Bleed the rich? Ireland’s tax ratio of 33.9 per cent is five per cent below the EU average, leading to low-to-average public spending – Tom McDonnell
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Enda’s future – prejudicing optimism
THE STATE OF PLAY: Talking up the economy is unreal, distorts international perceptions; and risks false budgetary expectations and Germany thinking we don’t need bailout relief – John Gormley
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X and C and…?
It’s time to legislate for abortion in Ireland to save women’s lives, for rape victims and where the foetus is already dead – Ivana Bacik
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1913/2013 – Activism not nostalgia
Niall Crowley Minister Jimmy Deenihan, speaking recently in the Seanad, identified the opportunities in the coming decade of multiple commemorations. These included the possibly contradictory potentials “to dedicate ourselves to an enhanced understanding of modern history” and to “play a major role in bringing all on this island closer together”. Inevitably though somewhat jadingly, he […]
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Feminists must extend the definition of family to include gay and straight, single-parent and extended families; and embrace paternity leave Article by Ivana Bacik Feminist campaigns for women’s rights – for equality in law, for access to affordable childcare, for reproductive rights – should encompass a campaign for paternity leave. After all, feminism is about […]
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However one interprets the core constraints of the Fiscal Compact Treaty (officially cosily known as the Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union), several facts are indisputable. Firstly, the new treaty will restrict the scope for future exchequer deficits. This has prompted the ‘No’ side of the referendum campaigns […]
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While the Green Party was in government it had a number of redline issues: key among them were the refusal to contemplate a flat rate property tax for the primary residence and a resistance to any movement towards the privatisation of water. We now know that the government has made a dog’s dinner of the […]