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Collateral Damage from the Bank Collapse
Nat O'Connor 29/10/2010
Nat O'Connor: The Irish Independent has published a table of major losers from the fall of AIB bank shares. This is merely illustrative of the damage …
House Swap on Ghost Estates
26/10/2010
Nat O'Connor The Department of the Environment has published a report into the state of 120,000 dwellings in Ireland's unfinished, 'ghost' housing …
Trick or Threat
Slí Eile 25/10/2010
Slí Eile: Today, we were served an item on public sector pensions here. The report says that 'the Department of Finance has not ruled out measures …
'Smart economy' is crucial for future jobs growth
Proinnsias Breathnach 24/10/2010
Proinnsias Breathnach: Recent calls for a shift in the focus of Irish economic policy from the promotion of a “smart” economy to the cultivation …
Abandon the deflationary ship
Michael Taft 20/10/2010
Michael Taft: The Minister for Finance when announcing his €4 billion spending cuts in the last budget, stated confidently: ‘Further corrections …
Reassuring the markets
Slí Eile 19/10/2010
Slí Eile: ever wonder who we are consoling on world markets? There is a school of thought which claims that we should so shock the markets with such …
Understanding dynamics
Slí Eile 19/10/2010
Slí eile: a curious feature of what passes for informed economic commentary in recent times is the absence of any solid evidence to back up various …
What to do with £ 7.5 billion?
Michael Burke 19/10/2010
Michael Burke: Yesterday, UK Shadow Chancellor Alan Johnson introduced a new policy- increasing taxes on banks in order to finance £7.5bn in …
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Robert Sweeney
Robert Sweeney is a policy analyst at TASC and focuses on issues surrounding Irish …
Jim Stewart
Dr Jim Stewart is Adjunct Associate Professor at Trinity College Dublin. His research …
Shana Cohen
Dr. Shana Cohen is the Director of TASC. She studied at Princeton University and at the …