What the Surplus Hides
On paper, Ireland is the only Western European country currently building government wealth at scale rather than running it down. By the standard measures, the …
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The Island That Went First
So imagine this. A political movement based on a doctrine of acceptance, the kind described in our previous article, gains power in Ireland. Not in …
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The Acceptance
There is a particular kind of silence that settles over a conversation when everyone in the room knows the same thing and nobody is willing …
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The Ladder They Pulled Up
Ireland's government wants more professional landlords. Ireland's young people can't find jobs. These are not two stories. They are one policy, viewed from opposite ends …
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Your TD Is a Landlord. Here's How They Voted on Housing.
At least 19 sitting TDs have declared property interests in the Register of Members' Interests. One owns 27 properties. Another resigned as a minister over …
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Two Irelands in the Data
Ireland is richer, better educated, better connected, and living longer than at any point in its history. It is also less likely to own a …
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Open for Business
Ireland's housing crisis is not a failure of policy. It is the result of policy — decades of decisions made by identifiable people, in identifiable …
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