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When hype and history whine
When hype and history whine
Sam Freedman is a Senior Fellow with the Institute of Government in the UK. The Institute works to make UK government more effective…
Daire O'Criodain
Sep 24
Economic migration: Up with this we should not have to put — maybe!
Economic migration: Up with this we should not have to put — maybe!
The situation in Sudan was the lead story in The Economist edition of 31 August. The publication made the case that the catastrophe there…
Daire O'Criodain
Sep 17
FF and FG in their nest agree!
FF and FG in their nest agree!
[Normal weekly service resumes next week.]
Daire O'Criodain
Sep 9
The rich shall inherit the earth.
The rich shall inherit the earth.
At the end of July, Bagehot, the anonymous opinion columnist on British affairs for The Economist, reflected on public attitudes there…
Daire O'Criodain
Aug 27
Country roads don’t always take us home!
Country roads don’t always take us home!
The Irish Times of Saturday, 13 July, had an article on the incidence of deaths on Ireland’s roads.[i] The backbone of the piece was an…
Daire O'Criodain
Aug 13
Mars ain’t the kind of place for refugees
Mars ain’t the kind of place for refugees
On 23 July, Sinn Féin issued what it described as “a plan to fix our broken international protection system”[i]. In very summary terms, the…
Daire O'Criodain
Jul 30
The guns of midsummer
The guns of midsummer
“There are decades when nothing happens and there are weeks when decades happen.” according to Lenin. Even if it doesn’t amount to decades…
Daire O'Criodain
Jul 16
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