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ESRI on financial exclusion
08/03/2011
Click here to download the ESRI's study of Financial Exclusion and Over-indebtedness in Irish Households, published today.
Programme for Government
08/03/2011
Over at Notes on the Front, Michael Taft has started a series of posts looking at the new Programme for Government.
A new programme for a new society?
Slí Eile 06/03/2011
Slí Eile: In the coming days there will be considerable debate and analysis of the content of the Programme for Government agreed by Fine Gael and …
Progressive London conference
Sinéad Pentony 04/03/2011
Sinéad Pentony: Progressive London is a broad alliance for progressive policies, and they hosted their annual conference on 19th February, bringing …
Guest post by Andy Storey: Call for debt audit
04/03/2011
Dr Andy Storey is a lecturer in the School of Politics & International Relations at UCD. A number of prominent Irish academics, writers and …
Verhofstadt, Delors & Prodi in FT
Paul Sweeney 03/03/2011
Paul Sweeney: Jacques Delors, the sorely missed former President of the EU Commission along with Romano Prodi, also a former President of the EU …
The murky world of Exchequer statistics
Michael Taft 03/03/2011
Michael Taft: I don’t want to pre-empt An Saoi’s more informed analysis of Exchequer returns, but there are some real issues emerging even at …
Political Reform Starts with Disclosure about Our Economy
Nat O'Connor 03/03/2011
Nat O'Connor: The Irish Examiner reports the not unexpected news that "Negotiators trying to hammer out a Fine Gael/Labour programme for government …
Research indicates reducing JLC rates will cost Exchequer and depress consumer demand
02/03/2011
Research published last week by TASC indicates that any moves to reduce Joint Labour Committee rates will involve significant direct and indirect …
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