EAPN Ireland | Workfare Won’t Work for the Unemployed
Excellent blog post from Aiden Lloyd, on EAPN’s On the Line blog. This pretty much nails the governments ‘thinking’ behind the workfare scheme. It wants to be seen to be doing something, while doing absolutely nothing. The economic structure of the country is based on attracting foreign [...]

Hugh Green | Anglo Grinder
Hugh Green, on foot of the largest profit loss in Irish history - the 8.2 bn lost by Anglo Irish Bank in six months - has started to look at the figures and its eye watering.

Grants to Enterprise was ticking over nicely all the way through the boom, making [...]

Lisbon Treaty Whup-Ass
The problem with the various campaigns around the Lisbon Treaty is that in order to get a simple message across to a wide audience you have to reduce a complicated topic to a simple black and white argument. However, simplification does not mean basic distortion, like using a dodgy doctored photo originally used [...]