“The Greens have insisted that Brian Lenihan tack on a clause to the NAMA legislation providing for an 80% windfall tax on rezoning speculators”
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Ireland’s Incendiary Economics
Ireland’s Incendiary Economics
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Ireland’s Most Influential 100, 2009
Ireland’s Most Influential 100, 2009
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“‘Have regard’ often means think about for a milli-second – then flout”
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“After the NAMA bill is passed the figure for debt per capita will double to €25,714”
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Letters To The Editor
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Our Minister In The Sky
Our Minister In The Sky
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Explosive Fraud
“It is particularly ironic that the weary and disheartened objectors were then subject to the wrath of the Irish Judicial System”
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Dublin’s Market’s Area Short-Changed-Again
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Trouble At Red Cross
“As long ago as 1999 nine of the staff came together on RTÉ News to call on the Government to set up an investigation into the running of the charity.”
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Ego Drove Ganley
“What really shocked her was Ganley’s capacity for lying”
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The Equality Authority Now
“Is diminished efficacy being masked?”
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In the immediate aftermath of World War Two, as awareness of the horrific atrocities inflicted by the Nazi regime on Jews, gypsies, homosexuals, and the disabled filtered out, there was widespread international agreement that systems and structures should be put in place to prevent future recurrence of such barbarity.
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“I disagree with Enda Kenny’s call to abolish the Seanad, though I agree reform is overdue”
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Against The Grain
“Gender, race, ethnic and social background quotas are being pushed forward as epicycles to mask the woeful lack of original thoughts and policies”
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Editorial: Lisb-ON
Lisb-ON. The Treaty is largely an exercise in housekeeping and democratisation, though it does not go far enough in countering the excesses of globalisation and includes some offensive provisions on defence and militarisation.
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Distracting Political Bloodsports
“…the casualness of the reporting is striking if for no other reason than the sheer scale of the money involved”
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Buses not Metro for Dublin
“The idea of building metro while letting bus services go to the wall reveals the ‘fur coat and no knickers’ mentality dominating our Department of Transport”. So wrote Fintan O’Toole in the Irish Times back in March.
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Imagining a New Political Class
“…54% of TDs were pursuing a professional occupation before entering the Dáil”
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