Tagged with: migration
What have Idi Amin, Erich Honecker and Theresa May in common?
James Wickham 23/01/2017
Welcome to the biggest loss of citizenship rights in recent European history... Brexit is about taking away citizenship rights from millions of people: British people, Irish people, Polish people, indeed from anyone who is currently a citizen of an EU member state. Brexit is not just about economics and trade, it is fundamentally about politics, …
Emigration a 'lifestyle choice'?
Tom Healy 17/03/2012
Tom Healy: Today's 'feel good' story in the Irish Times ran as 'Emigrants leaving by choice'. Nice to know that some people still have choices. …
Scaring us into greater inequality
James Wickham 09/11/2009
James Wickham: In a recent article in the Irish Times (4 November) Philip Lane warned that higher levels of income taxation could restrict Ireland's …
Those CSO migration figures: A health warning
An tSaoi 26/09/2009
An Saoi: Our friends in the CSO have given us at long last their estimates of migration in the year to April last. The figures reflect the return of …
Emigration is back - maybe?
Slí Eile 22/09/2009
Slí Eile: Before anyone gets carried away with claims that newcomers are heading home and families are abandoning their homes and schools …latest …
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Vic Duggan
Vic Duggan is an independent consultant, economist and public policy specialist catering …
Jim Stewart
Dr Jim Stewart is Adjunct Associate Professor at Trinity College Dublin. His research …
Paul Sweeney
Paul Sweeney is former Chief Economist of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions. He was a …