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How progressive is Irish taxation?
Michael Taft 12/05/2010
Michael Taft: This follows on from Nat O’Connor’s post on taxation and concerns an issue raised by Seamus Coffey in a considered comment; namely, …
Guest post by Anne O'Brien: Reconstructing the Tourism Economy
Anne O'Brien 11/05/2010
Anne O'Brien: The volcanic ash crisis is not the only problem facing the Irish tourism industry this summer. Other, less dramatic and less publicly …
Who will pay the inevitable tax increases?
Nat O'Connor 10/05/2010
Nat O'Connor: As part of our analysis of the Finance Act 2010 we looked at the national finances. An Saoi has pointed out that tax revenue is more or …
(II) What is the likely outcome of the Greek Crisis?
Jim Stewart 09/05/2010
Jim Stewart: Some likely outcomes can be anticipated from a recent speech by German Chancellor Angela Merkel:- (1) There will be new rules and …
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 …
The Crisis in Greece - Part I
Jim Stewart 07/05/2010
Jim Stewart: One puzzling aspect of the Greek crisis is that the greater the aid promised the worse the crisis seems to become. Commentators, while …
EU Commission forecast
Paul Sweeney 07/05/2010
Paul Sweeney: The European Commission today published its economic forecast for the European Economy including the Eurozone members (different colour …
We need more public agreement and disagreement
Nat O'Connor 07/05/2010
Nat O'Connor:An article in the Irish Examiner presents the recent encounter between the Secretary-general of the Department of Finance (Kevin …
April figures
An tSaoi 06/05/2010
An Saoi: I said last month that April is a boring tax month with little happening. I had half intended skipping over making any comments but these …
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Vic Duggan
Vic Duggan is an independent consultant, economist and public policy specialist catering …
Paul Sweeney
Paul Sweeney is former Chief Economist of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions. He was a …
Sean McCabe
Sean holds an B.Sc in Applied Physics from Dublin City University and an M.Sc. in …