A couple of cheers for Minister Leo, putting both his feet in the mouth of the Government. In a refreshing dose of realism he stated what everyone knows – we’re…

Cut people’s dole to reduce unemployment – did the people who write these OECD policy prescriptions learn their craft at Krusty’s Clown College? Of course, we’ve run into some curious…

The proposal by the Minister for Enterprise, Richard Bruton – as mooted in the Irish Times report – is cynical in the extreme. Apparently, he wants to remove the ability…

The Restaurant Association of Ireland and Ibec won’t like it. Fine Gael certainly won’t like it. The army of commentators armed only with superficial and out-of-date analysis won’t like it.…

The Government has got itself into a bit of bother over this whole pension levy lark. But the complaints from the pension industry are a bit hard to take. In…

The front page story on the Sunday Independent really says it all. Apparently, the Labour Court has awarded a pay increase to Bord na Mona workers. The Sindo no like.…

At the heart of the Government’s emerging policy lies a profound dislocation and contradiction. Its Jobs Initiative is intended to promote consumer spending – a valid enough goal. Consumer spending…

On the eve of the Government’s job initiative Fianna Fail’s Michael Martin put it starkly: ‘Government’s don’t create jobs.’ This is straight from the kindergarten school of economics. Governments create…

When publishing its submission to the Government in anticipation of the Jobs Initiative, IBEC’s Danny McCoy stated: ‘Business will provide the job opportunities that the country so desperately needs, but…