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Jacobson on innovation
04/09/2009
"Building Ireland’s Smart Economy calls for Ireland to become an innovation hub for Europe, attracting RD-intensive multinationals and innovative …
OECD forecast
Paul Sweeney 03/09/2009
Paul Sweeney: The OECD has just released an economic forecast which, in the light of the economic news over the past two years is quite positive. As …
Evidence of public desire for alternative economics
Nat O'Connor 03/09/2009
Nat O'Connor: Today's Irish Times/TNS mrbi poll can be interpreted as showing public desire for progressive alternatives to the political and …
McWilliams on NAMA
Slí Eile 02/09/2009
Slí Eile: David McWilliams has been relatively quiet in recent months (another book on the way!). His latest thoughts on NAMA in today's Irish …
Brian Lenihan's fairy godmothers
An tSaoi 02/09/2009
An Saoi: The tax returns for August throw up a few surprises, with the main shock coming from Corporation Tax. Instead of the budgeted €226M net …
NAMA is still not very transparent
Nat O'Connor 02/09/2009
Nat O'Connor: Brian Lenihan on NAMA: “...there has been very little criticism on the vast bulk of the legislation. In areas such as transparency …
More on NAMA
02/09/2009
Today's Irish Times has two takes on NAMA: Vincent Browne asks "why, if nobody else is willing to take a risk on Irish property, is the country as a …
NAMA: If you want to play 'Solve the Irish Banking Crisis', there are several games in town
Terry McDonough 01/09/2009
Terry McDonough: It has been repeatedly asserted over the last few days that NAMA is the only game in town. Below is a list and description of the …
Ostriches, Democracy and Dr. Fitzgerald
Michael Taft 31/08/2009
Michael Taft: Dr. Garret Fitzgerald is not impressed with the notion that if the majority of legislators believe that Government proposals are wrong …
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Robert Sweeney
Robert Sweeney is a policy analyst at TASC and focuses on issues surrounding Irish …
Sean McCabe
Sean holds an B.Sc in Applied Physics from Dublin City University and an M.Sc. in …
Jim Stewart
Dr Jim Stewart is Adjunct Associate Professor at Trinity College Dublin. His research …