To kick public sector workers around the block is in danger of becoming an officially recognised sport; bloated, inefficient, over-paid – and don’t even mention pensions. Tony O’Brien is opining on the best instrument – scalpel or chainsaw -…
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There is Only One Iron Man!!!
Eat Your Heart Out, Padre Pio!! Si, is well-known American actor Tony Danza, who play Robert Stack, aka Iron Man in the new Hollywood blockbuster movie, also, coincidentally, called Iron Man. Once again we see…
Chavez: ‘A Subversive in Miraflores’?
Chavismo and democracy The assertion that Venezuela has become a more democratic society under Hugo Chavez is bitterly contested. We can pass over the repeated claims that Chavez is a brutal dictator who has turned…
Chavez: The Benefactor of Miraflores
This is the second of a three part review of Bart Jones’ Hugo! The Hugo Chavez Story. Read the first part Chavez: The Hatred of the ‘Dark-Skinned Yokel’ here and the second part Chavaz: ‘A…
October 22nd Lunchtime: The Recession Diaries
Where stands the debate on the unusustainability of ‘universalism’ now? The Government has stated that only 5% of over-70s have incomes exceeding €36,400 (€72,800 for a couple) and the cost of providing them a medical…
It Ain’t Over ’Til It’s Over
Well, it’s been a busy few weeks trying to keep up with the US Presidential election campaign and the global economic crisis, to say nothing of trying to do some work occasionally.So, inevitably, the campaign…
October 20th Lunchtime: The Recession Diaries
They say a picture is worth a thousand words. I think that’s an underestimate. The chart above is taken from an analysis by Dan O’Brien of the Economist Intelligence Unit which appeared in yesterday’s Sunday…
Chavez: Hatred of the ‘Dark-Skinned Yokel’
Castro comes to visit In 1971, Fidel Castro went to Chile as a guest of its new president Salvador Allende. The Cuban leader left with a gloomy view of the prospects for the first democratically-elected…
October 19th Afternoon: The Recession Diaries
The Leader of the Opposition would equally be of the view that he needs to see fairness and equity in the way in which scarce resources are allocated. Can he justify a change by his…
Harney Chooses to Bail Out Private Hospitals While Savaging the Elderly
This week, indignant old men and women have led a wave of unprecedented social protest in the national media. Next week, the same old men and women will take their protest to the streets. The…
October 17th Lunchtime: The Recession Diaries
It’s raining medical cards – in the nightmares of the Fianna Fail backbench TDs. What were they thinking? Is the €100 million savings worth the political disaster the Government has brought on to itself? €100…
Solidarity, Brothers!
Did you see the terrible news in the laughing jackal liberal atheist press scoffing at the reports from Brazil about the police brawl in Sao Paulo? Was absolutely terrible! What happen, apparently, was that the…
October 16th Early Evening: The Recession Diaries
You’d think that some people would show a bit of humility. But Sean Fitzpatrick over at Anglo Irish is not one of those people. Okay, so during his tenure as chairperson his bank ran such…
October 15th Early Evening: The Recession Diaries
Well, at least the business sector was happy. Not that there wasn’t the odd whinge – business spokespersons are forever whinging. ISME, especially, was in ‘bemoan’ mode. ‘The decision to increase excise duties, particularly on…
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Dublin Opinion
- HIPSTER IFSC May 22, 2013[…]Conor McCabe
- In God’s Country May 12, 2013Working on the last few pages of a chapter for a book edited by Colin Coulter and Angela Nagle. I’ve just been rigid with anger over the last couple of weeks - more than usual - and I think the process of writing this chapter is the reason why. This little paragraph sums it up […]Conor McCabe
- Fishy Talks Galway, 13 May 2013 May 12, 2013Speaking tomorrow in Galway before Donal O’Kelly’s performance of Bat the Father, Rabbit the Son. The title of the talk is: All the Devils are Here - A Short History of the Irish Entrepreneur. All welcome. […]Conor McCabe
- The Indo: Think I Know The Choice I’d Make.. May 9, 2013[…]Conor McCabe
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