Third time's a charm. Following on from two previous posts (here and here), tracking the stat-bending the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council was engaged in, we can now put that issue…

In my post on the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council’s first report, I pointed out a significant error.  In short, they claimed that the underlying deficit fell from 14.3 percent in…

With the Government to publish its four-year plan in the next few weeks, we should try to nail down some basic numbers.  No doubt the plan will present an avalanche…

The EU-IMF deal does not require the Government to privatise state assets. I’ll repeat that. The EU-IMF deal does not require the Government to privatise state assets. Those who claim…

The Irish Fiscal Advisory Council’s first report is out.  It is a poor start.  There is much to chew over but here I want to take up one contention –…

Colm McCarthy’s post on Irish Economy takes a sceptical look at ‘productive investment’, or more precisely, the Government’s claim that the New ERA proposals – can create up to 100,000…

Over the next 20 years Anglo-Irish (including Irish Nationwide) will cost the Irish taxpayers €90 billion.  Just reflect on that for a moment. Now repeat:  over the next 20 years…