Explainer 11 min read

Sold the view, extinguished the path

In April 2024 Fáilte Ireland announced that the Wild Atlantic Way generates €3 billion in annual tourism revenue. Six months later the State quietly removed …

Commentary 7 min read

This Is Not Normal

You already know something is wrong. You've known for a while. The news cycle confirms it daily: climate collapse accelerating past every guardrail, genocide broadcast …

Analysis 21 min read

The Wrong Form of Protest

Three senior ministers, three statements, all on message, all in the same forty-eight hours, all addressed to a movement whose members are not in any …

Commentary 12 min read

It Is Too Much

It is too much. That is the first thing to say, and most of the writing about the present moment will not say it, because …

Explainer 12 min read

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 …

Explainer 13 min read

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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