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Friday, Nov 21st 2008


Articles about Recession Diaries

August 30th Morning After the Party the Night Before: The Recession Diaries

An article by Michael Taft of Notes on the Front • August 31st 2008

You can pick your friends but not your friends’ friends. Out last night with some of the former who brought some of the latter and, of course, their conversation turned to the recession. And those of the latter were real Euro-jockeys, propounding such thoughtful gems as ‘trade unions are sapping our vitals’. [...]

August 11th Morning: The Recession Diaries

An article by Michael Taft of Notes on the Front • August 11th 2008

It must be great to be a spokesperson for employers. You can just plonk yourself in front of a microphone and say anything that comes into your head, no matter how outrageous or unsubstantiated. On Thursday’s Morning Ireland Mark Fielding of ISME was being interviewed together with UNITE’s Jerry Shanan. Mr. Fielding [...]

July 31st Afternoon: The Recession Diaries

An article by Michael Taft of Notes on the Front • August 1st 2008

Did anyone catch the curious symmetry? On the day that unemployment, once again, shot up, AIB announced their half-yearly profits. Two different worlds on this small island.
Not that there weren’t attempts to show that these different worlds are experiencing the same thing. The Irish Times headlines: AIB Profits Fall. And [...]