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Misplaced views on the keys to competitiveness

Proinnsias Breathnach 22/04/2016

Proinnsias Breathnach: A key topic on Ireland’s radio airwaves this morning was the publication of the National Competitiveness Council’s annual …

Health Inequality Worsens for Irish Children

Rory Hearne 18/04/2016

Rory Hearne: Health inequalities affect children in a number of ways. One measure of health inequality is waiting lists for various forms of …

Rebuilding Ireland: It’s time to end bogus self-employment in the construction industry

James Wickham 17/04/2016

James Wickham: As far as the tax system is concerned, many workers on Irish building sites are not workers at all. Instead of getting wages for doing …

How to Fund Housing and Infrastructure

Paul Sweeney 14/04/2016

Paul Sweeney: There is a simple solution to directly funding an immediate major social housing programme and other infrastructure. It is to use the …

Low pay in Ireland: causes, consequences, and solutions

Cian McMahon 13/04/2016

Cian McMahon: This blog provides a brief overview of TASC’s recent submission to the Low Pay Commission on the level of the national minimum wage …

Five Proposals for A New Programme for Government

Rory Hearne 08/04/2016

Rory Hearne: TASC has produced a new report (Towards Cherishing All Equally: Five Proposals for a New Programme for Government) outlining five policy …

More Actions Needed to Curb Tax Cheating

Paul Sweeney 04/04/2016

Paul Sweeney: The recent stories in the news that there is widespread tax evasion and avoidance by the rich and powerful is hardly new. In my last …

Inequality and the Millennial Generation

Rory Hearne 01/04/2016

Rory Hearne: A global debate is taking place about the plight of the Millennial Generation and the ‘intergenerational inequalities’ they face. …

Good News on Corporate Tax Avoidance

Paul Sweeney 31/03/2016

Paul Sweeney: The public anger at the low levels of corporation tax paid by multinationals has forced action by states and may be beginning to bring …

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Sean McCabe

Sean holds an B.Sc in Applied Physics from Dublin City University and an M.Sc. in …

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Robert Sweeney is a policy analyst at TASC and focuses on issues surrounding Irish …

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Paul Sweeney is former Chief Economist of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions. He was a …



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