Updated on 5th of May 2009 to take account of the fact that I have since verified that the explanation about OECD tables being ‘problematic’ was provided to Sarah by a press officer in the Dept. of Finance. I have also modified a section which may have implied that the other claims about Ireland’s generous [...]

As Garibaldi on Cedar Lounge Revolution has already mentioned, the Sunday Independent contains a unique:
… mixture of arrogance, snobbery, hysteria, ineptitude, and desperation to appear oh so metropolitan and sophisticated while remaining unremittingly provincial.
Like all Irish newspapers it is virulently pro-business, doggedly centre right and socially conservative. However, unlike the Irish Times with its ‘senior [...]

The RTE Prime Time programme last night contained some of the most misleading (to put it mildly) presentation of facts and subsequent analysis to have been aired in a long time. Make no mistake about it: we are being prepared for the economic abattoir. And if you need any proof that the Left is rapidly [...]

The Irish think tank for action on social change TASC, has just launched Progressive Economy, a new blog for progressive economists, many of whom are part of the TASC Economists’ Network to comment on the Irish economy. While the media is awash with plenty of economic opinion at the moment, the majority of it seems [...]

So, the Irish Times is going to treat us to a series of articles from our leading economists over the next few days. They must be serious as they are using Lenin’s ‘What is to be Done’ title. This should be fun. I intend to critique of each of these contributions. [...]

Last weekend, the Sunday Times published an article by Brenda Power entitled: TD’s funeral shamed him about the recent funeral of Independent TD, Tony Gregory. The article has forced me to put together a few words in response, because it demonstrates that in fact her words shamed her.

Last week, in interview with a More 4 journalist, Mark Regev, one of Ehud Olmert’s spokespeople, admitted that Israel knew and had officially recorded the fact that Hamas had not broken the ceasefire between the two regions and, further, that the Israelis were also aware that Hamas had made attempts to prevent other, small groups [...]

It is a common enough for blogs, independent magazines, message boards and independent news sources to take issue with how the mainstream media reports on climate change. The argument is that mainstream media is still sending out a mixed message and is failing to provide the public with the sort of accurate information that is [...]