Posts by Mary Murphy

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Male breadwinner activation, wifely labour and the Irish patriarchy

Mary Murphy 23/05/2018

Writing in the week of the referendum to repeal the 8thReferendum, the cervical check debacle and the shocking violent deaths of two women it seems uncontroversial that Ireland is still a patriarchal state with strong undertones of misogyny. Underpinning a paternalistic welfare state is a male breadwinner regime and a tax and welfare system …

'Principle of revenue neutrality' proves Government's lack of vision

Mary Murphy 11/09/2009

Mary Murphy: The average percentage of GDP spent on social protection in the EU-15 is 27.5% (Eurostat, 2007) . The Irish rate of 18.2% compares badly …