Ireland’s Invisible Monopolies
How Market Power Slips Through the Cracks of Competition Law. Consumer Complaints as Hard Evidence…
Why Accepting Gifts From Other Men While in a Relationship Is a Line That Should Never Be Crossed
Boundaries are not vibes, intentions are not irrelevant, and pretending otherwise destroys trust fast. The…
Panda Waste’s De Facto Monopoly in North Dublin Is a Competition Failure
How Fingal County Council allowed one operator to dominate Lusk, Rush, Skerries and Balbriggan, leaving…
Gold Digging Isn’t Romance. It’s Asset Stripping With Better Manners
How calculated financial predation destroys trust, ruins families, and any claim to dignity. This Is…
Why So Many People Want to Get the Hell Out of Ireland
People are not leaving Ireland because they hate the place. They’re leaving because they’ve done…
Government Tax on Vape Liquids Has Sent Quitters Back to Smoking
Public health policy is supposed to reduce harm. That is the baseline. When a policy…
Employment Rights? What Rights?
Ireland’s Employment Rights “Pandemic”: Plenty of Laws, Not Enough Consequences Ireland loves a good story…
News That Refuses To Look Away
Welcome to TheCritic.ie TheCritic.ie exists because too much of what passes for news in Ireland…