1. January 30th, 2008

    Can crescent and cross keep the faith together?

    Of all the big questions facing rich societies like Ireland, immigration is perhaps one of the most vexatious.

  2. January 27th, 2008

    Learning from the Davos locals

    Davos people going about their business may have more to teach us than the rich and powerful.

  3. January 27th, 2008

    Fundamentalists still preach the false gospel of property

    Spin masters continue to tell us that our economic fundamentals are sound, but they keep changing the fundamentals.

  4. January 23rd, 2008

    Forget the economy – it’s about resources, stupid

    The collapse of the global housing bubble, leading to a banking crisis was so well flagged that to suggest we have been taken by surprise by the huge falls in stock markets is simply not credible.

  5. January 20th, 2008

    If bank HQs leave the country can the money be far behind?

    The Gulf States are looking round to spend their money and Ireland’s banks are looking good value right now.

  6. January 16th, 2008

    Unhealthy wealth binge tightens the poverty trap

    Have you noticed the Barnardos ad on bus shelters with a picture of a little boy staring out at you under the caption “It’s only poverty, he’ll grow out of it”?

  7. January 15th, 2008

    British property market is no longer quite as safe as houses

    ‘Robopaddy’ has suddenly realised that buying property abroad doesn’t spread the risk.

    Back in 2005 a strange creature emerged out of the Irish property boom. He could be seen at regional airports all around Europe, but particularly in Britain.

  8. January 9th, 2008

    Embracing our global roots is key to success

    At first you do a double-take. The look is both familiar and unmistakable. Here in the parched Pampas, south of Buenos Aires, deep in gaucho territory, the strangest sight is the Irish gaucho.

  9. January 6th, 2008

    Creativity is the way forward

    We must use all means at our disposal to continue our economic success.

    I am writing this from the beautiful city of Mendoza in western Argentina. The city lies at the edge of the great Argentinian plain, just before the flatlands are shockingly interrupted by the vertiginous Andes which erupt out of the plateau, throwing up an immense natural wall between the pampas and the Pacific.

  10. January 5th, 2008

    The Generation Game Episode 3

    Part 3 of the David’s recently aired TV series, Ireland’s Generation Game.
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  11. January 5th, 2008

    The Generation Game Episode 2

    Part 2 of the David’s recently aired TV series, Ireland’s Generation Game.
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  12. January 5th, 2008

    The Generation Game Episode 1

    Part 1 of the David’s recently aired TV series, Ireland’s Generation Game.
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  13. January 2nd, 2008

    The game is up for the housing hype-peddlers

    Ah the revisionists. You can’t help loving a revisionist. He always emerges after the event to suggest that the history you have just witnessed didn’t happen at all.

David Mc Williams
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