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Jobs and recovery
Tom O'Connor 19/03/2010
Tom O'Connor: The Labour Party are holding a public seminar in Cork tomorrow on solutions to Ireland's economic crisis. The speakers including myself …
Another take on healthcare
18/03/2010
"There is a startling commonality between the root causes and defects of the ongoing banking crisis and those that continue to gain momentum within …
Ireland still off course on deflationary path to nowhere
Slí Eile 18/03/2010
Slí Eile: The assessment by the European Commission makes for chilling reading. It states: … Despite five consolidation packages adopted since …
Report of the Innovation Taskforce
An tSaoi 17/03/2010
An Saoi: I read the Report of the Innovation Taskforce and wept. The Government’s big idea is per Brian Cowan’s piece in Saturday’s Irish Times …
Radical options for EU reform
Slí Eile 16/03/2010
Slí Eile: In a thoughtful, radical and no doubt controversial assessment of EU economic policy Irish Left Review has cited a report: Eurozone …
Options for future economic policy in the EU
Slí Eile 16/03/2010
Slí Eile: I very much agree with Paul Sweeney, writing on this blog site recently It seems to me that we need more effective EU institutions. We …
Really, McCoy?
Michael Burke 16/03/2010
Michael Burke: In yesterday's Irish Times, IBEC's General Director Danny McCoy said wages increased much more rapidly in Ireland than in other …
Tallaght Hospital controversy: An apposite quote
An tSaoi 14/03/2010
An Saoi: I recently came across the following comment from an interview with Dr. Giovanni Berlinguer, professor of Social Medicine and younger …
Slash and Burn
Paul Sweeney 13/03/2010
Paul Sweeney: Michael Burke is correct in saying that competitive devaluation does not work. It does not matter what so many economists think, or …
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Robert Sweeney
Robert Sweeney is a policy analyst at TASC and focuses on issues surrounding Irish …
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Kirsty Doyle is a Researcher at TASC, working in the area of health inequalities. She is …
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Vic Duggan
Vic Duggan is an independent consultant, economist and public policy specialist catering …