Category: Politics
Where should we be spending?
Tom McDonnell 04/08/2010
Tom McDonnell: The current economic crisis has centred attention, in some parts, on the affordability of the current levels of public spending in …
Having a go in the dark
Michael Taft 22/07/2010
Michael Taft: That the Sunday Business Post has another go at public sector workers should hardly be news. Every time they mention public sector …
Out of the traps and into the abyss
Michael Burke 20/07/2010
Michael Burke: A piece in today's Guardian reports on the downgrade by Moody's, and expresses some surprise that there wasn't much of a reaction in …
The emotional life of markets (re UK election)
Nat O'Connor 07/05/2010
Nat O'Connor: Both the BBC and RTÉ coverage of the UK election have included prominant reference to the reaction of markets to the results. It is …
Contractionary measures should fall on the revenue side
Tom McDonnell 27/04/2010
Tom McDonnell: Last week’s Eurostat figures officially confirmed that Ireland has the largest general government deficit as a percentage of GDP of …
UK Election and Economic Policy
Nat O'Connor 16/04/2010
Nat O'Connor: Beyond the glitz of party leaders in TV debates, the very fact of a UK general election is likely to influence Ireland. Election fever …
A platform for more cuts
Michael Taft 12/04/2010
Michael Taft: While the public sector pay agreement is presented as a platform for negotiating a reversal of the pension levy and wage cuts, the …
Fine Gael's Economics
Nat O'Connor 12/04/2010
Nat O'Connor: Fine Gael leader Enda Kenny is quoted as saying that Richard Bruton will be Minister for Finance under any FG-led government and that …
Moral overload?
Slí Eile 30/03/2010
Slí Eile: No sooner was the ink dry on the Public Service Agreement (2010-2014) than the next news story broke on - NAMA. It just never dies down. …
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