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When is spam not spam? When it's As Gaeilge ...

20/07/2009

Last Thursday morning, shortly after The Report had been released and our bloggers were preparing to comment, we received the following message from …

When is a baseline figure .... not a baseline figure?

18/07/2009

The Irish Times has a report today quoting a slightly bemused Michael Somers, head of the NTMA. It seems The Report recommended cutting NTMA staff …

An Bord Snip - An attack on the health of the nation

Sara Burke 17/07/2009

Sara Burke: The Bord Snip Nua report has the potential to undermine the health of the Irish people and specifically those who already have the …

The cuts and children

17/07/2009

“There’s a definite stink of class war off these documents.” An tSaoi: So commented “ec” on Irish Economy at 3.34 p.m. yesterday this …

Report is expression of a paradox

David Jacobson 17/07/2009

David Jacobson: Rather than discuss the details of the report, I’d like to make four more general points about the situation. First, the report …

An Bord Snip Nua: reactions

16/07/2009

In the blogosphere, World by Storm - over at Cedar Lounge - has been trawling through the Bord Snip Nua Report: you can read his post on the cuts you …

Bord Snip Nua Report: Some thoughts

Slí Eile 16/07/2009

Slí Eile: An Bord Snip Nua, or the Special Group on Public Service Numbers and Expenditure Programmes (hereafter the ‘Special Group’) to give it …

The Report (or, it really is the economy, stupid)

Michael Taft 16/07/2009

Michael Taft: No one should be too surprised about the broad thrust of the report of the Special Group on Public Service Numbers and Expenditure …

The suggested cuts and their impact

Paul Sweeney 16/07/2009

Paul Sweeney: That the public sector needs constant reform and oversight is a given. It is always on the menu of every government, everywhere. It is …

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