Blog Archive

INOU Pre-Budget Submission

03/11/2010

"Popular media debate would have us all believe that the crisis in the public finances arises because public expenditure went out of control. Did it? …

At least one party gets it

Michael Taft 02/11/2010

Michael Taft: With the political consensus obsessed with a €15 billion deflationary juggernaut, it’s a relief that one party gets it. Sinn …

Burn ALL the bank bondholders

Paul Sweeney 02/11/2010

Paul Sweeney: The Irish government’s cap-doffing attitude to the speculators who lent money to the reckless bosses of Anglo Irish Bank and the …

Dissenter from the Consensus

01/11/2010

Slí Eile. Even if one does not agree with everything he writes and comments on, for clarity and on this occasion complete accuracy and validity, …

Defending the Minimum Wage

Tom McDonnell 29/10/2010

Tom McDonnell: The minimum wage was attacked in the Dáil again this week. The substance of the argument was that it was killing competitiveness and …

Collateral Damage from the Bank Collapse

Nat O'Connor 29/10/2010

Nat O'Connor: The Irish Independent has published a table of major losers from the fall of AIB bank shares. This is merely illustrative of the damage …

House Swap on Ghost Estates

26/10/2010

Nat O'Connor The Department of the Environment has published a report into the state of 120,000 dwellings in Ireland's unfinished, 'ghost' housing …

Trick or Threat

Slí Eile 25/10/2010

Slí Eile: Today, we were served an item on public sector pensions here. The report says that 'the Department of Finance has not ruled out measures …

'Smart economy' is crucial for future jobs growth

Proinnsias Breathnach 24/10/2010

Proinnsias Breathnach: Recent calls for a shift in the focus of Irish economic policy from the promotion of a “smart” economy to the cultivation …

Newsletter Sign Up