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Who’s going to take care of our carers?
Sinead Pembroke 14/02/2017
As anyone who has a family-member in need of homecare knows, private homecare is very expensive. But like childcare, what do we really know about the …
Airbnb: Sharing, Disrupting or Predator?
Paul Sweeney 13/02/2017
Airbnb argues that “Airbnb and our community are part of the new Collaborative or Sharing Economy, a movement that enables people to access new …
Is Ireland Getting More Equal?
James Wickham 12/02/2017
Latest CSO figures... On February 1st the CSO released the latest Irish results of the EU-SILC (European Union Survey on Income and Living …
Researching Ireland and the MNEs
David Jacobson 08/02/2017
The recent announcement that HP Inc is to shed almost 500 jobs as it closes its global print usiness in Kildare is a stark reminder of the role that …
If Apple won’t pay tax what hope is there for civilisation?
Paul Sweeney 04/02/2017
Multinationals owe responsibility to a wider group than their shareholders. As the Apple tax case moves towards the European Union courts, €13 …
How dependent is Ireland on trade with the UK?
Proinnsias Breathnach 01/02/2017
On Thursday last, Professor Ted Malloch, adviser to Donald Trump’s election campaign and would-be US ambassador to the EU, was interviewed by Seán …
Can Special Purpose Vehicles help alleviate the Housing Crisis?
Tom Healy 30/01/2017
A Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) is a technical term that refers to a wide variety of arrangements where a financial entity is established for a …
What have Idi Amin, Erich Honecker and Theresa May in common?
James Wickham 23/01/2017
Welcome to the biggest loss of citizenship rights in recent European history... Brexit is about taking away citizenship rights from millions of …
Brexit: What does Teresa May’s veiled Brexit threat really mean?
Paul Sweeney 18/01/2017
Brexit is a slow train crash. Most damage will be done to Britain, but some damage will be done to the European project and to the other European 27 …
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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 …
Robert Sweeney
Robert Sweeney is a policy analyst at TASC and focuses on issues surrounding Irish …