The decision we are seemingly determined to make, is return to where we were, writes Gerard Howlin

LAST Saturday, the Irish State re-enacted the oration of Padraig Pearse at the graveside of Jeremiah O’Donovan Rossa. 

The politics of yesterday’s decision by Eurostat are appalling for the Government. Don’t gloat, however. They are worse for the country, writes Gerard Howlin.

What Ireland has is vibrancy... But business needs to be minded, or it will go elsewhere again, writes Gerard Howlin

At the height of its pomp, Social Partnership insidiously undermined the constitutional role of the cabinet, writes Gerard Howlin

CALLING the bluff of Greek’s European partners, and retorting with an immediate referendum demonstrated Napoleonic verve by prime minister Alexis Tsipras, writes Gerard Howlin. 

The reason politics is a hard trade is you have to make hard decisions. Greece, is a marginalised country, playing a weak hand, writes Gerard Howlin

The seriousness of the threat to Ireland’s interests is matched by the response, says Gerard Howlin

An early election would be a big risk for Fine Gael, but an even bigger one for Labour, writes Gerard Howlin

On paper, the planned centre-left party has a good-looking lineout that’s far stronger than Lucinda Creighton’s Renua, writes Gerard Howlin.