Notes on the Front

Commentary on Irish Political Economy by Michael Taft, researcher for SIPTU

Month: May 2008

  • Fianna Fail’s Good News Week

    What a good news week for Fianna Fail was last week. It wasn’t just the latest Irish Times poll even if it’s only a honeymoon result. There was also that…


  • Don’t Be Shy (or To Live and Die in Clara)

    The Labour Party is proposing a Private Member’s Bill that would require the Government to draw up a national strategy to combat fuel poverty. Party spokesperson, Liz McManus, TD, said:…


  • A Simple Proposal

    Sometimes a proposal comes along that is so simple you say to yourself, ‘Why didn’t I think of that?’ That’s what I said when reading ICTU’s ‘Economic Outlook: Narrowing the…


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