Through the EU, we have bought into a system of inflicting the costs of austerity on to the poorer sectors. By Vincent Browne.
Michael Noonan was again expressing satisfaction yesterday with how the economy was performing under the aegis of this Government.
During the boom years both the Irish government and the Central Bank were fast asleep at the switch when it came to regulating property lending. As such, they are now obligated to come up with a solution to the problem of residential mortgage arrears. By John Farrell Clark.
The boycott of the household charge is an important point of solidarity in this money-siphoning exercise we know as the recession. And solidarity with others is one of the best ways to overcome the fear that is currently propagated by those in power. By Eoin O'Mahony.
Between 8,000 and 10,000 people marched from O’Connell St to the National Convention Centre – site of the Fine Gael Árd Fheis – on Saturday to protest against the Government’s austerity policies and the Household Charge.
Padraig Mc Shane, Independent Chairman of Moyle District Council in North Antrim, is currently in Gaza and is preparing to sign a twinning agreement later today with the Mediterranean coastal enclave. The twinning is the first of its kind in the UK or Ireland and the first anywhere in the world since the siege on Gaza began.
What is the reality of life on the dole, behind Government and media caricatures of scroungers and skivers? Paul Walsh finds out.
Endless exposure to product and service marketing has led to many people thinking of themselves as consumers rather than citizens. By Allen Meagher.
President Michael D. Higgins has walked into the room once noisily occupied by the forces for democracy, socialism and religion (and to a degree, capitalism) to speak the language of equality, hope, change and collective action.
Above: Hoarding around the unfinished Anglo HQ in the Dublin docklands
The Anglo: Not Our Debt Campaign has described the deal on the deferral of the €3.1 billion promissory note payment due tomorrow as a “political stroke” that does not address the real issue and that squanders an opportunity to write down an illegitimate debt.
What is happening to public services, infrastructure and communities in Ireland? An introduction to Dr Rory Hearne's new book Public Private Partnerships in Ireland.
Public service reform, privatisation, infrastructure deficits and what role government, the state and public services should play in our economies and society are all important questions that require analysis.
Economist Michael Taft and author Conor McCabe will be among the speakers lifting the lid on the notorious secrecy of http://debates.oireachtas.ie/dail/2012/02/28