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The most unequal, before taxation (2010)
OECD says Ireland’s tax and benefit system raises us from worst out of 31 to 17th worst out of 31, for direct income – Sinéad Pentony
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Austerity abú
The need for austerity
in economies with debt
overhangs like Ireland’s
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Resigned Lord Laird’s symbiotic relationsip with the Sindo over the years promoted some regressive causes THE political demise of Ulster Unionist, Lord Laird, who has lost the party whip after being stung by the Daily Telegraph/ BBC Panorama in the latest ‘cash foraccess’ scandal, may not be as shocking to those who have observed, and […]
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35THe crisis in Ireland is just the latest, though the worst, of a series of boom and bust cycles since independence that have marked the history of the frst Irish republic, such as it is. The crisis is an outcome of global neoliberalism, but also of the dysfunctional nature of our jaded political system. economic […]
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21THe journey from “Croke Park” to “Haddington road” has been bumpy for public-sector management or public-sec-tor unions. Pay and working hours have been the main focus. Issues of gender equality have not received much attention.This is shameful given that the public sector is a major employer of women. In 2010 the edu-cation and health sectors […]
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Temple Bar –Dublin’s crony quarter
22 — villageJune – July 2013newsTemple Bar – Dublin’s crony quarter 23so what’s happening in Cultureland that nobody in the arts wants to talk about? what of Temple Bar Cultural Trust (TBCT), dublin Contemporary, the City arts Centre, the Hugh lane, and IMMa? and more. why, oh why, are our poets so silent? our artistic […]