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The cost of outrage

Mock outrage over Ivor Callely’s expense claims is a distraction from real politics, says JASON WALSH

Swapping one shade of austerity for another

Yes, Ireland’s party of government was booted out, but the election was far from ‘truly historic’.

This is the most important election in Irish history – and I’m Santa

JASON WALSH explains why he won’t be voting in tomorrow’s Irish general election.

Is the banking crisis an economical matter?

The absence of shared meaning bedevils any attempt to understand the banking crisis or offer a post-default vision, says JASON WALSH

Poem: Domhnach na Fola – Eanair 1972

Le DÓNAL Ó LIATHÁIN

Credibility versus democratic accountability

STEPHEN RAINEY suggests shrugging-off problems and getting on with living

Boycott Israeli gays?

You know that anti-Israeli protests have reached their nadir when gay pride becomes involved, says JASON WALSH

Rome: the decline and fall of the eastern empire

CHRIS GRAY concludes his series on the Roman empire by analysing the reasons for its survival in the east