NAMA informed Noonan of the side-payment request but, instead of halting the process, he allowed the largest sale of property assets in the history of the state to proceed.
There is no possibility of a workable government being formed out of the Dáil arithmetic. It is extraordinary that this has not become conventional wisdom and given rise to the rather urgent question: what now?
Some progress was made on last year’s recommendations but we need to: reduce deficit, increase cost-effectiveness of health provision, increase household work intensity, reduce child poverty, and tackle mortgage arrears