Colm McCarthy was quick out of the traps with an opinion piece on the Fiscal Treaty.  And what does he make of it? ‘As an exercise in addressing the Eurozone's…

Now that the referendum has been called I am starting up the Fiscal Treaty Files, a regular commentary on the claims, arguments and assertions that will be made over the…

The publicity accompanying the latest ESRI Quarterly Commentary was a triumph of spin over substance.  Despite claims of ‘growth’ and ‘austerity is working’ the ESRI describes a domestic economy mired…

Whatever about the case-by-case merits of the Government’s announcement today to sell-off state assets, we should be clear:  the EU-IMF Memorandum of Understanding does not require privatisation, in whole or…

At a meeting of Labour Party activists, Dr. Mary Murphy – a leading academic and activist – made the following statement: ‘We may be a poorer country, but that does…

Last November I wrote about the fraudulent claim that there was €600 million fraud in the social welfare system.  Now, only a few months later that claim is being made…

The Finance Bill running to nearly 300 pages is out.  There’s the odd sliver of good news – the 5 percent levy on the sheltered income from legacy property tax…

The Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation Richard Bruton is setting a target of 100,000 net new jobs by 2016 on the eve of the Government’s launch of the Action…

As the Joint Labour Committees legislation wends its way through the Dail – a bill that will lead to less protection for workers in many low-paid sectors – it is…