Crosswords & Puzzles
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
Blame farmers not supermarkets for the rising price of food
Watchdog says supermarkets have shielded consumers from moves by producers to increase margins
Dermot Desmond is both right and wrong that AI will supersede MetroLink
Prospect of companies like Tesla or ChatGPT running a network of autonomous vehicles will worry many people
We need to confront the reality that the housing shortage can’t be solved
Recent data indicates the population is growing much faster than assumed
Politicians come worst out of a row over An Post’s finances
Row over An Post’s finances may be a thing of nothing – but a Minister accusing an unidentified Cabinet colleague of leaking confidential information certainly is not
How many civil servants does it take to run a small country like Ireland?
We are pretty good at coming up with policies but average at implementing them compared to peers
Would you want to be woken for an in-flight meal of rubbery pasta?
The world is split into those who prefer to be woken and those who’d rather slumber
Leslie Buckley and Denis O’Brien try to rewrite history over INM data breach saga
Former INM chairman Leslie Buckley had welcomed the appointment of High Court inspectors in 2018, which he now calls ‘highly questionable’
Middle class parents are the winners in third-level fee cut. That’s why Fine Gael don’t want to touch it
They may earn a lot, but they also pay a lot of tax and their offspring don’t qualify for a grant that covers their student contribution
How property tax could be used to make empty nesters sell their big houses
Taxes can be a powerful push factor for people to downsize
Ireland has to get much better at building infrastructure
Impact of Ireland’s inability to deal with large infrastructure projects now being laid bare
Government had to choose tenants over investors
Housing is increasingly taking on the characteristics of a public good such as health or education in voters’ minds
Kenny Jacobs’ €374,830 salary is a soft target; the problem lies elsewhere
The justification offered for chief executive salaries is a chain of relativities leading back to Elon Musk, Tim Cook and the other titans jostling for the title of the world’s highest paid CEO
Why does Ryan Tubridy’s €150,000 payment seem like a bigger deal than looming climate fines?
Ireland might be preparing to hide behind three biggest EU economies, which are set to miss emissions targets
Like grief, banking inquiries have five stages and closure is never guaranteed
Irish Nationwide inquiry showcased the problem with such probes in Ireland
Holiday homeowners underestimate at their peril the anger among those locked out of the housing market
A Mayo County Council manager has called for a boycott of holiday homeowners
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