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Sarah Carey looks at economic inequality

22/07/2009

Sarah Carey has been mentioned in dispatches on PE before but, leaving aside her slightly problematical historical analysis, today she’s on the …

Is public spending in Ireland too high?

Slí Eile 20/07/2009

Slí Eile: Simple question. But not so straight forward when it comes to it. Too high relative to ‘what we can afford?’, ‘too high relative to …

Here's to economic recovery

Michael Taft 20/07/2009

Michael Taft: Maybe Colm McCarthy doesn’t drink Carlsberg. He certainly has not taken on board their recent ad campaign which suggests: ‘It’s …

When is spam not spam? When it's As Gaeilge ...

20/07/2009

Last Thursday morning, shortly after The Report had been released and our bloggers were preparing to comment, we received the following message from …

Debate on public sector pay ...

20/07/2009

SIPTU's Manus O'Riordan - writing in the Irish Independent last week - noted that: "In the three years to December 2008, the money values of average …

When is a baseline figure .... not a baseline figure?

18/07/2009

The Irish Times has a report today quoting a slightly bemused Michael Somers, head of the NTMA. It seems The Report recommended cutting NTMA staff …

An Bord Snip - An attack on the health of the nation

Sara Burke 17/07/2009

Sara Burke: The Bord Snip Nua report has the potential to undermine the health of the Irish people and specifically those who already have the …

The cuts and children

17/07/2009

“There’s a definite stink of class war off these documents.” An tSaoi: So commented “ec” on Irish Economy at 3.34 p.m. yesterday this …

Report is expression of a paradox

David Jacobson 17/07/2009

David Jacobson: Rather than discuss the details of the report, I’d like to make four more general points about the situation. First, the report …

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