Blog Archive

Should Ireland’s largest bank should be sold off to foreigners?

Paul Sweeney 17/01/2016

Paul Sweeney: Should Ireland's largest bank, AIB, be sold off to a foreign bank or hedge fund? This is the plan. It is not being debated. Why not …

Zero-hours legislation?

Alicja Bobek 11/01/2016

Alicja Bobek: In 2015 the government commissioned a study on zero hours contracts from the University of Limerick. In a welcome development it now …

Lobbying transparency register up and running - but vigilance needed for potential loopholes

Nuala Haughey 07/01/2016

Nuala Haughey: Ireland’s mandatory lobbying register is now online. But what exactly does it mean? Well, for the first time members of the public …

One area of Public Investment: PPPs

04/01/2016

Paul Sweeney looks at one area of public investment: It is worth noting that the Government seems be to a little cooler on Public Private …

Forecasting the Future.

31/12/2015

Paul Sweeney makes some forecasts for 2016.No one had forecast that Ireland’s growth rate would hit 7 percent in 2015. No one. So making …

Have yourself a casual Christmas: 21st century ‘entrepreneurs’ and bogus self-employment in the Irish construction sector

Alicja Bobek 23/12/2015

Alicja Bobek: For the majority of us across Ireland, Christmas means holiday. It is a festive season, providing us with a few days that we can spend …

Neither Boston nor Berlin?

David Jacobson 22/12/2015

David Jacobsen: The main front page article in last week’s (20/12/2015) Sunday Business Post begins with Enda Kenny’s promise “to cut tax bills …

Do we seriously want to make Ireland like the USA?

James Wickham 21/12/2015

James Wickham: In a recent speech the Taoiseach stated that he wanted taxes in Ireland to be as low as those in the USA. Why? Allegedly this will …

Mortgage arrears crisis remains unresolved with possibility of up to 30,000 repossessions

Rory Hearne 18/12/2015

Rory Hearne: Despite the recent Central Bank figures showing a decline in mortgage arrears there are still 37,000 mortgages for a principal dwelling …

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