It seems that in the debate around the Fiscal Treaty, you can say anything you want without any reference to truth, fact, or reality. By Michael Taft.
This economic debate is getting beyond the beyond. RTÉ reported yesterday:
“Speaking at the Bloomberg economic summit in Dublin Mr Noonan said the Irish economy is in a much better position than it was this time last year.”
The number of people in Colombia killed by US tobacco is way beyond the number of>Americans killed by Colombian cocaine. Do they have a right to come to the United States and carry out chemical warfare on North Carolina and Kentucky because they have a tobacco problem and it's coming from there? By Stuart Rodger.
On Tonight with Vincent Browne: Fine Gael TD for Dublin Central Paschal Donohoe, spokesperson for campaign group For A Better Europe Siobhan O’Donoghue, economist and lecturer at Trinity College Dublin Constantine Gurdgiev and Timmy Dooley, Fianna Fail TD for Clare and director of elections for the forthcoming fiscal treaty referendum.
The debate on the Fiscal Compact treaty in Ireland has been dominated by duel scaremongering arguments; the threat of institutionalised austerity on one side and the threat of discontinued funding on the other. The result has been a complete lack of debate on the actual content of the treaty. The Yes side claim that it will bring stability. The No side claim that it would enshrine austerity into the Irish constitution and allow the EU to dictate our national budget.
The Government is trying to buy the referendum, but we don't know what the electoral brown envelope contains, if indeed it contains anything. By Michael Taft.
It is better not to be cynical. But this Government is not only making it easy to be cynical, they are practically making it mandatory. We now read that the Government is preparing the economy for a sustained and substantial investment programme in an anticipation of a U-turn by the EU. That this has been announced only days before the referendum...what timing, what fortune.
On Tonight with Vincent Browne, Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation Richard Bruton, Sinn Féin TD Pearse Doherty, Danish MEP Morten Messerschmidt and Patricia Callan of the Small Firms Association discuss the Irish Independent's poll on the fiscal treaty and the latest on the euro zone crisis. Below, Vincent blogs ahead of the show.
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The circumstances Greece is facing today are genuinely different to those of Argentina a decade ago, meaning Greece cannot 'do' an Argentina. By Yanis Varoufakis.
The Book of Genesis offers magnificent literature but should not be used to perpetuate painful discrimination. By Vincent Browne.
Diarmuid Martin, Catholic Archbishop of Dublin, was asked last week for his views on same-sex marriage. The question arose in the aftermath of the support Barack Obama voiced for same-sex marriage.
Diarmuid Martin said the (Catholic) church’s teaching on the sanctity of marriage between man and woman was clear, unchangeable and dated from the biblical account in the Book of Genesis of Adam and Eve.
On Tonight with Vincent Browne, Carol Hunt, Fionnan Sheahan, Johnny Fallon and Tom Reddy will analyse Sean Gallagher's first interview since the presidential election and tweet controversy, which was conducted today. Gallagher accused RTÉ of arrogance and hostility in its response to the erroneous broadcast. {jathumbnailoff}
It is absolutely incongruous to champion TV3's late-night 'chatline' ads as signs of a new, sexually liberated era. By Clara Fischer.