Author: Frank Schnittger

John Fitzgerald is the son of former Taoiseach Garret Fitzgerald and a distinguished economist in his own right. Now semi-retired, he writes the occasional commentary of the performance of the Irish economy. He has an...

Britain’s favourite tactic in gaining and running an empire was to divide and conquer: The was always some local comprador bourgeoisie willing to give their loyalty in return for immediate financial gain. So long as you...

Dolores O’Riordan (46), Lead Singer of The Cranberries has died. Another head hangs lowly Child is slowly taken And the violence, caused such silence Who are we mistaken? But you see, it’s not me It’s not my...

 At this time of the year we often test our prognostication skills by making some predictions for 2018.  Please add your own in the comments. Here’s some to start the conversation: Brexit – becomes less and...

John Bruton is a former Irish Prime Minister and EU ambassador to the USA. Like Leo Varadker, he was leader of Fine Gael, the most conservative and arguably the least nationalistic party in Ireland. Indeed he was the leader of...