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Terry McDonough puts the Irish crash in a global context

18/11/2010

"The current coalition’s ‘solution’ to the crisis is precisely the intensification of global neo-liberalism. Ultimate salvation will come from …

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 …

Cometh the moment of truth

Slí Eile 16/11/2010

Slí Eile: Some international organs of the media are showing a particular interest in Ireland which extends to the voices crowded out in the …

The new Irish Famine?

16/11/2010

“The Irish famine killed more than a million people, but it killed poor devils only. To the wealth of the country, it did not the slightest …

The Banking Crisis is Unresolved

Nat O'Connor 16/11/2010

Nat O'Connor: Today's 'crisis' seems to be more about the timing of key EU meetings than about anything of substance that requires Ireland to tap …

Anthony Leddin on Ireland's export competitiveness

Proinnsias Breathnach 16/11/2010

Proinnsias Breathnach: Last Friday’s Irish Times (November 12) contained an article by Dr Anthony Leddin, Head of the Department of Economics at …

Ireland's forgotten deficit

Rory O'Farrell 12/11/2010

Rory O'Farrell: What is the bottom line for the Irish economy? It is well known that the economic bubble was inflated by borrowed money, largely in …

Is Mr (Bond) Market in Charge?

Jim Stewart 12/11/2010

Jim Stewart: (The Governor of the Central Bank, Patrick Honohan is quoted as stating to the Oireachtas Committee on Economic Regulatory Affairs :- …

Running out of logic

Michael Burke 11/11/2010

Michael Burke: The Finance Minister's statement that, if the government's Budget is not passed the country will run out of money, has been examined …

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