As the dust settled on the final counts for the 33rd Dáil, there was 'radio silence' from Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and his party is not due to gather until Monday.

PERSPECTIVE, the well known boss of a dairy group recently remarked, depends on the spot you happen to be standing on at a particular time.

IRELAND should fight a Franco-German EU tax harmonisation plan tooth-and-nail to save jobs and preserve our fiscal sovereignty, top economists warned last night.

The Government has been warned that it's tax shortfall this year could be even greater than forecast.