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An EU Mirror Held Up To Ireland’s Economic Policies
07/03/2016
Paul Sweeney: In this final blog on the recent EU report on Ireland, a few more issues will be examined.We Irish are fascinated with how other …
The EU on Ireland's Lack of Investment and the Improving Irish Labour Market
Paul Sweeney 03/03/2016
Paul Sweeney: I continue my examination of the recent EU report on Ireland EU Country Specific Recs. Ireland. It recommends three priorities for EU …
Why the EU Commission is right to call for increased public investment in infrastructure
Paul Sweeney 01/03/2016
Paul Sweeney: The new EU report on the Irish Economy EU Ireland report 2016 makes for interesting reading, if only to see how Brussels views our …
Open government mid-term report shows need for sustained momentum behind reforms
Nuala Haughey 01/03/2016
Nuala Haughey: An independent report charting progress (and lack of progress) on Ireland’s open government reforms will be published in Dublin this …
Political accountability needs written record of government decisions
Nuala Haughey 29/02/2016
Nuala Haughey: The Oireachtas Inquiry into the Banking Crisis reviewed about 500,000 pages of documents from various bodies including banks, …
The Collapse of Ireland’s Finances (again): A Reinterpretation
Robert Sweeney 19/02/2016
Robert Sweeney: As the election season reaches full swing, the inevitable claims of who did what and when, and what this means in the future …
Children and Food Insecurity – a crisis for Ireland’s future
Mary Flynn 11/02/2016
Dr Mary Flynn: The devastating economic crash in Ireland during 2008 threw the personal finances of large numbers of people into crisis. Work …
Debunking myths: why austerity and structural reforms have had little to do with Ireland's economic recovery
Aidan Regan 10/02/2016
Aidan Regan: It has been a truly remarkable few years for Ireland and the European Union. In the space of five years Ireland has gone from being the …
Housing Crisis & the Right to Housing should be a key issue in the election debate
04/02/2016
So its election fever time! The current housing crisis should be a key topic for discussion in the election debate. Despite the economic recovery the …
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Kirsty Doyle
Kirsty Doyle is a Researcher at TASC, working in the area of health inequalities. She is …
Jim Stewart
Dr Jim Stewart is Adjunct Associate Professor at Trinity College Dublin. His research …
Paul Sweeney
Paul Sweeney is former Chief Economist of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions. He was a …