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It may not be a thrill ride, but summer statement is credible

Wednesday, July 12, 2017

The Government today reveals its summer economic statement, looking to hike spending but balance the books, writes Daniel McConnell

Donald Trump’s cybersecurity plan lost in translation

Wednesday, July 12, 2017

The idea that Russia and the US work out the rules of engagement in cyberspace isn’t crazy, but the US president jumped the gun after Putin talks, writes Leonid Bershidsky

Michael Clifford: Witnesses’ awareness of current events comes under judge’s scrutiny

Tuesday, July 11, 2017

Peter Charleton asked a witness at the Disclosures Tribunal whether she was aware that Leo Varadkar was the Taoiseach. The witness, a social worker, confirmed that she was aware of this. She also knew Enda Kenny was the previous Taoiseach, writes Michael Clifford

Growth is accelerating but inflation is not and that’s a worry

Tuesday, July 11, 2017

Central banks’ goal of an inflation rate close to 2% will not be achieved, and the reasons why are not obvious, says Daniel Gros

How do you solve a problem like Korea?

Tuesday, July 11, 2017

Tobin Harshaw talks to non-proliferation expert Jeffrey Lewis about North Korea’s nuclear programme and why the regime’s recent ICBM launch shouldn’t have come as a surprise

Remembering Kevin O’Higgins and his three IRA killers

Monday, July 10, 2017

Ryle Dwyer recalls the assassination of Kevin O’Higgins and how, many years later, his family decided to have Mass said for his three killers

US a step closer to being a rogue nation

Monday, July 10, 2017

Donald Trump’s withdrawal from the Paris climate change accord overlooks the fact that the US is one of the big per-capita emitters of carbon dioxide, says Joseph E Stiglitz

Ireland blinded after making the eyes at Justin Trudeau

Saturday, July 08, 2017

The unashamed ogling of the Canadian PM masks the real craze of our times — political fidget-spinning. We need to learn the art of media literacy so that we know when we are being spun, writes Clodagh Finn.

From Nixon to Trump, the FBI has always had a duty to keep the President in check

Saturday, July 08, 2017 Tim Weiner

JOHN Mindermann is part of an unusual fraternity. A former agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), now 80 and retired in his hometown, San Francisco, he is among the relative handful of law-enforcement officials who have investigated a sitting president of the US.