Category: Democratic accountability
Local Government Reform
Nat O'Connor 17/08/2010
Nat O'Connor: A lot of people have heard of 'bord snip nua' and the various recommendations it made for cutting or changing public services. However, …
Can we have some more transparency please?
Slí Eile 28/04/2010
Slí Eile: In regard to Anglo-Irish Bank claims have been made that: (i) winding up would cost Ireland €70bn and (ii) defaulting on some €15bn in …
Irish versus Transparency?
Nat O'Connor 19/04/2010
Nat O'Connor: Am I the only one who was wondering why it was taking so long for the Finance Act 2010 to be publicly available? (It was signed into …
Uno duce, una voce
Nat O'Connor 05/02/2010
Nat O'Connor: I cannot allow two recent stories in the papers to go by without comment. Today's Irish Independent reports (in a story about Enda …
Finance, NTMA and FOI
Nat O'Connor 04/02/2010
Nat O'Connor: The Story (freedom of information blog) offer an insight into why the Minster for Finance transfered powers to the NTMA yesterday: "One …
More Light Touch Regulation? Dublin's Waste Collection Market
Eoin Reeves 25/01/2010
Eoin Reeves: In late December 2009 the Irish Times reported that High Court judge (Mr Justice Liam McKechnie) ruled that Dublin’s four local …
The Division of Power Requires Stronger Accountability Institutions
Nat O'Connor 20/01/2010
Nat O'Connor: Many current news stories are about accountability, either seeking it or the lack of it. In some cases, there is a clear public …
Authoritarian Capitalism
Nat O'Connor 23/11/2009
Nat O'Connor: A Wall Street Journal article raises the question of whether authoritarian capitalism is a robust alternative to liberal democratic …
Publishing tax returns, Norwegian style
An tSaoi 24/10/2009
An Saoi: Thanks to this article on the BBC’s website, I have wasted hours of my own and my employer’s time looking at the tax returns of the rich …
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