Friday, Jan 27th 2012
Not necessarily among the best of the web for its insight or fresh analysis, but simply because of who it is that has broken ranks on the austerity consensus.
Greek commissioner defies EU model of austerity
The Greek EU commissioner has mounted a stern attack on the austerity policies demanded by her own institution in a remarkable [...]
One figure that is often ignored amongst the debt, interest rates and job losses may be the one that shows the biggest waste of the boom years and it may have the greatest impact on what the Ireland that emerges from the downturn looks like. 188,000 students are currently in college in Ireland. The downturn [...]
Workers at Gama get go-ahead for €40m claim
With the election of Joe Higgins and Clare Daly to the 31st Dail, the Socialist Party, and the United Left Alliance with 5 seats, have many reasons to celebrate. However, the cause for celebration doesn’t end there. On election day the High Court approved an action being taken [...]
It looks likely that there will be 14 Sinn Féin and up to 10 progressive left deputies in the incoming Dáil.
These 24 progressive left representatives need to eclipse Fianna Fail as the opposition to the incoming conservative administration and ensure that victory could be grasped from the jaws of defeat, so to speak.
This is a [...]
TASC has made a very interesting submission to the Independent Review of ERO and REA Wage Setting Mechanisms, which provides “independent external economic and labour market evidence in support of the need for wage floors”. It argues strongly against the cut in the minimum wage, and highlights the fact that Ireland is unique within the [...]
New Statesman | Corporation tax rates around the world
Ireland retains its much-cherished 12.5 per cent rate (the lowest in the OECD), but the Franco-German bid to abolish "distorting" rates means this may not be the case for much longer. Surprisingly, the countries with the highest rates of corporation tax are the United States (39.25 per [...]
BallotBox.ie
If you’re an Irish person living outside Ireland – have your say in the General Election here
Irish law prevents you from voting in the General Election – unlike almost any other EU country, and many other democracies like Canada, the UK, New Zealand and Australia.
A vote at Ballotbox.ie may not be a real vote, but [...]
Okay, it’s finally here. So let’s talk briefly about outcomes.
The issue of coalition is problematic. It’s true that if, for example, the Labour Party went into government with Fine Gael then that might ameliorate the tone and thrust of FG policies, particularly as regards privatization, many of which are profoundly inimical to left and progressive [...]
Arab uprisings mark a turning point for the taking | Peter Hallward
Is it too early to hope? Peter Hallward who spoke in Wood Quay, Dublin recently provides an inspiring piece of political optimism for a global society that has been condition to deny the possibility of real political change.
As the philosopher Alain Badiou points [...]
Is End O’Kenny. Our Very Own Tracey Ireland!!
Do you remember growing up the very amazing clever animated television program show The Thrunderbirds Are Go!? No. Me neither. I am too old. In Spain, when I was grow up, all we had was comic magazines about the Crusades and oranges on a stick. But a [...]
