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By Constantin Gurdgiev (November 2014). Of the 196 appointments to state boards made by the current Coalition, only 35 resulted from open public competition. Pay increments for civil servants – for length of service not performance – remain in place. Only .75% of civil servants received less than three out of five in the […]
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By Ruth Cullen The Irish Times was once seen as the paper of record. But its coverage in some social areas like abortion shows it to be more engaged in agendism than journalism, less a paper of record than a paper of advocacy. Cynics, of course, would say with AJ Liebling, “freedom of the press […]
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By Frank Connolly. The multi-million scandal surrounding the illegal dumping of waste in county Wicklow is another legacy left to the new environment minister, Alan Kelly, by his predecessor, Phil Hogan and another reason why the latter’s proposed elevation to the post of European Commissioner has been questioned. In October last, Nessa Childers, […]
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While public services haven’t targeted the long-term unemployed their privatisation betrays an agenda to sideline education and training
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Jonny Baxter interviews Laura Harmon, President of the Union of Students in Ireland (USI)
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Inflated property prices linked to offshore trusts
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Positive response to major new programme but fears that implementation will be privatised and community sector organisations sidelined