Cost of living crisis is the new thief in the night

Higher taxes are not the way to go if we are to avoid driving away the talent that indigenous and foreign-owned firms crave.

These days, various media channels are clogged up with discussions regarding the latest public sector industrial dispute.

Teachers, gardaí, nurses and doctors, have strong arguments to press, particularly younger ones, with elevated rents and an understandable resentment at being saddled with lower remuneration pay structures.