The establishment view in Europe is that the problem is too much debt (by profligate countries like Greece) and, therefore, that the solution must involve (a) austerity and (b) structural reforms (which increase the competitiveness…
Tagged By Fiscal Compact Treaty Referendum
The debt crisis and the fiscal treaty referendum in Ireland
This article originally appeared in Transnational Institute. The Irish debt catastrophe arose from a massive increase in borrowing during the 2000s on the part of Irish banks: the 6 main Irish banks borrowed €15 billion from abroad…
Campaign Against the Austerity Treaty: Irish people bullied into voting Yes
Campaign Against the Austerity Treaty Irish people bullied into voting Yes Referendum result is not a mandate for home and water taxes Labour’s way IS Frankfurt’s way The government and the EU have succeeded in…
Hanging on to our memories
Cross-posted from CrisisJam. A few months back Len McCluskey, general secretary of the Unite trade union in the UK, said the following in an interview with the Guardian: ‘But by the same token. people have…
To defend what’s left of our democracy, a No vote is vital
To celebrate the CrisisJam series of articles on Politico.ie published over the last few days which discuss why we should vote no to the Fiscal Compact Treaty Referendum – or the Austerity Treaty I’m posting…
What Happens if Ireland Votes No?
Would Ireland be able to secure a second bailout? The Yes campaign claim that, in the event of a No vote, Ireland would be denied EU funding should she require a second bailout. The No…
Decisions must be made that are in the interests of the Irish people
At the regular meeting of its National Executive Committee the Communist Party of Ireland once again called on working people to resist the bullying and ideological terror now being unleashed by the Government to force…
Why the Treaty Won’t Work
There are many reasons to vote No in the forthcoming Treaty on the austerity pact. One of them is that it is simply unworkable. The current Treaty is the latest attempt to deal with the…
Unions join forces in calling for no vote on austerity treaty
Three major trade unions with combined membership of more than 100,000 have issued a strong call to vote no in Thursday’s referendum on what they are calling the austerity treaty. The CPSU, Mandate and UNITE…
The Fiscal Compact Treaty; a sheep in wolf’s clothing?
The debate on the Fiscal Compact Treaty in Ireland has been dominated by duel scaremongering arguments; the threat of institutionalised austerity on one side and the threat of discontinued ECB funding on the other. The…
Fiscal Treaty Files: The Minister – There He Goes Again
It is becoming great sport following up the Minister for Finance’s comments. However, a retraction: in the previous post I compared the Government’s projections from April 2011 and April 2012 – following on from the Minister’s…
An Arrogant and Out-of-Touch Government
An arrogant and out-of-touch Government whose only strategy is to bully and terrorise the people and if that fails, make them vote again. How can anyone take seriously this government’s campaign and what it says…
Left MEPs in Dublin – “Irish people can strike a decisive blow against Austerity Treaty”
Press release from GUE/NGL MEPs from the European United Left / Nordic Green Left group in the European Parliament in Dublin today said the Fiscal Treaty would be a “catastrophe for Europe”. German MEP Sabine Wils…
We the citizens have the power to defer treaty by Voting No
Campaign Group ‘For A Better Europe‘ launched today ‘Rushing in to ratify a flawed and out of date Fiscal Treaty will be a mistake resulting in far reaching social and economic costs’ said Siobhán O’…
Sins of the Father
Dublin Opinion
- 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
- Alan Ahearne, Johnny Boy May 6, 2013Alan Ahearne, Central Bank of Ireland & NUIG, writing in 2006 that Ireland’s property bubble was caused by condoms. […]Conor McCabe
Buy ILR Journal
