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Dan O’Brien, economics editor of the Irish Times, on Saturday:
“LAST WEEKEND the world’s attention was on Washington DC as America’s politicians peered into the abyss of sovereign default. On Sunday they stepped back. This weekend attention is on Rome and Madrid. Politicians in those two capitals are sliding towards the same abyss.”
This is Dan O’Brien […]

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Watch out for them interest rates…
Current profits add to already healthy capital cushions, suggesting that financial firms are well placed to withstand the likely sources of strain over the near term, and financial systems should be able to deal with idiosyncratic episodes of stress. Banks are generally in a stronger position today than they were […]

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Footage from last night’s Week in Politics where Róisín Shortall of the Irish Labour Party calls left-wing politicians ‘misfits’ and a ‘ragbag’, and explains why the Irish Labour Party, in its pursuit of a left-led government for Ireland, promises to have no dealings whatsoever with any left-wing parties, policies or politicians - preferring instead […]

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If this keeps up we may soon have a Green-led government.
Isn’t it funny how the resignations occur in the second half of January, the date that the Greens set that as their own for walking from government?
Paul Gogarty, meanwhile, has criticised the ministers for resigning - all while he and his party stay in government.
Irish […]

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Oh man, what a funny day. Micheál Martin failed in his bid to resign.
We’re not even talking about his leadership bid. He failed in his resignation bid.
Talking to my friend Donal here in Wexford he reckons that Michéal Martin’s move for the leadership of Fianna Fáil before the election - an election that […]

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