For the second podcast from Slugger O’Toole on the Irish Economy Mick Fealty has reconvened most of the panel from last week’s discussion on the economy. The topics include the call for wage cuts in the public sector, how to build towards a recovery in the medium term and support export growth, what economic hope [...]

Finally, some good ol’ fashioned common sense is being spoken - and in the Irish Times, as well.  Prionsias Breathnach of NUI Maynooth takes on calls for wage cuts head on. He does this through this time-tested process of looking up the facts.  In these days, that’s almost a revolutionary act.   He elaborates three reasons why calls for wage [...]

My oh my. My assertion that Ireland is a low-waged economy and that public sector wage cuts will have little impact has generated a lot of comments, some of them challenging my contention and the use of statistics. I had intended to do a piece today on Sean Fitzpatrick’s legacy to our economy but as [...]

Ever get that sinking feeling - like your tied down to the railway tracks and the train is coming around the bend? And your rescuers - they’re actually waving the train on. Yes, in times like these it takes a brave soul who can kick back and party.
In recent days we have been [...]