Category: Politics
What exactly will we be asked in the fiscal treaty referendum?
Nat O'Connor 02/03/2012
Nat O'Connor: The Taoiseach has signed the Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union (also known as the …
Minimum Essential Budgets
Nat O'Connor 10/02/2012
Nat O'Connor: The TCD Policy Institute recently published a volume by the Vincentian Partnership for Social Justice and Dr Micheál Collins, which …
Obama on Income Equality and Economic Recovery
Nat O'Connor 26/01/2012
Nat O'Connor: President Obama used his State of the Union address 2012 to highlight income inequality. His speech is only one of a number of examples …
(III) The squeezed middle
Paul Sweeney 25/01/2012
Paul Sweeney: There has been much discussion on what is called the Squeezed Middle. This refers to those middle class families who are seeing …
Who will collect our taxes?
An tSaoi 23/01/2012
An Saoi: Staffing in the Office of the Revenue Commissioners was already a concern when this PQ was asked on 3rd July 2008. The same question was …
Time for Plan B
Nat O'Connor 20/01/2012
Nat O'Connor: Austerity policies are not working. I was one of 59 signatories of a letter in today's Irish Times calling for Plan B. Plan B must …
'Understanding what controls us'
Peter Connell 05/10/2011
Peter Connell: Writing in last Saturday’s Guardian, Ian Jack, bemoaning the irrelevance of the current party conference season in the UK, argued …
The four factors shifting power away from workers and citizens
Paul Sweeney 23/09/2011
Paul Sweeney: In developed countries, there has been a decline in labour’s share of national income going to wages for many years. This has major …
The need for diversity in policy advice
Peadar Kirby 20/06/2011
Peadar Kirby: When speaking to the NESC on Friday last, the Taoiseach Enda Kenny made a point that, if taken seriously, has the potential to address …
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