Never in their wildest dreams could crypto backers have imagined the US president promoting a token that sought to undermine ...

Take the biggest issue facing Ireland right now – the housing market. With data and the right model of what drives house prices in real life, we can set policy that is likely to succeed. If the ...

No matter what some people might argue, Ireland needs immigrants. This economy and society cannot survive without them. From healthcare to high-tech, construction to hospitality, the country would ...

Venmo founder Bryan Johnson and other tech billionaires have set their sights on immortality. Is this as risible as it seems?

The Dublin City Taskforce has unveiled a blueprint to rejuvenate the capital’s centre, calling for €750 million to €1 billion in new investment and identifying “Ten Big Moves” to restore safety, ...

In Dante’s Inferno, the poet reserved one of his most ghastly punishments for the crime of forgery. Canto 30 of the Inferno describes the counterfeiter “Adamo” condemned to the eighth circle of hell, ...

It’s not every day you find yourself in the Orthodox church where Alexander Pushkin’s great-grandfather was baptised. There is something calming about these dark, ornate and often windowless churches.

This week two global reports underscored the extraordinary education revolution that has taken place in Ireland. We are now the most educated country on the planet, above Singapore and Switzerland ...

Average rents have hit all-time highs, especially in cities. Has the economy gone from hot to hotter? And what are we going to do about it? In the past couple of months the average new rent nationwide ...

This represents policy dysfunction on a monumental scale, laid bare in a micro-aggression against society at large. You might think the term aggression is over the top, but it’s not if you regard ...

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 ...