Whatâs the beef with the latest twist in the EU-Mercosur trade deal? â The Irish Times
What is the EU-Mercosur trade deal? The EU-Mercosur free trade agreement will drastically cut existing tariffs and make…
Taiwan is booming, but unease is creeping in amid Beijing threats and potential Trump abandonment â The Irish Times
In a committee room in the Legislative Yuan, Taiwanâs parliament, lawmakers were posing with packs of pet food…
In a trade war between the EU and the US, what happens to a city like Galway? â The Irish Times
The one thing that successive Irish governments want to avoid is having to make a choice between Europe…
Aftermath of US strikes in Venezuela â The Irish Times
Wilman Gonzalez surveys the wreckage of a US missile strike on his home in Venezuela last weekend. His…
The golden ploverâs numbers in Ireland have dwindled to a few isolated strongholds â The Irish Times
At 7.45am on a Sunday, orange-gold crepuscular rays spilled across Dublin Bay, lighting the thin ribbon-like strands of…
Ireland needs BOFFFFs (big old fat fecund female fish) â The Irish Times
On last monthâs RTĂ Prime Time, Wexford fisherman Seamus OâFlaherty, who operates a fleet of 22 commercial boats,…
âIâm praying to St Patrick because he somehow learned this languageâ â The Irish Times
Charles-Rose (31) and Raine (29) Greenhart, from the US Raine Greenhart and partner Charles-Rose Greenhart. Photograph: Alan Betson…
Could France go bust? One of Europeâs biggest economies has pimped itself out to the world â The Irish Times
âGradually and then suddenly,â is how Ernest Hemingway described bankruptcy in his 1926 novel, The Sun Also Rises.…
How have the first 100 days of Pope Leoâs papacy gone? â The Irish Times
A week after he was elected 267th pontiff, Pope Leo XIV gathered the worldâs ambassadors to the Holy…
So many jobs are a laughable waste of time. The greater part of any job is learning to look busy â The Irish Times
Lately Iâve been thinking about Sartreâs waiter. You might know the story. The philosopher is sitting in a…
A lesson from The Godfather as Wall Street backs crypto assets it once dismissed as a âfraudâ â The Irish Times
One of the joys of writing a weekly column is the unusual tributaries explored, often sparked by real-world…
Whatâs going on with Irelandâs failing septic tanks? â The Irish Times
For too long Ireland has had a poor record in making sure septic tanks operate properly and donât…