Blog Archive

Giving Ireland - and Europe - some backbone

James Wickham 14/06/2016

James Wickham: A progressive Europe requires putting the state back in. And ‘the state’ means both the national member states and the European …

Taoiseach appears to seek Increased Public Investment, as does OECD.

Paul Sweeney 13/06/2016

Paul Sweeney: The leak in the Irish Times (13th June 2016) that the Taoiseach has written to Mr Juncker, President of the EU Commisson, on the need …

A Basic Income for All? Has its Time Come? Or is it a fad?

Robin Wilson 10/06/2016

Robin Wilson: The recent Swiss referendum on a universal basic income for all has cast back into the spotlight a proposal which has periodically had …

In this Programme – “There’s One for Everyone in the Audience.”

26/05/2016

Paul Sweeney: This Programme for government is quite different from previous programmes. It is 160 pages where is the last programme was a mere 60. …

A New Era for Housing Policy?

Nat O'Connor 24/05/2016

Nat O'Connor: Now that there is to be a Minister of Housing, Planning and Local Government, as well as a Minister of State for Housing and Urban …

How fares tourism? A review of the Programme for Partnership Government

Ziene Mottiar 23/05/2016

Dr Ziene Mottiar: It is surprising that a sector which employs 205,000 people, brings €6.6 billion of revenue into the country and contributes …

Where ambition meets reality: new Government spending plans do not add up

Marie Sherlock 19/05/2016

Marie Sherlock: As we have learned the hard way over the past decade, there is one hell of a gap between the lofty ambition of rescuing and building …

The Benefits of the Benefacts database

Nuala Haughey 18/05/2016

Nuala Haughey: A new database of information about some 18,000 non-profit organisations in Ireland will no doubt contribute to the drive for more …

How the Government should tackle the housing crisis

Rory Hearne 17/05/2016

Rory Hearne: The draft Programme for Partnership signals that the new Government will give urgently needed prioritisation to the housing and …

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