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unexplained disparities in care orders
Two-and-a-half times as many in South as in Dublin Mid Leinster
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In 2007, the chairman of the Revenue Commissioners was Frank Daly, now head of NAMA, and it might be instructive to have his view on how a tax ruling by his officials threatens the government, in 2016
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Margrethe Vestager, the European Union’s competition commis-sioner, serves as an inspiration for the main character in ‘Borgen’,
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Villager News Miscellany
Villager is Village’s standards man. He likes to see a good standard maintained but he espe-cially dislikes to see one dropped
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The Emperor has no balls
Depressing as the US election may be for progressives at least it’s spawning some spirited political art from which the rest of us can learn. For example ‘Indecline’ went viral when it erected guerrilla statues overnight of a naked Donald Trump, in several US cities. Each bore the title, ‘The Emperor has no Balls’. Though […]
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Corbin in the light
Trolls, bullies, and wounded egos stalk Twitter and Facebook. Blocks are interposed. Friends are defriended. The internet is the forum of choice in the most recent Battle of Britain that is Jeremy Corbyn. The mainstream media has joined the battle rather than offer any analysis. Cool perspectives are not available. ‘Corbyn: The Strange Birth of […]
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EDITORIAL Make Ireland ethical, equal and beautiful; and put economics in its proper place M argrethe Vestager, the European Union’s competition commis – sioner, serves as an inspiration for the main character in 'Borgen', a Danish prime minister who tries to juggle family life. She will know how economic concerns do not drive all agendas, […]
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General disparagement that anyone concerned with their own patch must be a small-minded xenophobe fuelled the Brexit debate. Such lazy stereotyping of Leave voters by the liberal collective undermines its own self-perception as open-minded. In the midst of this continuing existential maelstrom, my metaphysical GPS has been happily trekking a terrain of books based on […]
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Newish Northern Ireland First Minister Arlene Foster is in the middle of a successful charm offensive. She is popular, even with some Nationalists. The vortex into normality engulfs ever more of the increasingly hateless political classes despite themselves. We have recently emerged from one of the quietest marching seasons since the Troubles began. Any friction […]
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Pat Hickey as Moses
Reading a Pulitzer-winning New York biography over the summer it was difficult not to think of Pat Hickey and his control of the Olympic Council of Ireland (OCI). Hickey’s ego and ability to run rings around ministers is reminiscent, on a much smaller scale, of the way Robert Moses domineered in New York from the […]
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Shane Ross knows a thing or two about US multi-national corporations and the way they operate in this globalised economy. They avoid tax, in particular the 35% rate that applies in the US. No amount of huffing and puffing by Tim Cook, Michael Noonan or anyone else can alter that fact, and Ross knows it. […]
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Birdbrain internet
We live in an age of ephemera and digital myopia that befuddle our wits and have thrown up the possibility of a Trump Presidency. Britain departs the European, stage right, after a campaign marred by cynicism and misinformation. The Siren sounds of advertising impel us to consume beyond what we need and corporations and their […]
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The joy of personalisation
An army of of taskforces is contemplated in the current Programme for Government, covering everything from electric cars to broadband rollout to mental health of young people. There is one among them that holds particular promise for people with disabilities.This is the taskforce promised on the implementation of “Personalised Budgets” for people with disabilities. There […]
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Nice Guys finish last
‘The Nice Guys’ is a charmingly funny, buddy-comedy detective-thriller, written by Shane Black, of ‘Lethal Weapon’ fame. It stars Ryan Gosling, Russell Crowe and Kim Basinger. The narrative is purposefully familiar: in 1977, Los Angeles, down-on-his-luck PI (Gosling’s pretty Holland March) and an enforcer for hire (Crowe’s grizzly Jackson Healy) find themselves working on opposing […]
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Our politics is broken not new!
The talk these days is all about ‘new politics’. Claiming Our Future suggests we should be talking about ‘broken politics’. That is some gap to be bridged. It goes back to how we judge our politics. The ‘new politics’ seem to be confined to how the Dáil goes about making decisions. ‘Broken politics’ is more […]
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New Constituti-on/off
1:Need for Change There has been much public discussion as to whether or not our Constitution is in need of replacement. Various attempts at reform including those conducted by the Constitutional Review Group and the Labour-Party-promoted Constitutional Convention have led to little change. The recommendations merely unleashed a great deal of well-intentioned hot air, all […]
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Time’s up for the elite
It attests to the eccentricity and archaic nature of British democracy that it has taken all of 13 years to finally receive an independent report from John Chilcot on why Britain was dragged into supporting the George W Bush invasion of Iraq in 2003. Viewed from the perspective of today it is not unfair to […]
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Unbroken Continuity
On a Saturday in April Republican Sinn Féin (RSF) gathered outside the Garden of Remembrance at Parnell Square in Dublin for their national centenary commemoration. As Garda Special branch approached members and onlookers from the public for their names and addresses, the RSF colour party formed up in front of the garden. To the music […]
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Some Consolation
The World Giving Index consistently ranked Ireland in the top five until 2015, when it dropped to its lowest rank of ninth perhaps due to certain scandals in the Irish charity sector. Before the recent revelations concerning Console there had been a number of high-profile scandals over the last five years, affecting the reputation of […]