Any successful redevelopment of Dublin city must incorporate a tax scheme to coax that money out of the deposits and into ...

Why would Dante equate Adam, an everyday opportunistic counterfeiter, with Sinon, the man who betrayed Troy? It seems ...

The yellow bricks of the Yellow Brick Road, represent the gold bars which paved the way to the Emerald City, the city of green – or greenback, the colloquial term for the dollar. Dorothy represents ...

Economically, these three countries are by far the most successful of post-Soviet Republics, anchoring themselves politically, commercially and militarily to the West, via the EU and Nato. I’ve yet to ...

Our trade surplus with the US is about $50 billion (€45 billion), or $73 billion of exports less $23 billion of imports. If you divide by our five-odd million population, this implies a trade surplus ...

The dysfunctional state of Ireland’s housing market was perfectly illustrated by the recent collapse of a derelict cottage on Dublin’s Grand Canal. As hard as it might be to believe, this property is ...

The idea of local authorities raising pennies from tourists to fund Dublin’s crucial infrastructure – an idea the Government seems not keen on – prompts deeper questions about how we raise money in ...

In order to fix the supply side of the economy, the new government must, as a matter of urgency, sweep away bureaucratic, legislative and planning impediments which are constraining development. Land ...

Cape Town is a cosmopolitan melting pot. A jumble of creeds, colours and languages, the city is a fusion where it’s impossible to define or establish what a true Capetonian “looks” like. A creation of ...

In 1992, I moved into a flat on Parliament Street in Dublin city centre. Back then, the four residents of the refurbished 18th-century building were the only people living on the street. Yes, you read ...