Blog Archive

Guest post by Michael O'Sullivan: Who's fooling whom?

20/07/2010

Michael O'Sullivan: Government ministers are now talking of an economic recovery. While this is what most people will want to hear, it will at the …

Between the rocks

Slí Eile 19/07/2010

Slí Eile: Here we go again. Softening-up time. The summer schools, the rain, the Dáil holidays and…. exclusive inside news stories on what the …

Costly Business: Privatisation and Exchequer Revenues

19/07/2010

Donal Palcic and Eoin Reeves: The recent revelation that the government has established a group to report and advise on – among other things – …

Moody's downgrades - an investment upgrade required

Michael Burke 19/07/2010

Michael Burke: Moody's ratings' agency has just downgraded Irish government debt. The move brings it into line with the other agencies' assessments. …

Property Tax (Capital v Income)

Nat O'Connor 19/07/2010

Nat O'Connor: The Minister for Finance has rightly pointed out that any property tax - a tax on capital - must still be paid out of income (Irish …

China (II) - Investment in China

Paul Sweeney 18/07/2010

Paul Sweeney: Many thanks to all those who commented on the first post. A few responses are made by me on that post for those who are interested. …

What goes around the track comes off the track

Michael Taft 15/07/2010

Michael Taft: Remember a few months ago, when ICTU proposed postponing the target year for Maastricht compliance to 2017? There was a widespread …

Dezoning land, NAMA and adding locational value

Nat O'Connor 15/07/2010

Nat O'Connor: It was reported today that "the 40,000 hectares of land zoned for residential development across the country will be reduced to 12,000 …

One step forward, one step backward, one step sideways

Michael Taft 14/07/2010

Michael Taft: The ESRI’s Summer Quarterly Economic Quarterly is full of data for just about every perspective on the economy – from the optimist …

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