Shane Ross’s artful inaction may actually enable him to deliver on strike

Ireland desperately needs more public transport. In rural areas it’s anaemic, says Gerard Howlin.

TIME is one of the most effective, and sometimes insidious tools of policy.

Those who have it, and master the art of using it, are lords of all they survey. But if it runs out, it doesn’t matter how strong your case, or how powerful your lobby; it’s over.