Forward Thinking from Ireland – What You’re Missing

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• Irish lessons - FORTH

  Although it wants to present itself as home to multinational companies such as Ryanair, Ireland is a actually a country of micro-enterprises and excessive reliance on this sector indicates an underdev...

• Vote for politics - FORTH

  There’s more to politics than ‘Mercs and perks’, says COLETTE BROWNE Politicians are marginally less popular than Monday mornings at the moment but today this blog is temporarily dispensing with its u...

• Storming the teacup - FORTH

  Irish public anger at bank bailouts boils over but there is still an absence of political meaning, says JASON WALSH YESTERDAY SAW Ireland’s Greek moment – if some of the most fevered reports are to be...

• I want to be alone - FORTH

  The idea that animals have a ‘right’ to privacy is a trojan horse for even madder ideas, says TIMANDRA HARKNESS YOU MIGHT not think so from some of what passes for ‘factual entertainment’ television, ...

• The cost of outrage - FORTH

  Mock outrage over Ivor Callely’s expense claims is a distraction from real politics, says JASON WALSH FIANNA FÁIL senator Ivor Callely has become a media whipping-boy in a battle that will make a mock...