There are many reasons why people should not return this Fine Gael-led government at the next election. The Government’s proposed investment programme launched today is one of them. Simply put,…
There is an old American saying: if you have nothing to say, wrap yourself up in the American flag and recite the constitution. In Ireland, today, if a politician, a…
Jeremy Corbyn is now leader of the British Labour Party. A Sunday Times article likens Jeremy to Caligula – an insane, murderous tyrant who appointed his horse Consul. According to…
Today, Unite has published its 2016 pre-budget submission. You can read the full submission here and the summary here. In short, it calls for a €4.8 billion budget package comprising…
Commentary on Irish Political Economy by Michael Taft, researcher for SIPTU