A bespoke collection of Irish Times journalism exclusively for subscribers featuring previews and the best of the week that wasIt’s a while since a single opinion piece generated as much discussion as John Collison’s essay in The Irish Times last week. “It’s not okay for our society to forget the basics of running a country: we’ve forgotten how to build sufficient housing for our population, we’ve forgotten how to sensibly organise population growth, we’ve forgotten how to attract foreign manufacturers, and we’ve forgotten how to build infrastructure to support our population,” Collison wrote. Within Government, where the piece was a frequent topic of conversation, ministers lined up publicly to agree with Collison’s analysis. In The Irish Times, the debate continued in news stories, columns and in Letters to the Editor all week. Here’s how we closed out our editorial on their story this weekend:“The McGee couple were people of modest means facing the weight of decades of Catholic moral interests.

Source: The Irish Times November 02, 2025 19:54 UTC