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NAMA Part 1: The Christmas gift from the Irish taxpayers to the super wealthy and vulture funds
Rory Hearne 15/12/2015
Rory Hearne: Tis the season for 'good will' and 'giving' and all that but NAMA is giving away too much from Irish taxpayers to property vulture funds …
The Paris Agreement: a major step forward or ‘worthless words’?
Peadar Kirby 14/12/2015
Paedar Kirby: Amid the widespread welcome for the Paris Agreement, what is striking is the lack of consensus on just how significant it all is. James …
Lucky to have job? Research highlights bad working conditions in hotels and restaurants
Alicja Bobek 10/12/2015
Alicja Bobek: Hospitality has always been an important part of the Irish economy. As the labour market recovers from the recent recession, jobs are …
Flat tax maths doesn’t stack up
Cormac Staunton 09/12/2015
Cormac Staunton: The debate on flat taxes arose again this week with RENUA promoting the idea of a flat income tax model for Ireland. They invited me …
Prevention is better than cure – tackling corruption as a health risk to our democracy
Nuala Haughey 08/12/2015
Nuala Haughey: In the wake of this week’s RTÉ Investigations Unit programme on standards in public office, there have been renewed calls for a …
CoP21: Might Paris begin the long road to a low-carbon society?
Peadar Kirby 07/12/2015
Peadar Kirby: The fact that the world’s leaders turned up at the beginning rather than at the end, as happened in Copenhagen in 2009, seems to have …
Inversions as a Tax Strategy - Implications of Ireland
Jim Stewart 04/12/2015
Jim Stewart: The recent announcement by Pfizer that it is taking over Allergan and establishing their joint ‘headquarters’ in Ireland is another …
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 …
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Robert Sweeney
Robert Sweeney is a policy analyst at TASC and focuses on issues surrounding Irish …
Shana Cohen
Dr. Shana Cohen is the Director of TASC. She studied at Princeton University and at the …
Paul Sweeney
Paul Sweeney is former Chief Economist of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions. He was a …