Category: Politics
Q&A at the doorsteps
Slí Eile 22/01/2011
Slí Eile: There is a distinct possibility that you will be getting more callers to the front door in the next few weeks. Be conscious that there may …
Economic Treason
Nat O'Connor 12/01/2011
Nat O'Connor: Tags like 'Economic Treason' have been liberally applied since the outset of our economic and political crisis. Green Party …
Constant repetition does not make an argument correct
Proinnsias Breathnach 06/12/2010
Proinnsias Breathnach: Garret Fitzgerald’s Saturday articles in the Irish Times have become so repetitive as to be hardly worth reading anymore. …
Countering left-wing ideology
Slí Eile 30/11/2010
Slí Eile: It may have come to the attention of readers of this blog-site that contributors are ideologically of the left espousing solutions and …
Crisis shedding light on the Irish state
Peadar Kirby 17/11/2010
Peadar Kirby: We may live in very exceptional times, in which the speed of how the Irish crisis is developing is literally breathtaking. Yet, for all …
Public sector workers - some awkward facts
Peter Connell 09/11/2010
Peter Connell: Never let the facts get in the way of a good story. Surely a good epithet for much of what masquerades as analysis of our current …
Fine Gael's 3:1 Ratio
Nat O'Connor 19/10/2010
Nat O'Connor: Fine Gael has given some useful clarity on their fiscal policy position with the declaration that they would seek €1 billion in tax …
Leo Varadkar and Capital Programme Stimulus
13/10/2010
Leo Varadkar has an interesting piece in the Sunday Business Post, available here. Basically he suggests that we get the fiscal changes over quickly …
Time to grow up and be angry
James Wickham 12/10/2010
James Wickham: Quite early in the crisis, Colm McCarthy remarked that ‘anger is not policy’ (Frontline 28 September 2009). As others have …
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