Tonight, former European Parliament President Pat Cox - who knows EU politics at first hand perhaps better than any other Irish person - will give us the benefit of his expertise on what awaits Michael Noonan and Enda Kenny in Brussels this week.
Will they be able to stick to the "no surrender" line on corporate tax or are we taxing the patience of our European partners too much at this stage? And what is the endgame going to be?
It seems to be common cause among economic commentators that Ireland cannot possibly bear its debt burden and that this burden will have to be shared by someone - the ECB? The Bondholders? - if Ireland and indeed the Eurozone is ever going to get past its current crisis.
But with ECB President Jean Claude Trichet apparently giving no quarter in Brussels today, will Ireland just have to stumble on into an increasingly uncertain future? And what advice has Pat Cox been giving our new Government?
In the longer term, what will our future look like?
Economists Ronan Lyons and Stephen Kinsella are among the contributors to a provocative new book entitled 'Next Generation Ireland' which says that those born between 1970 and 1990 are slowly but surely going to take over the running of this country and need to make radical decisions about how to do things differently.
They'll be joining us tonight and we'll be exploring their ideas along with Sean Sherlock - Minister of State with responsibility for Research and Innovation - and a studio audience of people engaged with Ireland's future.
If you've got anything to add just post your comment below or email thefrontline@rte.ie or follow us on Twitter @rtefrontline.
David Nally (Editor, The Frontline)
Will they be able to stick to the "no surrender" line on corporate tax or are we taxing the patience of our European partners too much at this stage? And what is the endgame going to be?
It seems to be common cause among economic commentators that Ireland cannot possibly bear its debt burden and that this burden will have to be shared by someone - the ECB? The Bondholders? - if Ireland and indeed the Eurozone is ever going to get past its current crisis.
But with ECB President Jean Claude Trichet apparently giving no quarter in Brussels today, will Ireland just have to stumble on into an increasingly uncertain future? And what advice has Pat Cox been giving our new Government?
In the longer term, what will our future look like?
Economists Ronan Lyons and Stephen Kinsella are among the contributors to a provocative new book entitled 'Next Generation Ireland' which says that those born between 1970 and 1990 are slowly but surely going to take over the running of this country and need to make radical decisions about how to do things differently.
They'll be joining us tonight and we'll be exploring their ideas along with Sean Sherlock - Minister of State with responsibility for Research and Innovation - and a studio audience of people engaged with Ireland's future.
If you've got anything to add just post your comment below or email thefrontline@rte.ie or follow us on Twitter @rtefrontline.
David Nally (Editor, The Frontline)
