Posts by Slí Eile
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Q&A at the doorsteps
Slí Eile 22/01/2011
Slí Eile: There is a distinct possibility that you will be getting more callers to the front door in the next few weeks. Be conscious that there may …
The scenic route to public ownership
Slí Eile 25/12/2010
Slí Eile: 2010 - private banking emerges from the dark world. A slow crash. Now that €3bn+ has been raided from the National Pension Reserve Fund …
Listening to common sense
Slí Eile 18/12/2010
Slí Eile: Sometimes we don't like listening to one of our own. Hence, expertise from outside is used to reassure us. Take David McWilliams. The …
A budget that does not add up
Slí Eile 07/12/2010
Slí eile: The annual pantomime known as the Budget is an annual fixture. Since the onset of recession in 2008 it has assumed the proportion of an …
Why cuts are the wrong cure
Slí Eile 05/12/2010
Slí Eile: With less than 48 hours to go to the Budget we would do well to pause and think about the drive to cut more and more and to compound our …
Memorandum of Understanding
Slí Eile 01/12/2010
Slí Eile: These days a new Report arrives every few days. The EU/IMF Memorandum of Understanding available here carries a text in bold red on the …
Countering left-wing ideology
Slí Eile 30/11/2010
Slí Eile: It may have come to the attention of readers of this blog-site that contributors are ideologically of the left espousing solutions and …
The story keeps shifting
Slí Eile 28/11/2010
Slí Eile: 28 November we are told (1) 'Without this external support, the State would not be able to raise the funds required to pay for key public …
A sneak pre-view of the 4-year plan
Slí Eile 21/11/2010
Slí Eile: An interesting insight from former IMF director, Donal Donovan, is given here. He writes in the Irish Times, last Friday, that: "These …
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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 …
Kirsty Doyle
Kirsty Doyle is a Researcher at TASC, working in the area of health inequalities. She is …