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The Paris Agreement: a major step forward or ‘worthless words’?

Peadar Kirby 14/12/2015

Paedar Kirby: Amid the widespread welcome for the Paris Agreement, what is striking is the lack of consensus on just how significant it all is. James …

Lucky to have job? Research highlights bad working conditions in hotels and restaurants

Alicja Bobek 10/12/2015

Alicja Bobek: Hospitality has always been an important part of the Irish economy. As the labour market recovers from the recent recession, jobs are …

Flat tax maths doesn’t stack up

Cormac Staunton 09/12/2015

Cormac Staunton: The debate on flat taxes arose again this week with RENUA promoting the idea of a flat income tax model for Ireland. They invited me …

Prevention is better than cure – tackling corruption as a health risk to our democracy

Nuala Haughey 08/12/2015

Nuala Haughey: In the wake of this week’s RTÉ Investigations Unit programme on standards in public office, there have been renewed calls for a …

CoP21: Might Paris begin the long road to a low-carbon society?

Peadar Kirby 07/12/2015

Peadar Kirby: The fact that the world’s leaders turned up at the beginning rather than at the end, as happened in Copenhagen in 2009, seems to have …

Inversions as a Tax Strategy - Implications of Ireland

Jim Stewart 04/12/2015

Jim Stewart: The recent announcement by Pfizer that it is taking over Allergan and establishing their joint ‘headquarters’ in Ireland is another …

Diversions and Inversions: Some Implications of Corporate Tax Strategies

Jim Stewart 03/12/2015

Jim Stewart: The announced takeover by Pfizer of Allergan and consequent redomicile of Pfizer to Ireland has attracted enormous international media …

Troubling levels of inequality within economic recovery

Rory Hearne 02/12/2015

Rory Hearne: There has been much debate in recent months about economic inequality. Last week’s Survey on Income and Living Conditions by the CSO …

CoP21: Holding the fate of humanity

Peadar Kirby 30/11/2015

Peadar Kirby: Just three days before the historic climate change summit opens in Paris today, November 30th, Malaysia and Jamaica became the 179th …

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