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Will the radical cuts in public spending planned by 2021 be abandoned?
Paul Sweeney 28/01/2016
Paul Sweeney: Will the plan to greatly cut public spending by 2021 set out in Budget 2016 now be revised? The question that all political parties …
Wrong recovery, wrong investment
James Wickham 25/01/2016
James Wickham: According to the Taoiseach before COP21, Ireland needed special consideration because: "We have lost a decade of investment in our …
Intergenerational inequality in Ireland: younger generations pay the price of austerity and recovery
Rory Hearne 21/01/2016
Rory Hearne: There is a requirement for a greater focus on who paid the highest price in austerity and who continues to be affected by inequality in …
For richer or poorer: Oxfam's wealth inequality report withstands scrutiny
20/01/2016
Oisin Gilmore: A few days ago, Oxfam released a report stating that “the richest 1% have now accumulated more wealth than the rest of the world put …
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 …
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Paul Sweeney
Paul Sweeney is former Chief Economist of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions. He was a …
Shana Cohen
Dr. Shana Cohen is the Director of TASC. She studied at Princeton University and at the …
Sean McCabe
Sean holds an B.Sc in Applied Physics from Dublin City University and an M.Sc. in …