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November 11 2011

November 11th, 2011 · 2 Comments · Irish Politics, Trot for the ARAS 2011

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Taxing the wealth, for the common good

November 10th, 2011 · 3 Comments · Equality, Irish Politics, Recession, Social Policy

– Ireland has the second highest number of millionaires in the EU. – The 300 richest people in Ireland are worth close to €50bn. – Excluding housing values the top 1% control 34% of Ireland’s wealth. – The government plans to cut expenditure, services and infrastructure twice as much as they plan to raise in […]

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ESRI paper on Active Labour Market Policies released

November 9th, 2011 · 1 Comment · Recession, Social Policy

Today the ESRI releases the first paper in a new series on Renewal. The study reviews international and national evidence on Active Labour Market Policies and their impact on getting those who are unemployed back into work. What Can Active Labour Market Policies Do, by Dr Elish Kelly, Dr Seamus McGuinness and Dr Philip O’Connell […]

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Filing under ‘They haven’t gone away’

November 8th, 2011 · 31 Comments · Irish Politics

If last nights first part of Crisis – Inside the Cowen Government was not bad enough for you with the former ministers sticking the knife into Cowen whilst running away from their part in the whole sorry escapade I came across the following from Ogra FF. Ogra had their national conference in Cork last weekend. […]

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Cheeky!

November 7th, 2011 · Comments Off on Cheeky! · Trot for the ARAS 2011

At the protocol meeting of Dublin City Councillors last week it was agreed by the Councillors that they should seek invitations to go to the inauguration on Friday for their Group Leaders in addition to the Lord Mayor. Members of the group were contacted today by an official in the City Managers office with the […]

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