Data
The Gist: Face/Off
The UN is worried about the Government's plans to let the cops use facial recognition. They're right to be concerned. This is the Gist.
Ireland
Ireland
The Gist: The Siege of Troy
Robert Troy’s greatest political legacy will be writing a paragraph that finally managed to crystallise what Fianna Fáil stands for in the mind of voters. This is the Gist.
Ireland
The Gist: Who makes money from inflation?
Inflation squeezes the living, but delivers windfall benefits to certain companies. This is the Gist.
Climate
The Gist: Lords of Misrule
The Government refuses to take a decision the science says it must make to hit Ireland's emissions targets. This is the Gist.
Climate
The Gist: A long, hot Summer
The political climate and the actual climate aligned this week, leaving everyone hot and the farm lobby bothered. This is the Gist.
UK
The Gist: A week of reckoning
The Tories were revolting and Irish planning legislation was bolting. This is the Gist.
Data
The Gist: National Surveillance, the Rush Job
The Government is trying to rush through a bad law on their national surveillance regime. This is the Gist.
Ireland
The Gist: Exit, Voice and Loyalty
The NMH debate revealed the most valued behaviour in a political system devoted to protecting groupthink.
National Maternity Hospital
The Gist: The Maternity Hospital, in brief
After a week of assertion and counter-assertions we're settling on a generally agreed set of facts about the new National Maternity Hospital plan.
Ireland
The Gist: The Maternity Hospital’s Difficult Birth
A spooked Cabinet refused to approve the Maternity Hospital deal after a mobilisation campaign saw TDs' phones and emails hopping. This is the Gist.
Ireland
The Gist: Healthcare, Not All There
The Government is trying to move forward with their plan to gift the National Maternity Hospital to the nuns' chosen vehicle. This is the Gist.
The Gist: The In-Between times
Sometimes it's impossible to know when we're in a between time. And then, sometimes, its pretty obvious. This is the Gist.