We have long realised the tourist potential of our coasts, but what about the energy potential? Imagine harnessing this ...

In the US, this large constituency voted in huge numbers for Donald Trump – but they also turned up in New York to vote for ...

Ireland is moving from a democracy to ‘vetocracy’, where governance is paralysed because someone, somewhere holds a veto ...

A country run by engineers will build and accelerate into the future, while one run by lawyers will litigate and decelerate ...

At Dublin Airport beyond US immigration lies a piece of America and today the place is buzzing with tourists, students, business people and Irish-American families. With about 40 direct daily flights ...

Years ago, as a much younger man, I had the opportunity to interview the much older English socialist Tony Benn. We sat for an afternoon in the basement of his London home, lined with books and ...

Economies are on my mind: Australia, where I’m on a book tour; Argentina, which just voted again for Javier Milei’s party; and Ireland where we elected a president who could be described as hard-left.

Architecture is historical evidence and the stout, self-confident Victorian buildings lining Melbourne’s broad avenues confirm this is a metropolis that has been dynamic for a long time. In 1851, a ...

Australia has not experienced a recession in four decades. The economy has grown every year since 1990. Consider the chaos we in the West have experienced economically, financially, industrially and ...