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 …

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 …

Commentary 15 min read

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 …

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 …

Analysis 9 min read

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 …

Analysis 15 min read

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 …

Support me