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There is no greater telltale sign of an election in the offing than when a government starts pledging to give your own money back to you. The Fine Gael-Labour Coalition has promised no less than €3bn between this year’s budget and 2016 in extra spending and tax cuts. Commentators often decry ‘auction’ politics. However, without an […]
Post-independence Irish politics provided few characters as compelling as Dr Noël Browne who was born just months before the events of Easter Week, a century ago, in December 1915.
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By Dr Ruth Barrington The Children and Family Relationships Act 2015 was passed in April this year. When it is commenced, the legal landscape for families in Ireland will change dramatically. From Treoir’s perspective, the guardianship provisions are the most significant and are the subject of this article. It is likely that the guardianship provisions […]
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By John Gormley It didn’t take the political establishment long to adapt to the outpourings of public sympathy for the refugees. The initial limit of 600 was quickly upped to 1,800 when Fine Gael spokespersons were asked about the numbers of refugees that Ireland would accept. Not to be outdone, Labour leader, Joan Burton, mentioned […]
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By Sinéad Pentony A real plan for reducing inequality is needed as we approach Budget 2016 and this is what Anthony Atkinson offers us in ‘Inequality: What Can Be Done’. Inequality is not inevitable, he states, and the process of reversing the trend of growing inequality requires political engagement and concrete steps. This conclusion is […]
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By Constantin Gurdgiev Stock and bond markets have been rocked on the waves of volatility, the doom of deep corrections and the highs of rapid reversals. The summer of 2015 will go down in history books as a period when the markets have finally reverted to pricing in real fundamentals. And the process of market […]
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Stock and bond markets have been rocked on the waves of volatility