It's not all gloomy but some sectors face a slide in discretionary spending. Against this background, the Government should postpone hiking Vat on hospitality back up to 13.5%

Layoffs at Twitter and Stripe, and poor results at Facebook and Amazon, bring a new uncertainty about the tech sector

Here in Ireland, we can afford to look across the Irish sea with some amusement, but we shouldn’t get carried away.

The top 20% of income earners pay 77% of income tax and USC collected while the bottom 75% of income earners, contribute just 18%

It is quite extraordinary the extent to which unwelcome news is building globally. everywhere continues to scale new heights and what was once seen as a "transitory" problem seems to be becoming more embedded with every week that passes.

Boris Johnson's successor could face a possible recession, an inflation crisis, rising rates, a pound under pressure, and an economy damaged by Brexit 

There is obviously a strong political temptation to throw money at every problem

The OECD has warned that so-called high-frequency indicators are pointing to a slowdown in European economic growth 

The Ukraine war coming on top of the Covid-related difficulties is just a perfect storm in relation to inflation

Food discounters cannot be allowed run our food production into the ground, and the possibility of a ban on below-cost selling to protect food security will have to be debated