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Diversions and Inversions: Some Implications of Corporate Tax Strategies

Jim Stewart 03/12/2015

Jim Stewart: The announced takeover by Pfizer of Allergan and consequent redomicile of Pfizer to Ireland has attracted enormous international media …

Troubling levels of inequality within economic recovery

Rory Hearne 02/12/2015

Rory Hearne: There has been much debate in recent months about economic inequality. Last week’s Survey on Income and Living Conditions by the CSO …

CoP21: Holding the fate of humanity

Peadar Kirby 30/11/2015

Peadar Kirby: Just three days before the historic climate change summit opens in Paris today, November 30th, Malaysia and Jamaica became the 179th …

Don’t cut the USC – keep it for universal health care

Rory Hearne 25/11/2015

Rory Hearne: The pre-election promises of tax ‘give-aways’ in future Budgets have begun in earnest with Labour and Fine Gael’s reported …

An End to Tax Cuts in the US?

Paul Sweeney 19/11/2015

Paul Sweeney: Americans are not in favour of cutting taxes! The American Enterprise Institute, a Right Wing think tank, is saying that it’s the end …

In the midst of a crisis why are we selling off much needed local authority housing?

Rory Hearne 18/11/2015

Rory Hearne: You just have to wonder do we ever learn? In the midst of an unprecedented housing crisis with over 100,000 households in dire need of …

Transport policy and social equality

James Wickham 17/11/2015

James Wickham: The National Transport Authority (NTA) has just closed the consultation period for its draft transport strategy for the Greater Dublin …

Budget decisions would benefit from stronger role for Houses of Oireachtas

Nuala Haughey 12/11/2015

Nuala Haughey: The revelation a few years ago that German parliamentarians were privy to vital Budget information withheld from our own lawmakers …

Universal health care most important factor in Irish Happiness

Rory Hearne 11/11/2015

Rory Hearne: It is an important time for thinking about the type of Ireland we would like to see developing through the recovery and into the future. …

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