Politics

People with disabilities in institutions need choices By Niall Crowley

Ireland’s abortion laws in perspective. By Cathie Doherty

By Mark Lonergan Mirroring the recent abolition of inheritance tax on estates below £1m from Britain’s governing Tory party, the latest offering from Fianna Fáil in tax policy appears to be an all-out assault on what it perceives to be an injustice in the form of inheritance tax. It is particularly troubled by the current […]

By Gavin Daly and Michael Smith In 2012 Village ranked Colm McCarthy the 22nd most influential person in Ireland. A gruff UCD economist and professional Dub, with the ear of governments and a market-orientation that would pass for Thatcherite were it not for his persona, McCarthy had early stints in the University of Essex, the […]

By Anthony Coughlan George Gilmore (1898-1985), whom I knew during the last 20 years of his life, was one of the most remarkable people I ever met. The Gilmore brothers, George, Charlie and Harry, fought in the War of Independence and the Civil War. They were unusual in being Protestant Republicans. They grew up in […]

By Gavin Sheridan Two weeks ago the Supreme Court ruled in the case of the National Asset Management Agency (NAMA) vs Commissioner for Environmental Information. The court ruled that NAMA was a public authority for the purposes of the Access to Information on the Environment (AIE) Regulations 2007/2011. It found that while the High Court […]