Gathering almost every TD with a stake in the status quo in one government will prove to be a mistake

We are going to have to decarbonise and dampen down current spending to avoid overheating the economy

Where there is neither control of spending nor effective delivery, it is the worst of all worlds

With no third party to disproportionately set the agenda or take the blame, the prospect of Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael parting as good friends at the end of the next Government will be more challenging

With Labour divided and the Social Democrats sceptical, the focus is on a handful of Independents

Party leaders would not agree to allow Minister for Climate Eamon Ryan to bring plans to Cabinet for the deployment of a €3.15bn climate fund

Election 2024 will still see the issues that concerned voters most in 2020

Can the Harris surge survive the winter? Fianna Fáil may prefer to bet that it can’t

Apart from the back of an envelope suggestion for a new Department of Infrastructure, there is little by way of new ideas on how we can do things better, as distinct from just spending more money

State’s immediate challenge is not money but capacity. We lack the people and infrastructure needed to match current demand

The worst of all worlds would be a Department of Infrastructure which takes years to assemble but is several pistons short of being a full engine

Simon Harris has moved ahead of his problems without necessarily confronting them. Now he’s in a race against time

Undecided voters, and those who make up their minds late on, will influence the outcome of the general election

Cutting inheritance tax benefits the offspring of the generation now leaving property behind - and their parents already enjoyed mortgage interest relief in the past

The new Minister must use the pre-election budget to perform an interconnected series of balances

We need to stop talking about climate obligations and look at the opportunities

The great issues of our times are ageing, climate, and generative AI

Disjointed responses to different humanitarian crises are dictated by their distance, our convenience and political opportunism

The vote - to be held four weeks from today - is an important experiment in extending local government. A lot rests on voters’ choice

In the past, there was a formula which ensured that the worse things were, the more money you got. That’s no longer the case