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Articles from February 2010

Green Isle Foods Clarification by TEEU

[Press statement by TEEU]
February 28th, 2010,
A number of media outlets persist in describing the dispute between the Technical Engineering and Electrical Union and Green Isle Foods in Naas as being about inappropriate emails.
This is not the case.

Jack OConnor and David Begg of ICTU to speak at Naas Rally today in support of Green Isle Foods workers and hunger strikers

[Press statement, TEEU]
The President of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions, Jack O’Connor and General Secretary David Begg, will both be speaking at the Rally in support of the Green Isle Foods workers and hunger strikers in Naas today (Saturday, February 27th). It is being organised by the Kildare Council of Trade Unions.
It will assemble [...]

A Greek Tragedy

“All euro area members must conduct sound national policies in line with the agreed rules”.
This was the opening line in a statement from EU heads of government made in Brussels on 11 February. The statement was about Greece and it welcomed the austerity measures being introduced by the errant EU member in an attempt to [...]

Not Every Wound Heals

Don’t Call Me Scarface!!
Si, is the very lovely late actress Vanessa Redgrave, who I think was die last week because I see a tribute to her on the BIFTAS. Here in this picture she is also dying, but just pretend dying, in the role of the socialite Isadora Dunkin, who was invent not just the [...]

Milking the Recession

Profitable companies are using the current economic crisis to weaken terms and conditions of employment and drive down wages of some of the countries lowest paid workers according to a new report published by Mandate.
‘Milking The Recession‘, launched by the retail sector trade union earlier this month claims that there is “an aggressive and determined” [...]

Dissident Jews: Unwanted in Germany?

A European country that scapegoats a Semitic people, persecutes defenders of human rights by stripping them of employment, and denies freedom of speech to Jews: surely a description of Germany during the Third Reich?
Yes, but unfortunately also a description of Germany at the outset of the 21st century.
In the wake of German Chancellor Merkel’s craven speech [...]

Let the Credit Flow. The Recession Diaries - February 24th

There is probably no one who really believes that NAMA will succeed in its core mission - freeing up credit for the economy. I doubt that even the Minister’s scriptwriters really believe it. Is there anyone out there who believes it? I thought so.
Whatever about the long-term fortunes of the banking sector there is no [...]

Juan Cole | Harvard Professor's Modest Proposal: Starve the Gazans into Having Fewer Babies

An article by Donagh of Dublin Opinion • February 24th 2010

Juan Cole | Harvard Professor’s Modest Proposal: Starve the Gazans into Having Fewer Babies
Cole dismantles Martin Kramer's astonishing claim that forcing the Palestinians to have fewer children by starving them would resolve the conflict between Israel and Palestine.
"Martin Kramer revealed his true colors at the Herzliya Conference, wherein he blamed political violence in the Muslim [...]

Downhill All the Way

Treating injuries miles from the ER is an essential skill, but you don’t need to be a doctor, surgeon, nurse, paediatrician, obstetric gynaecologist, or even a plain old voyeur to learn what it takes to survive in the wild. Brad Chilterns is the founder of Outdoor Medicine, which specializes in teaching underedumacated back-country folk and [...]

Charity worker safe after mob's adoption anger | Independent.ie

An article by Donagh of Dublin Opinion • February 24th 2010

Charity worker safe after mob’s adoption anger | Independent.ie
Haitian's concerned about foreign nationals taking advantage of the catastrope in their country to take children - a justifiable concern - are described as an 'angry mob of Haitian men' when confronting an Irish female 'charity worker' (as opposed to an agent of a private adoption [...]

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Sins of the Father

Sins of the Father:

Tracing the Decisions

That Shaped the Irish Economy,

by Conor McCabe

from The History Press

Now Available as an e-Book.

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