Now inevitable that public money will be wasted on rural broadband
Donal Palcic, Eoin Reeves 29/11/2018
The decision to continue with the procurement of the national broadband plan (NBP) is not a surprise as the main findings of the review by Peter Smyth have been signalled for over a week. Nevertheless it is difficult to understand why the Government has chosen to persist with a procurement that cannot be justified in economic terms. It is inevitab …
A digital tax is coming
13/11/2018
The EU proposal to introduce a form of digital services tax (DST), that is, a tax on the sales revenues of firms whose main activities are in the …
Finally, the Privatisation Pendulum Swings Back.
Paul Sweeney 09/11/2018
Trends in Economics Trends in economics swing one way and then back. The privatisation trend that begun in the 1980s in the UK is finally swinging …
Public spending and services in the years to come
Robert Sweeney 30/10/2018
With the dust settling on the recent budget, it is a good time to take stock of Irish economic policy, current and future. In June, the Department of …
Ireland needs to upset the Apple cart on corporate tax
David Jacobson 26/10/2018
Ireland has been subject to a great deal of international criticism about its corporate tax regime. While Irish people might feel defensive about …
Now is the time to talk about job quality
Gail Irvine 23/10/2018
This week the Carnegie UK Trust published new research which analyses how workplace trends are impacting on the quality of life of workers in …
ESB should build broadband network in co-operation with other State utilities
Donal Palcic, Eoin Reeves 19/10/2018
Last week’s controversial resignation of minister Denis Naughten is generally believed to have thrown the National Broadband Plan (NBP) into …
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Robert Sweeney
Robert Sweeney is a policy analyst at TASC and focuses on issues surrounding Irish …
Sinead Pembroke
Dr Sinéad Pembroke is a researcher at TASC on the Social Implications of Precarious …
Rory Hearne
Rory Hearne is a postdoctoral researcher in the Maynooth University Social Sciences …