The decision of Merck Sharp Dohme, or MSD as it’s better known in these parts, is more than good news for Dublin but also for Ireland, writes Paul Mills.

The empty so-called advance factories in IDA industrial areas across Cork and the rest of the State are back in the news.

The banks are a lot like the story of the scorpion that wanted to cross the river, then managed to find a ride on a frog and, contrary to his promise, stung the frog so that they both drowned, writes Paul Mills.

Despite the fact that our health system is overloaded over Christmas every year and despite the fact the Government of the day talks about being better prepared the following year, every year we get it wrong, writes Paul Mills. 

Ryanair is set once again to grab the headlines over the coming weeks as its pilots, or at least some of them, decide to do what their unionised friends always do and that is to disrupt the travelling public at an important time of the year, writes Paul Mills

So did the decision by Frances Fitzgerald to stand down amount to the end of the drama or did it represent just the end of Act 3, Scene 4? As citizens of this State we need to know the answer.

Over the last several years we’ve seen continuously increasing charges for the collection and the processing of waste, writes Paul Mills

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar wants to legislate to ban zero-hour contracts and to promote employment conditions that deliver well-paid jobs with pensions, writes Paul Mills. 

We’re not going to be fobbed off by the banks quite so easily this time, writes Paul Mills.

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar last week warned the banks to repay the thousands of people ensnared in the tracker mortgage scandal “and apologise”.