It is becoming great sport following up the Minister for Finance’s comments.  However, a retraction:  in the previous post I compared the Government’s projections from April 2011 and April 2012…

This economic debate is getting beyond the beyond.  RTE reported: ‘Speaking at the Bloomberg economic summit in Dublin Mr Noonan said the Irish economy is in a much better position…

It is better not to be cynical.  But this Government is not only making it easy to be cynical, they are practically making it mandatory.  We now read that the…

This debate – you wouldn’t know whether to laugh, cry or bang your head on the asphalt repeatedly.  Following the rejection of austerity parties in Greece and France, the Taoiseach…

This was originally written for Progressive-Economy.ie Will the Fiscal Treaty – in particular, the notorious structural deficit rule – require additional austerity?  John McHale of the Fiscal Council says it…

Understandably, in this referendum we are focused on the impact of the Fiscal Treaty on Ireland.  But this is a Treaty for the Eurozone and the entire EU (with the…

The Government is doing everything possible to prevent a debate on the Fiscal Treaty.  The tactic employed is as old as government itself – fear.  It is hard to keep…