I had intended to treat each of the offerings in the Irish Times ‘What is to be Done’ series individually, hoping that they would provide us with new, innovative ideas.…

It really is surreal.  Hundreds of jobs are going in the banking sector, Retail Excellence Ireland warns that 25,000 jobs could be lost in the first quarter.  The economy is…

So, the Irish Times is going to treat us to a series of articles from our leading economists over the next few days.  They must be serious as they are using…

Finally, some good ol' fashioned common sense is being spoken – and in the Irish Times, as well.  Prionsias Breathnach of NUI Maynooth takes on calls for wage cuts head…

Enough is enough.  Nationalise the banks.  Nationalise them now.  A midnight strike.  Put us and the economy out of our miseries.  And start the long road back, if not to…

My oh my. My assertion that Ireland is a low-waged economy and that public sector wage cuts will have little impact has generated a lot of comments, some of them…

Ever get that sinking feeling – like your tied down to the railway tracks and the train is coming around the bend?  And your rescuers – they're actually waving the…

The newspaper articles read like war reports – from the economic front-line on which we are all trapped  The new CSO figures on unemployment confirm this.  Already, leading economists are suggesting the…

Higher and higher – that's the way unemployment is going.  Strange this is not getting the attention it deserves.  While the media debates the fiscal meltdown, the 'will-they-or-won't they' cut…

Here's one, of many, New Year resolutions I will undertake:  in the future I will not be blase about the deteriorating fiscal situation.  I don't think I have been but…