I don't know Dr. Gerry Burke.  Were he to walk past me on the street, I wouldn't know him.  So, please, someone point him out.  I want to buy him…

You can pick you friends but not your friends' friends.  Out last night with some former who brought their latter and, of course, their conversation turned to the recession.  And…

There are any number of issues that should be tackled in recession times.  I won't list them, you know them.  But bashing EU regulations is not one of them, especially…

A good idea is a good idea – or at least a partially good idea.  Tom Parlon, former PD parliamentarian and currently construction lobbyist supremo (yes, the same guy who said…

Enough is enough is enough. Our telecommunications industry is being turned into dog meat and we are powerless. The current owners, the home boys Down Under at Babcock & Brown,…

Over at Dublin Opinion they're calling the leader of the Opposition terrible names – names I never read in the Bible.  What exactly did Enda Kenny say to deserve this? …

Truly, a tale of two economic cities.  First, the Irish Times heads an article 'Wage Increases Higher than EU Average in 2007'.  Citing a recent European Industrial Relations Observatory survey it…

Yes, yes and yes again.  'What Ireland did in the 1990s is something that had never really been done before by anyone. We imported development. Most modern economies plugged foreign direct…

The Irish Times leader writeris in an upbeat mood – or, at least, sliver-lining gazing.  With the prices of oil and basic food commodities falling, this hopefully will take some…

Must have been a slow news week.  The Sunday Tribune reported on ICTU's proposalsto combat inflation.  They claimed they were submitted to the national pay talks two weeks ago.  However, the pay…

What a trooper – Denis O'Brien riding shotgun through the radioactive land that is our economy to bring us the good news of recovery and redemption.  The masses have waited…

Just when you despair of sensible commentary in our media, along comes someone like Carl O'Brien, Social Affairs Correspondent of the Irish Times.  Writing today, he puts the educational challenges…

Fidel Castro once said that in the classless society there would be no need for universities because all society would be a learning experience.  I don't think he was being…

The rain conjures up many things for people: depression, wet clothes and dreams of a sunny Mediterranean village with cheap wine and grilled prawns.  I share in that but there…

What a dog's dinner. Education Minister, Bat O'Keefe, flew his 'bring back tuition fees' kite.  It was immediately shot down by the Greens, the PDs and, even, Minister Hanafin.  Then the…

It must be great to be a spokesperson for employers.  You can just plonk yourself in front of a microphone and say anything that comes into your head, no matter how outrageous or…

A lobbyist for a group gets paid to promote that group's agenda.  For business lobbyists that means putting on the poor mouth, sackcloth and ashes, maintaining that companies can't afford…

If you see Charlie McCreevey walking down the street, dining in a fashionable café, or panhandling outside Government Buildings – arrest him. You have the power – the common law…