What is it with Limerick musicians and their penchant for masks?

In this week’s column, Kehlan Kirwan looks at why skills are the next hurdle for the economy, and not jobs.

HALF the Cabinet being stuck in a lift on budget day was a fitting metaphor for a Government going nowhere.

Kerry football legend Pat Spillane will be the chairman of the new Commission for the Economic Development of Rural Areas, Environment Minister Phil Hogan announced yesterday.

It is difficult for anyone in Ireland or the world over to understand the current economic crisis and formulate real solutions to the predicament.