Category: Politics
What about the other 70% ?
Slí Eile 28/09/2009
Slí Eile: Opinion poll data are used by the print and other media on a regular basis not only to asses trends in public opinion but to generate …
More Talk about Public v Private Pay
22/09/2009
The ESRI released a study today showing a gap between public and private pay. And IMPACT have released an objection to it. But is there anything new …
The next 100 days: thinking about risk, trust and ethics
Slí Eile 18/09/2009
Slí Eile: “the citizens of this country are understandably angry about the state of the banks. They are bitterly disappointed by the failure of …
Labour on NAMA
Slí Eile 08/09/2009
Slí Eile: See the Labour Party statement on NAMA. Its position is outlined and includes this: Labour believes that the commercial retail banks …
'...the problems facing Ireland are too important to be left to the economists…'
Slí Eile 25/08/2009
Slí Eile: Speaking at the Michael Collins annual commemoration in Béal na mBláth, County Cork, former President Mary Robinson made a number of …
Can we provide a Progressive Consensus?
Slí Eile 11/08/2009
Slí Eile: What type of society do we have (A)? What type of society do we want? (B) How do we move from A to B? Is such a move possible and, if it …
Reaction to Jim O'Leary
07/08/2009
Jim O'Leary's article in today's Irish Times, arguing that "given the enormous scale of the problem, it would be fanciful to suppose that it can be …
A wry take on NAMA and other links
04/08/2009
"All citizens shall extemporise pompous and reactionary views on dole scroungers, trade unions, pampered schoolchildren and other social parasites …
How much is a Billion Euro in Irish terms?
Nat O'Connor 25/07/2009
Nat O'Connor: One of the effects of the financial crisis is that it is forcing us to deal with very big numbers. We now regularly hear or read about …
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Vic Duggan is an independent consultant, economist and public policy specialist catering …
Kirsty Doyle
Kirsty Doyle is a Researcher at TASC, working in the area of health inequalities. She is …
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Sean holds an B.Sc in Applied Physics from Dublin City University and an M.Sc. in …