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An Bord Snip Nua: reactions

16/07/2009

In the blogosphere, World by Storm - over at Cedar Lounge - has been trawling through the Bord Snip Nua Report: you can read his post on the cuts you …

Bord Snip Nua Report: Some thoughts

Slí Eile 16/07/2009

Slí Eile: An Bord Snip Nua, or the Special Group on Public Service Numbers and Expenditure Programmes (hereafter the ‘Special Group’) to give it …

The Report (or, it really is the economy, stupid)

Michael Taft 16/07/2009

Michael Taft: No one should be too surprised about the broad thrust of the report of the Special Group on Public Service Numbers and Expenditure …

The suggested cuts and their impact

Paul Sweeney 16/07/2009

Paul Sweeney: That the public sector needs constant reform and oversight is a given. It is always on the menu of every government, everywhere. It is …

Download the report

16/07/2009

Vol. I of the report of the Special Group on Public Service Numbers and Expenditure Programmes is available for download here, and Vol. II is …

Bord Snip Nua = Gearr siar agus dóigh

Slí Eile 16/07/2009

Slí Eile: Following a softening-up by planned leaks, the much-awaited ‘Bord Snip Nua’ report has finally been released. The reason why the Group …

Mythbusters 201: Are Social Welfare Rates in Ireland high compared to elsewhere?

Slí Eile 16/07/2009

Slí Eile: A popular view that finds its way into pub conversations, page 4 of the ‘tabloids’, agonising phone-in shows, Dáil debates and …

International Trade: Free, Fair and Open?

Slí Eile 14/07/2009

Sli Eile: This recent book from OECD argues that "prosperity has rarely, if ever, been achieved or sustained without trade. Trade alone, however, is …

Challenging the narrow ground

13/07/2009

The only reason that the government can still borrow on international markets to finance the day-to-day running of the country - some €24 billion …

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