016 - 05:00
John McManus: Why we have no right to spend Apple’s €13bnThe money does not belong to us and we should give it back to its ownersWed Aug 31 2016 - 19:21
Free the Nipple and simplifying the battle for social justiceCarina Fitzpatrick made a statement on everything from parenting to sexualitySat Aug 06 2016 - 02:07
John McManus: Outrage over vulture fund tax avoidance rings a little hollowCharties have been used for years to reduce tax on international deals done from DublinSat Jul 30 2016 - 02:49
John McManus: Housing plan looks like a bailout for buildersIt’s not that the Government can’t bring down house prices, more that they don’t want toSun Jul 24 2016 - 11:18
John McManus: Nama’s worst nightmare comes a step closerReluctance to face up to Project Eagle fiasco may cost agency dearlySat Jul 16 2016 - 01:35
