The news from the tallies is that there are more transfers between FF and FG - voters increasingly treating them as one party - which might mean their position is a bit stronger than the first prefer… (View Post)

RTÉ now expecting early tallies before 10am. Exciting. I have to go into town and do old-school things like posting a card, buying things with cash at a market, visiting the library, so I'm going to … (View Post)

Yes. Fear of being ripped off, of not being paid, of work not being done to the agreed standard, etc, are the sorts off things that inhibit economic activity. A successful economy needs to have a deg… (View Post)

This is the sort of thing that is normally ruled to be an unreasonable condition. Companies can't just put anything in terms and conditions. (View Post)

The Irish state is rolling in money, but it's mostly corporation tax receipts that aren't expected to be sustainable. Without the windfall corporation tax receipts the Irish budget is €5bn in deficit… (View Post)