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Banking Inquiry - could the UK Iraq Inquiry act as a model?

Gan Ainm 01/02/2010

gan ainm: Pat Rabbitte’s post on the Banking Inquiry is most welcome. There are many angles which need to be covered, and obfuscation by some …

Banking Inquiry: Guest post by Arthur Morgan TD

Arthur Morgan 01/02/2010

Arthur Morgan: Sinn Féin believes that such is the scale of the banking crisis that nothing short of full public scrutiny is acceptable. The …

Guest post by Michelle O'Sullivan: Minimum wage regulation

Michelle O'Sullivan 01/02/2010

Michelle O'Sullivan: Last week the Tánaiste, Mary Coughlan, announced that legislation will be introduced allowing employers to claim an inability …

Memo to IBEC

Michael Taft 30/01/2010

Michael Taft: Yesterday evening I was on Matt Cooper’s The Last Word with a representative from IBEC discussing wage levels. I quoted the numbers …

No return to business as usual ...

30/01/2010

"Unless there is radical reform of governance worldwide, the recovery, when it comes, is likely to be followed by yet another recession". You can …

There are smarter ways to economic recovery

Stephen Kinsella 29/01/2010

Stephen Kinsella: The smart economy is a nice idea, perhaps even a good idea. But like most nice ideas, when exposed to reality, the smart economy …

More on vacant houses ....

29/01/2010

Last week, Nat O'Connor posted on vacant houses and the research carried out by the ntional Institute for Regional and Spatial Analysis. click here …

Running to Stand Still: Next Generation Broadband in Ireland

Donal Palcic 29/01/2010

Donal Palcic: Forfás published its latest report on Ireland’s broadband performance last week and as usual it evoked a strong sense of déjà vu. …

The State of the US

Nat O'Connor 28/01/2010

Nat O'Connor: I'm sure I'm not the only one who watched President Obama's State of the Union address to Congress. (Various versions of it are on …

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