If we separated the banking system’s debt from the rest of the State, we could borrow easily on international markets Yesterday, I got into a Dublin taxi and started nattering away about the usual, the weather, the football and, of course, the state of the kip....
Last Wednesday evening, in thick snow, as cars slid and sneaked tentatively past the wonderful Church of Ireland church In Monkstown – the one built like a chess set – I hopped on the 7 bus. The driver was courteous and good humoured as he ferried dozens...
Tonight I am heading to see ‘Scrooge’ at the Grand Canal Theatre. I have to reveal an interest and not a little bit of fatherly pride as my daughter plays one of the children. She has been excited all month by this and of course, the whole family now know...
What is it? What is the difference between Donegal and Tyrone? And I don’t just mean in Gaelic football. Last Friday morning, I was trying to put my finger – or, more accurately, my foot – on it. Yes, it is something tangible. Crossing the bridge between...
We are only fiscally delinquent when we attach our banks to the people, so we should cut them loose The 13.00 train from Waterford to Dublin pulls out bang on time in glorious sunshine and sneaks its way up the River Suir before turning right and heading inland,...
Last week, we had the tale of two countries. One country, Iceland, apparently did ‘everything wrong’ by defaulting on its bank debt and increasing government spending as the people of Iceland saved. Iceland told the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to back off until...
