Cliff Taylor: Ireland - The small country that has been doing a bit too well

The stellar Irish economic figures we are seeing are likely to be as good as it gets for now

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Cliff Taylor: Here’s what a deal to avoid Trump’s tariffs on Irish pharma would look like

There may be scope for an agreement on drug exports to the US though in the other key area in dispute - regulation of digital services - room for compromise could be limited

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Cliff Taylor: Signals coming from Trumpland could hardly be worse for Ireland

A key risk is that Donald Trump seeks to isolate Ireland as one of his first targets, because of the huge trade deficit the US has with this State

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Cliff Taylor: Was the 40,000 new homes figure an honest mistake or an effort to gaslight voters?

The previous coalition claimed nearly 40,000 homes would be completed last year - it never looked likely and with the total coming in just over 30,000 the new Government’s targets are already under pr...

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Cliff Taylor: Ireland risks being caught in the middle of Trump’s tax war

The US president has pulled out of the OECD tax deal and made threats which will worry the new Irish government

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Cliff Taylor: Dundrum apartments decision a symptom of broken planning system

If compact living is really the goal of national policy, then Ireland really needs to get a lot better at this. Our planning system rarely acts in the interests of renters

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Cliff Taylor: Investors are betting on Trump not keeping his promises. We’d better hope they’re right

The bluster would be designed to appeal to the wider electorate; the reality would keep the Dow Jones average heading higher, or so the theory goes

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Talk of a new right-left divide opening up in Irish politics is nonsense

There is no political division on the issue of the Republic needing a bigger and more efficient State. The question is how to deliver it

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Cliff Taylor: Vital issues face Ireland’s next government. Rotating taoiseach is not one of them

Serious strategic thinking is needed to address the State’s infrastractural shortcomings and the Trump presidency’s real threat to Ireland’s economic model

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Cliff Taylor: There’s one question which none of the political parties wants to answer

When Labour is preaching prudence, you know we’ve got a problem

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Cliff Taylor: I’ve read what Trump’s trade tsar says about the “tiny island nation” of Ireland. It’s not good

The intentions of the new administration are clear. If the promised heavy tariffs on goods entering the US from the EU are imposed, this is a big hit to our economic model

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