Update: It seems this may well be a cruel joke that is being played on some members of Fianna Fáil. Some who may have to buy me a pint as I await final verification. Take with strong pinch of salt – it is a great chance to replay the David Davin Power zombie video though […]
From today’s Irish Times (I am one of the signatories) Wanted: emergency budget Sir, – It is now clear that austerity policies are not working. The domestic economy will remain recession this year. The Government has accepted that employment, consumer spending and investment will fall again. We are experiencing a worrying rise in income inequality, […]
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Launched today a new campaigning network of local and global justice organisations, Debt Justice Action. Next week we via our government are paying €1.25 billion in the latest payment of an unsecured Anglo bond. This will be followed by numerous other payments. Repayments not of home loans or debts that the general public ran up […]
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Today is the World Day of Peace, a Catholic celebration. Each year it is traditional for the Taoiseach to issue a statement on the day in response to the annual statement issued by the Pope. Frostiness or not in the relations between Ireland and the Vatican, Enda Kenny issued a statement this morning and indeed […]
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Johnny Fallon is the author of Dynasties: Irish Political Families which was published this month by New Island Books. I’ve asked to him to contribute a post considering Dynasties, gender and the current debate on gender quotas in increasing women’s participation in politics. Irish political life has been dominated by the power of big […]
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